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Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's "Taiwan Travelogue" has won the 2026 International booker prize, marking the first Mandarin Chinese novel to receive the award. The book, a fictional travel memoir set in 1930s Taiwan, explores a complex romance and postcolonial themes. Author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King are the first Taiwanese and Taiwanese-American winners of the prestigious prize.

Renowned author Zadie Smith, celebrated for her insightful explorations of culture and identity, has captivated readers with her profound narratives. From her debut "White Teeth" to later works like "NW," Smith's writing, influenced by her diverse heritage, offers a sharp, humorous, and thought-provoking lens on modern life.

Jammu and Kashmir administration defended its ban on 25 Kashmir-related books in high court, citing state security and public order. The government also justified the legal provision used for the ban. Petitioners challenging the order have been given time to respond. The full bench will hear the case.

The International booker prize shortlist features books blending personal and political themes, with a focus on translators' role. Notable works include Not a River, The Details, selected from 149 submissions by judges Eleanor Wachtel and Natalie Diaz.

The 1976 booker prize was decided by a coin toss as the two judges failed to agree on a winner, according to a new archive put online by the British Library.

The Man Group ended their 18 years' sponsorship of the prestigious booker prize this year. This was followed by Crankstart taking over officially on June 1 as the sponsor of the Prize for the next five years.

The prestigious booker prize trophy has been named Iris, after the 1978 Booker winner Iris Murdoch. Read on to know more about how a name for the Booker trophy was selected.

The booker prize Foundation is the parent organisation of the prestigious Booker and International booker prizes. Read more details here.

Australian writer Richard Flanagan won the Man booker prize on Tuesday with a visceral book about wartime brutality and its aftermath — a novel the head of the judging team said was as powerful as a kick in the stomach.

The booker prize is one of the most prestigious prizes in the world for fiction writing. A panel of five esteemed judges for booker prize 2021 was announced recently.

Six authors and their works have been chosen for the Booker Shortlist 2023 and one among them will win the booker prize on November 26

A year-long celebration will mark the 50th anniversary of Man-booker prize in 2018.

With the coronavirus pandemic bringing the world to a standstill, the International booker prize announcement has been postponed till late summer this year. Read more details here.

The booker prize is a prestigious award given annually to the best work of fiction written in English, and published in UK or Ireland. A few changes have been made in the winner announcement ceremony this year. Read on to know more.

To avoid two major literary events happening on the same day, the booker prize 2020 winner announcement has now been postponed by two days, to Nov 19.

When first made, the film’s characters were unlike anything on Indian screens – westernised, elite, English-speaking students portrayed with eccentricity and idealism, unlike the conventional characters that dominated Indian cinema at the time.

The world’s most famous international literary prize has for the first time now, opened up to translations.

The booker prize has announced its prestigious longlist for 2021 and author Sunjeev Sahota, Rachel Cusk, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Patricia Lockwood are among those longlisted.

The winner ceremony for the 2020 booker prize will have many famous names from the literary world, including Barack Obama, Kazuo Ishiguro, Margaret Atwood.

British author Samantha Harvey has won the prestigious 2024 booker prize for her novel 'Orbital,' a captivating story set entirely on the International Space Station. The book, lauded for its lyrical prose and exploration of a 'wounded world,' follows six astronauts from diverse backgrounds as they navigate a single day in space.

A shortlist of six books for the booker prize 2022 was announced in the wee hours of September 7, 2022 (India time). Read more details about the booker prize 2022 shortlist here.

And ahead of the award ceremony, the news is that Britain's Queen Consort, Camilla will present this year's booker prize to the winner. Read more details here.

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been announced as the winner of the booker prize 2022 for his novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'. Read more details here.

Award-winning Indian author Jeet Thayil will make up a five-member judging panel for the 2020 International booker prize, the world's leading literary award for translated fiction announced in London on July 11 as it opened for submissions for the next year.

The prestigious literary award, booker prize, shared it's diverse longlist for 2020, which includes a writer of Indian origin.

A judging panel consisting of Chair of judges and four others for the International booker prize 2021 was announced on September 7, 2020. Read more details here.