Man Booker Prize

Man Booker prize
A discussion about the 2009 longlist and past winners
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The latest post was made on 29 Jul 2009 at 10:34AM by Joanne Dillon.

About the Man Booker Prize

"The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and even publishers..." (c) Man Booker website

Key dates

The 2009 longlist of 13 titles has been announced.

The 2009 shortlist of 6 titles will be announced on 8 September 2009.

The 2009 winner will be announced on 6 October 2009.

The 2009 Longlist

Click on the links below to locate each title in the library catalogue or to discuss it in our Man Booker chat room.

The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt - catalogue discuss
Summertime by J.M. Coetzee - discuss
The Quickening Maze by Jonathan Cape - discuss
How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall - catalogue discuss
The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey - catalogue discuss
Me Cheeta by James Lever - catalogue discuss
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - catalogue discuss
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer - catalogue discuss
Not Untrue & Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin - discuss
Heliopolis by James Scudamore - catalogue discuss
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin - catalogue discuss
Love and Summer by William Trevor - discuss
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - catalogue discuss

Pick a winner

Make your prediction on who you this will win the 2009 Man Booker Prize

Visit our Book Discussion Room

Past winners

The winner in 2008 was The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.

Visit the Man Booker website for a full list of past winners.