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30 Jan 2015
Wild about Wolf Hall
‘How to describe the viewing nation’s response to the first instalment?’ asked John Sutherland of the initial television outing of Wolf Hall.
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22 Jan 2015
Professor John Bayley dies aged 89
Professor John Bayley, Dame Iris Murdoch’s widower and former Booker Prize Chair, died aged 89 on 12 January 2015.
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16 Jan 2015
And then there were five...
What with imitation being the sincerest form of flattery and all that, it is good to note that Canada's preeminent literary prize, the Giller, credits the Man Booker for its decision to increase the number of its judges to five for the first time in its 22-year history.
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09 Jan 2015
The upwardly mobile Man Booker
The start of 2015 saw a clutch of Man Bookerites go up in the world.
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05 Jan 2015
Man Booker scholar tipped for literary success
As well as awarding a prize for the finest fiction of the year, the Man Booker Prize also recognises up-and-coming writers through its scholarship at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
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05 Jan 2015
Man Booker honoured
Marina Warner, Chair of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, has been made a Dame as part of the 2015 New Year Honour’s list. Dame Marina is a previous judge of the (then) Booker Prize as well as being a Booker shortlisted and longlisted author in her own right.
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