Search Results by tag: Man Booker Prize

Awards: Canadians Szalay and Thien shortlisted for Man Booker

Authors Madeleine Thien and David Szalay have been named among the finalists for this year's Man Booker Prize for a work of English-language fiction published in the U.K. British-Canadian Szalay is shortlisted for his latest All That ... Read More »

September 13, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Madeleine Thien and David Szalay make this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist

By Becky Robertson

Madeleine Thien and David Szalay are the two Canadians among 13 international authors longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. The £50‚000 award honours an exceptional work of English-language fiction published in the U.K. each year. ... Read More »

July 28, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Richard Flanagan wins 2014 Man Booker Prize

By Becky Robertson

Australian writer Richard Flanagan is the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Knopf), announced today at aceremony in London. He was chosen over fellow shortlisted authors ... Read More »

October 14, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian-born Eleanor Catton wins Booker

By Stuart Woods

Canadian-born author Eleanor Catton has won the Man Booker Prize for her sprawling second novel, The Luminaries (McClelland & Stewart), an historical epic set during the 1860s New Zealand gold rush. At 28, Catton, who ... Read More »

October 15, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Strong Canadian showing on Man Booker longlist

By Maria Siassina

Three female writers with strong ties to Canada have been longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. The literary prize is awarded annually for the best original full-length novel, written in English, by a citizen ... Read More »

July 23, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Life of Pi sells 1.5 million copies since film release

By Sue Carter

Even if Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi doesn't receive a single Academy Award on Sunday night, the film is already a winner for the author. According to a press release ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Man Booker Prize longlist revealed

By Sue Carter

The longlist for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced this morning. Five judges, including Peter Stothard, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, selected 12 titles from 145 submitted for the U.K. prize, ... Read More »

July 25, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Edugyan, deWitt land on Man Booker shortlist

By Stuart Woods

A pair of Canadian authors have been named to the shortlist of the 2011 Man Booker Prize. Victoria's Esi Edugyan has been nominated for her second novel, Half-Blood Blues, about an interracial troupe of jazz ... Read More »

September 6, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Pick, Edugyan, deWitt make Booker longlist

By Natalie Samson

Three Canadian authors have made the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist, announced today. Alison Pick's Far to Go (House of Anansi Press, Q&Q's September 2010 cover profile), Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (forthcoming from ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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