Explore the impact of the Booker Prize on book sales and author careers. Discover if winning guarantees long-term success, examining sales data post-award for various authors. The 'Booker bounce' examined.
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize celebrates its 25th anniversary with a shortlist including Younis, Sammartino, Jenkin, Greathead, Mahloudji and Ayoade. The winner receives Bollinger champagne, Wodehouse collection and a pig!
Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie jointly win the Forward Prize for Best Collection, addressing climate crisis, war, and migration. Other winners include Isabelle Baafi and Abeer Ameer. Celebrating diverse voices in poetry.
Debate surrounds gender bias in publishing, with concerns about male authors being overlooked despite female dominance in book buying and the industry workforce. Literary awards and media coverage are scrutinized.
Fiammetta Rocco steps down as International Booker Prize administrator after 20 years, becoming emeritus director. The prize celebrates translated fiction and global literary conversations, impacting international literature.
It draws in a circle of urbane emigrés, including Mrs Ruxandra Hudişteanu, a viola player at the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and Dr Antal Bródy, who has doctorates in philology and philosophy from Budapest and divinity from Vienna, but now works as a wholesale umbrella salesman.
