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3/5 Max Porter takes his novella ‘Shy’ and plants its protagonist into the background for this Netflix drama – it’s a puzzling decision, despite the strong performances from newcomer Jay Lycurgo and the rapper Little Simz

Gunners have opted to promote from within

With a new Australian stage version and a movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch later this year, the author’s boundary-pushing novella continues to soar

It is the first time that the award has been given to a collection of short stories. "Heart Lamp" is the first book written in the Kannada language to win the prestigious prize.

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more than 30 years, chronicling the everyday lives and struggles of women in southern India

Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 award

First-time nominee female writers dominate the International Booker Prize shortlist 2025.

From Muslim Indian women’s lives to a Danish time looper, all six contenders for the £50,000 prize are from independent presses, as translator Sophie Hughes earns an unprecedented third nomination

This year’s ‘unconventional’ list also features the highest-ever number of independent publishers