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What does the dark side of the moon sound like? Nasa’s sonifications are helping us imagine

As Artemis II returns from the dark side of the moon, Nasa’s transformations of electromagnetic energy into sound remind us that everything is vibrating – even while the astronauts are listening to Chappell Roan

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: Alan Hollinghurst, Samantha Harvey and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Thirty years of the Women’s prize for fiction – have male novelists been edged out?

In today’s newsletter: As the literary award marks its 30th anniversary, the debate about whether it is relevant when women dominate bestsellers list has resurfaced

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David Szalay wins Booker prize with ‘extraordinary and singular’ novel Flesh

The British-Hungarian author’s novel exploring modern masculinity was chosen unanimously as this year’s winner, says judging chair Roddy Doyle

The Independent UK

Orbital by Samantha Harvey audiobook review – lyrical, hypnotic reading of otherworldly tale

Sarah Naudi reads the Booker-prize-winning novel about the daily lives of astronauts on the International Space Station

The Guardian - UK

The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Five novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on May 14.

The Conversation

Samantha Harvey and Téa Obreht shortlisted for inaugural Climate fiction prize

The Orbital and Morningside authors join Abi Daré, Roz Dineen and Kaliane Bradley in the running for the £10,000 award, for inspiring ways to ‘rise to the challenges of the climate crisis with hope and inventiveness’

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Booksellers predict Orbital by Samantha Harvey will be UK No 1 bestselling book

The Booksellers Association spoke to staff who also highlighted James by Percival Everett, and everything from Chris Hoy’s autobiography to a book about fishing by a dog

The Guardian - UK

The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts

With Something Good, the arts and culture newsletter from The Conversation UK, we aim to cut through the noise and recommend the very best in new releases every fortnight. In 2024, we’ve been spoiled for choice when it comes to recommending fiction. From Samantha Harvey’s spellbinding Booker winner Orbital to…

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Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize

The panel is said to be a ‘a jury of creative peers like no other’

The Independent UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in November

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

The Guardian - UK

Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital tops UK bestseller list

The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its win

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: a whole new perspective

Editorial: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, a love letter to our wounded planet, is the perfect choice for the political moment

The Guardian - UK

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and the fragility of Earth

Letter: Peter Reason says the Booker prize winner’s novel may encourage the idea that we have to get off the planet to see what we are doing to it

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Paddington III, Gladiator II, and the end of the world – what to watch, read and do this week

Get the popcorn out! Two big blockbusters hit cinemas this week: the warm and cuddly Paddington III and the big and muscly Gladiator II. Much like the Barbenheimer face-off of summer 2023, behold now the winter of Gladdington 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Protected species, dodgy addresses and some monkeys on the run – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it

She won the top prize with a time-distorted novel set on the International Space Station. Yet, the writer reveals, Orbital is actually ‘a celebration of Earth’s beauty with a pang of loss’ – fuelled by her anxiety-induced insomnia

The Conversation

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital has won the 2024 Booker prize. What it so skilfully and ambitiously exposes is the human cost of space flight set against the urgency of the climate crisis.

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Wednesday briefing: How fan violence became a political football

In today’s newsletter: Clashes in Amsterdam ahead of Ajax’s match against Israeli side Maccabi exposed something darker about hooglianism, and society at large

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Trump appoints Musk to slash public service; church abuse verdict overturned; and chefs’ toughest food critics

The world’s richest man will co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency

Al Jazeera

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel Orbital

Judges say award recognises the ‘beauty and ambition’ of 136-page novel set on board the International Space Station.

International Business Times

UK Writer Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker With Space Novel

British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her science fiction novel following six astronauts as they orbit Earth over 24 hours.

The Independent UK

British author Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for Orbital

Harvey becomes the first woman to win the prize since Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared the award in 2019

The Independent UK

British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction

British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station

The Independent UK

Samantha Harvey: A Booker 2024 winner who wants to spend her money on sculpting

She does not have a mobile phone and spends money on liquorice

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