Win a bundle of Muriel Spark novels
Plus, discover Loitering with Intent through Muriel Spark's own words, and listen to the latest episode of The Booker Prize Podcast where we're joined by 2015 prize-winner Marlon James
Win Muriel Spark's backlist, including our August Book of the Month, Loitering with Intent
To celebrate our August Book of the Month – the 1981 shortlisted novel Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark – we are giving you the chance to win a bundle of books by the author and an exclusive, limited-edition, money-can’t-buy Booker Prize tote bag.
The set includes eight titles from Spark’s backlist, published in the UK by Virago: A Far Cry from Kensington, Memento Mori, Territorial Rights, The Public Image, The Mandelbaum Gate, The Comforters, Symposium and Loitering with Intent.
To be in with a chance of winning, simply head over to our website and enter your details by 12:00 BST (British Summer Time) on Thursday, August 31, 2023. This competition is open to readers anywhere in the world.
Muriel Spark on poetry, autobiography and eternal life
‘I always had a poetic vision,’ Muriel Spark said, when looking back on her long literary career. Garnering international praise, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice and her novel The Driver’s Seat was one of the novels shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize 1970. She was also shortlisted, for her entire body of work, for the Man Booker International Prize 2005.
Here, we delve into the BBC archives to discover more about the author and Loitering with Intent, our Book of the Month, through Spark's own words. She also talks about her life as a writer, her inspirations, and her other famous works.
The Booker Prize Podcast: an interview with Marlon James
Marlon James became the first Jamaican writer to win the Booker Prize when A Brief History of Seven Killings triumphed in 2015. A dazzling display of masterful storytelling, the novel explores the extraordinary backstory to the attempted assassination of Bob Marley.
This week, he joins Jo Hamya and James Walton on our podcast to tell us how winning the prize changed his life, about the ‘outrageous’ gift he bought with some of his prize money, what he hates about writing, what he thinks about cricket and TikTok, and the book he’s working on next.
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