Win an instax smartphone printer and the International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
Plus: get to know this year's Booker Prize judges; find out exactly how our judges are selected; and discover 10 of the best short story books and collections nominated for our prizes
Win a selection of summer reading goodies
To celebrate our summer reading series, we are giving you the chance to win a special bundle that allows you to capture and share your summer reading adventures at home or on the go.
The prize comprises a signed set of the six books on our recent International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist (Not a River, Kairos, The Details, Mater 2-10, What I’d Rather Not Think About, and Crooked Plow) along with an instax Link WIDE smartphone printer and a pack of film, worth £150, which allows you to create instax prints direct from your smartphone.
To be in with a chance of winning, enter your details below by 12:00 BST on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. This competition is open to readers anywhere in the world.
Meet the Booker Prize 2024 judges: ‘The Booker is the Olympic gold medal of book awards’
In less than two weeks’ time, on Tuesday, 30 July at 2pm BST, the Booker Prize 2024 longlist will be announced. As the judges work their way through the books that have been submitted for the prize — and attempt to whittle down well over a hundred works of fiction to a final 12 or 13 — we have spoken to them about why the prize matters, their reading habits, and what they’re hoping to find among this year’s books.
10 of the best short story books and collections from the Booker Library
Crafting a compelling short story is a formidable task – it takes a special skill to create a world that instantly captivates readers within the confines of a compact literary form. ‘Short stories consume you faster,’ said the Booker Prize-nominated Ali Smith, the author of five short story collections. ‘They’re connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality.’
Visceral, experimental and powerful, these works, nominated for the Booker and International Booker Prize, showcase the short story at its finest. Discover the best at the link below.
How our prize judges are chosen: ‘It’s the group dynamic that matters’
Last week, we revealed the judges for the International Booker Prize 2025 – a panel chaired by bestselling Booker Prize-longlisted author Max Porter and which includes Caleb Femi, Sana Goyal, Anton Hur and Beth Orton. Here, Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, reveals how the judges for each prize are chosen, and the qualities we are looking for when selecting ‘a jury of creative peers’.
Which books are you hoping to see on the Booker Prize 2024 longlist? We’d love to hear your predictions in the comments below!
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Hello :) I’ve been entering your giveaways for a very long time! I really hope I win this time :( When will the results be announced?