Monthly Spotlight

Our Monthly Spotlight for January: My Name is Lucy Barton

An estranged mother and daughter attempt to reconnect in Elizabeth Strout’s Booker Prize 2016 longlisted novel – our Monthly Spotlight pick for January

Jan 9 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for December: Milkman

Rumour and hearsay swell and swirl this month as we turn our attention to Anna Burns’ brilliant, Booker Prize-winning novel

Dec 8, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for November: The Fishermen

This month we dive into Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel, The Fishermen, shortlisted for the Booker Prize a decade ago and as powerful as ever

Nov 7, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for October: The Riders

This month we explore Tim Winton’s The Riders: a ’90s page-turner shortlisted for the Booker Prize 30 years ago and now set to be adapted into a major…

Oct 3, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for September: Little Eyes

This month we explore Samanta Schweblin’s wildly imaginative novel, which reflects on the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity

Sep 5, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for August: Shuggie Bain

This month, we explore Douglas Stuart’s heart-wrenching and prize-winning debut, Shuggie Bain

Aug 9, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for July: Happy Stories, Mostly

This month, we explore Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s tragicomic short story collection – a book that centres queer experiences and blends the everyday and…

Jul 4, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Discover our Monthly Spotlight for June: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

This month, we head to coastal Spain and dive into a searing novel that explores the complex relationship between mother and daughter, carer and…

Jun 6, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Introducing our Monthly Spotlight for May: The Overstory by Richard Powers

This month, we immerse ourselves in a remarkable novel that explores our entangled relationships with trees and each other

May 9, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Introducing our Monthly Spotlight for April: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

This month, we return to Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece – a remarkably prescient novel that continues to grip readers, four decades on

Apr 4, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Read our Monthly Spotlight for March: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

This month, we revisit Marlon James' Booker Prize-winning novel – a bold, vibrant epic where music, politics and violence collide

Mar 8, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

Introducing our Monthly Spotlight for February: The Sea by John Banville

This month, we revisit John Banville’s exploration of memory, childhood and loss; which won the Booker Prize 20 years ago

Feb 6, 2025 • The Booker Prizes

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