Bernardine Evaristo: being first black woman to win Booker is ‘bittersweet’
Bernardine Evaristo has described being the first black woman to win the Booker Prize as “bittersweet”.
Salman Rushdie
Booker Prize winner to be announced
Sir Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are vying to win this year’s Booker Prize, which will be announced tonight.
Booker Prize organisers: Award is free from nepotism
Organisers have said the Booker Prize is free from nepotism and favouritism.
Margaret Atwood shortlisted for Booker Prize for unpublished novel
Two previous Booker Prize winners have been shortlisted for the literary award this year.
Sir Salman Rushdie could scoop Booker Prize once again
Sir Salman Rushdie is up for the Booker Prize almost 40 years after he won it with Midnight’s Children.
Women’s Prize For Fiction chief hits back over Sir Salman Rushdie comments
The chairwoman of the judging panel for this year’s Women’s Prize For Fiction has hit back after author Sir Salman Rushdie called it “unnecessary”.
Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher up for auction
A grotesque puppet of Margaret Thatcher which featured on satirical series Spitting Image is up for auction.
BBC announces Year Of Beliefs examining religion and ethics in modern Britain
The BBC is launching a year of religious programming examining how faith is shaping and dividing modern Britain.
Sir Salman Rushdie: I don’t have time for men bleating about having it tough
Novelist Sir Salman Rushdie has criticised the “bleating” suggestion that men’s lives have become tougher.
Two Years, Eight Months And Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
Hardback by Jonathan Cape, £18.99 (ebook £7.50). Mischievous, malevolent jinn (genies) interfere with the human world in Salman Rushdie's latest novel, which combines a recognisable near- future with the magical world of Arabian mythology.