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Phoenix Suns consider surprise double departure after Kevin Durant gamble fails

The Kevin Durant gamble has failed for the Phoenix Suns, leaving the roster threadbare for depth and a summer overhaul is required with star players set to be on the trade block

Daily Mirror

‘It begins to feel like a freak show’: the disturbing truth of watching A Little Life as a gay man

The suffering is on an operatic scale in this adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s Booker-nominated novel — but to what end, asks Jason Okundaye

Evening Standard

Hirini reveals she's new Pearl in Japan sevens crown

Black Ferns Sevens captain Sarah Hirini is heading to Japan to play professional sevens for the Pearls club – something she wants to make more permanent once her international career is over, she tells Suzanne McFadden in an exclusive interview.

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Booker Prize trophy named Iris after public poll

The Booker Prize trophy has been named ‘Iris’, after a public voting that took place earlier this year.

The Times of India

How Deborah Levy can change your life

The long read: From her shimmering novels to her ‘living autobiographies’, Deborah Levy’s work inspires a devotion few literary authors ever achieve

The Guardian - UK

The Suns’ Gamble on Kevin Durant Begins Now

The move for the 34-year-old means the clock has already started ticking on Phoenix’s championship window.

Sports Illustrated

Six Potential Trades for the Nets to Deal Kyrie Irving

The Lakers, Mavs and Suns are reportedly among the suitors for the Nets guard after he requested a trade.

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My favourite word in Hindi is ‘khargosh’: Daisy Rockwell

It took more than ten drafts and countless email exchanges between novelist Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell to produce a work of fiction like 'Tomb of Sand' (originally published in Hindi as 'Ret Samadhi') which went on to win the prestigious International Booker Prize 2022. A partition novel at…

The Times of India

Adjoa Andoh and Robert Webb to judge Booker Prize in 2023

Bridgerton star Andoh, 59, and the Peep Show actor, 50, are judging the annual award for the first time.

The Independent UK

The best fiction of 2022: NoViolet Bulawayo's Glory found new ways to write about violence and peace

A young woman learning to love, the children inspired by her, and the collective voice of a village community recovering from violence and corruption assemble a powerful message of resistance. The hope is to create “the kind of glory that burns eternal and glows with living light”. Glory by NoViolet…

The Conversation

The best fiction of 2022: Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker and writing outside the constraints of time

When Treacle Walker was announced as a nominee for the 2022 Booker Prize, 87-year-old Alan Garner was highlighted as the oldest-ever shortlisted author. He is now 88. That said, Treacle Walker, begins with a quote from Italian quantum physicist, Carlo Rovelli: “Time is ignorance.”

The Conversation

Booker Prize winner lets ghosts of Sri Lanka's past speak

Shehan Karunatilaka wrote his Booker Prize-winning novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” to give voice to Sri Lanka’s dead

The Independent UK

Alan Garner's Treacle Walker and writing outside the constraints of time

When the 2022 Booker shortlist was announced in September, 87-year-old Alan Garner was highlighted as the oldest-ever shortlisted author. On the day the prize was announced he turned 88. That said, his nominated novel, Treacle Walker, begins with a quote from Italian quantum physicist, Carlo Rovelli: “Time is ignorance.”

The Conversation

The Guardian view on the Booker: one award with hundreds of judges

Editorial: Many have an opinion on the latest winner of the UK’s top literary prize, Shehan Karunatilaka. It’s a shame not all of them have read his book

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‘Writers all want to be rock stars’: Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka on ghosts, war and childish dreams

Set during the Sri Lankan civil war and narrated by a dead man, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is part murder mystery, part political satire and part love story. Its author recalls the grim events that inspired it – and the editor who kept pushing him to do better

The Times of India

Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize 2022 for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been announced as the winner of the Booker Prize 2022 for his novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'. Karunatilaka is the second author from Sri Lanka to win the prestigious award.

The Guardian - UK

Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and praised its audacity and ambition

The Conversation

How to win the Booker prize: is there a formula for ‘the finest in fiction’?

They say that everyone has a book in them. But how about a Booker prize? That’s probably what the six shortlisted authors of the Booker prize 2022 will be wondering as they count down the days to the live-streamed awards ceremony.

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Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘There’s a Sri Lankan gallows humour… we’ve been through a lot of catastrophes’

The novelist on finding dark farce in his country’s civil war, his grunge band past, and the ‘lottery win’ of the Booker shortlist

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Strout: ‘There’s a quiet rumbling of violence in America. Is it going to expand and explode?’

The Booker-shortlisted author on the enduring popularity of Olive Kitteridge, cancel culture and why she couldn’t avoid US politics in her latest Lucy Barton novel

Chronicle Live

Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel dies 'suddenly yet peacefully'

The writer is regarded as one of the finest British novelists of the 21st century and has won the Booker Prize twice

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve no idea how we’ll pick a winner’: the challenge of a spectacular Booker shortlist

From a surreal African kingdom to a Sri Lankan afterlife, via murder, morality, grief and healing … One of this year’s prize judges assesses the six finalists they must choose between

The Guardian - UK

Booker prize: Alan Garner becomes oldest author to be shortlisted

Only British writer on list will collect prize on 88th birthday if successful, but is up against five other books judges say ‘speak powerfully about important things’

The Independent UK

Nick Drnaso: ‘Once a book comes back from the printer, it’s dead to me’

In 2018, Nick Drnaso’s ‘Sabrina’ became the first graphic novel to be nominated for the Booker Prize. As his latest work, ‘Acting Class’, is published, he talks to Nick Duerden about his former life working in a button factory, his experiences of abuse, what his stories are really about and…

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie attacked: Here's all you need to know about the fatwa against him and the controversy

In a shocking turn of events, former Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on August 12, 2022. The author was at the venue to give a lecture.

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