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Irish Author Paul Lynch Wins 2023 Booker Prize

Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet Song," a dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny.

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Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song wins the 2023 Booker Prize – but the judges picked the wrong Paul

Six books, three authors called Paul, one £50,000 prize. In the end, Paul Lynch has taken the spoils for his dystopian tale of a totalitarian Ireland – but it doesn’t feel like a winner that will stand the test of time, writes our chief book critic Martin Chilton

The Independent UK

Paul Lynch: From film critic to full-time writer

His fifth novel, Prophet Song, about a tyrannical government won the 2023 Booker Prize.

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Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song

Lynch’s fifth novel, about a young woman trying to make sense of a collapsing society, was announced as the winner of the prestigious literary award at a glittering ceremony in London

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Winner of the Booker Prize for fiction set to be announced in London

The winner of the Booker Prize for fiction will be announced on Sunday

The Independent UK

UK Booker Prize Set To Name First-time Winner

Britain's Booker Prize for fiction will anoint a first-time winner when the 2023 recipient of the prestigious prize is announced at a ceremony in London on Sunday.

International Business Times

Bookies make the three Pauls their favourites to win 2023 Booker prize

Paul Harding, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray have been given the best odds of winning the prestigious £50,000 literary prize this weekend

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Booker prize 2023: why these shortlisted novels represent a 'golden age' of Irish writing

This year’s Booker prize shortlist is an exciting line up, melding established, prize-winning authors and debut writers. The 2023 shortlist contains two Irish authors – Paul Murray and Paul Lynch – and on the long list of 13 novels, Elaine Feeney’s How to Build a Boat and Sebastian Barry’s Old…

The Conversation

Paul Murray and Fern Brady shortlisted for inaugural Nero awards

The prizes, which have picked up from the abruptly cancelled Costa awards, cover fiction, debut fiction, children’s fiction and non-fiction

The Guardian - UK

Booker prize 2023: will the judges talk themselves out of the right choice?

Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting, in a year full of family sagas, is surely the standout volume, but the panel may just opt for Sarah Bernstein’s ‘spectrally vague brainteaser’

The Guardian - UK

The White Review literary magazine ceases publishing

A statement cited increased costs and removal of UK state funding as the magazine, which featured writers including Paul Murray, Caleb Azumah Nelson and Sally Rooney, is to consider its future

The Guardian - UK

Finishing every Booker Prize novel is ‘impossible’ says judge Robert Webb

‘You finish as many as you can and the other ones you put to one side after a respectable but undisclosed fraction has been read’

Evening Standard

Novels from Canada, Ireland, US, UK finalists for Booker Prize for fiction

Shortlist announced for annual Booker literature prize includes two first-time novels among the six finalists.

Al Jazeera

Two debut books make the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist

Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You and Chetna Maroo's Western Lane are among the contenders for this year's prize, which honors the best English-language fiction published in the U.K. and Ireland.

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The Independent UK

Booker Prize 2023: Six shortlisted authors tackle immigration, identity and the climate crisis

All six authors are shortlisted for the prestigious award for the first time, with their work exploring themes of sisterhood, immigration, conflict and change

Evening Standard

Half of authors on newly revealed Booker Prize 2023 shortlist called Paul

The judges chose the final six novels from a longlist of 13 titles.

The Guardian - UK

‘Portraits of what it means to be alive today’: how we chose the 2023 Booker prize shortlist

From Sarah Bernstein’s absurdist novel to Jonathan Escoffery’s astonishingly assured debut, this year’s novels offered a full range of lived experience and made for an exciting shortlist

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Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist

Chetna Maroo’s ‘mesmerising’ Western Lane has been chosen for inclusion on a male-dominated list

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Booker Prize 2023 longlist announced with 10 new authors in the running

The Booker Prize longlist for 2023 was announced on Tuesday, featuring 10 authors who have never before been in the running for the award.

The Independent UK

2023 Booker Prize longlist ‘defined by its freshness’ as nominees announced

Four Irish writers are included on this year’s list, making up a third of all nominees.

The Independent UK

Booker Prize 2023: Longlist announced with 10 first-time nominees and a new record for Irish authors

Prestigious literature prize reveals 13 nominees for 2023 competition

The Guardian - UK

Booker prize reveals ‘original and thrilling’ 2023 longlist

Previously nominated authors Sebastian Barry, Tan Twan Eng and Paul Murray join 13-strong field including four debuts

The Guardian - UK

Irish writers, debuts – and groundbreaking sci-fi: the Booker longlist in depth

The personal meets the political in a list that includes dystopia and SF as well as little-known debuts

The Guardian - AU

Crikey’s silence deafening as Guy Rundle launches new book

The site hasn’t published anything by its correspondent-at-large since he was roundly condemned for a piece about Brittany Higgins. Plus: News Corp at odds with the press council

The Guardian - UK

Hot off the press: authors pick their page-turners for summer

From murder mysteries to comic novels, Maggie Shipstead, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Nina Stibbe, Paul Murray and other authors choose unputdownable favourites for your summer break

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