2019 Booker Prize Longlist Announced

2019 Booker Prize Longlist Announced The  2019 Booker Prize  Longlist has been  announced! This years longlist is comprised of 13 novels that span the globe, ranging from established authors like Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie to debuts from new voices like  Oyinkan Braithwaite.  First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open  to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK or Ireland.  The winner of the prize will receive £50,000.  The shortlist will be announced on September 3rd and the winner will be announced October 14th. Peter Florence, chair of the judges, writes of the nominated titles,  They imagine our world, familiar from news cycle disaster and grievance, with wild humor, deep insight and a keen humanity. These writers offer joy and hope. They celebrate the rich complexity of English as a global language. They are exacting, enlightening and entertaining. Reallyâ€"read all of them. The 2019 Booker Prize longlist has been announced. Watch what our judges had to say and read more here: https://t.co/BgLFiyaEbc#BookerPrize2019 #FinestFiction pic.twitter.com/gi1Xx6oe8h â€" The Booker Prizes (@TheBookerPrizes) July 23, 2019 2019 Booker Prize Longlist The Testaments  by Margaret Atwood Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry My Sister, The Serial Killer  by  Oyinkan Braithwaite Ducks, Newburyport  by  Lucy Ellmann Girl, Woman, Other  by  Bernardine Evaristo The Wall  by  John Lanchester The Man Who Saw Everything  by  Deborah Levy Lost Children Archive  by  Valeria Luiselli An Orchestra of Minorities  by  Chigozie Obioma Lanny  by  Max Porter Quichotte  by  Salman Rushdie 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World  by  Elif Shafak Frankissstein by  Jeanette Winterson The panel of judges for this years award include founder and director of Hay Festival Peter Florence (Chair); former fiction publisher and editor Liz Calder; novelist, essayist, and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo; writer and broadcaster  Afua Hirsch; and concert pianist, conductor, and composer Joanna MacGregor. See more of Book Riots coverage of the Booker prize here. Sign up to Today In Books to receive  daily news and miscellany from the world of books. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.