International Booker prize goes to novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese for the first time

Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, pulled off an ‘incredible double feat’ in succeeding as ‘both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel’ ...

International Booker Prize 2026: heartbreak, brutality, shapeshifting – six experts review the nominees

This year’s International Booker Prize shortlist presents a diverse and intriguing array of books that all demonstrate the ...
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‘Taiwan Travelogue’ Wins International Booker Prize

The metafictional novel, published in the U.S. by Graywolf, is the first book translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the ...

Booker Prize-Winner Douglas Stuart on 'John of John', Leaving Scotland and His Next Novel

Before Douglas Stuart’s first book — 2020’s Booker Prize-winning Shuggie Bain — was published, he had some time to kill. The ...

Colonial ghosts, virgins and Nazi directors: The International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

This year's International Booker Prize shortlist of six novels take readers from a Japanese colonial-era Taiwan to the ...

From Salman Rushdie to Banu Mushtaq: Every Booker win by an Indian-origin author

As the International Booker Prize prepares to announce its 2026 winner on May 19, we trace the remarkable legacy of ...