- Title: Whowonit? 'Seismic' Man Booker prize due next week
- Date: 21st October 2016
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FRONT COVERS OF THE SHORTLISTED MAN BOOKER PRIZE BOOKS (MUTE) BOOK SHELVES TO MAN BOOKER PRIZE JUDGE, JON DAY, SITTING AND READING DAY TURNING PAGES OF BOOK (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN BOOKER PRIZE JUDGE, JON DAY, SAYING: "There is a huge amount of attention paid to the Man Booker Prize and that's partly, I think, by virtue of the critical rigor that underpins the decisions that the judges make. We read all of the submissions, we read them closely and attentively, and we re-read them every stage of the process. I think readers have come to realise that's a fairly good barometer by which to judge quality fiction." VARIOUS OF DAY SITTING AND READING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN BOOKER PRIZE JUDGE, JON DAY, SAYING: "It's very difficult to say and I think it probably changes every year and that's what I found most interesting about being involved in this process, having those discussions about what constitutes a Man Booker winner, has taken up almost as much time as discussing the books themselves." VARIOUS OF FRONT COVER OF 'THE SELLOUT' BY PAUL BEATTY (MUTE) VARIOUS OF FRONT COVER OF 'DO NOT SAY WE HAVE NOTHING' BY MADELEINE THIEN (MUTE) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN BOOKER PRIZE JUDGE, JON DAY, SAYING: "I think there's some truth in that. I also think the novel is a great form for exploring those big social, economic and political questions. And indeed, some of the novels on our shortlist do that quite explicitly in relation to recent events, and I think that's a sign of the sprightliness of the form as much as it is of anything else." VARIOUS OF FRONT COVER OF 'HOT MILK' BY DEBORAH LEVY (MUTE) FRONT COVER OF 'ALL THAT MAN IS' BY DAVID SZALAY (MUTE) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN BOOKER PRIZE JUDGE, JON DAY, SAYING: "I think it is a huge amount of money, obviously, for a writer to win, but on top of that, the recognition and the readers you gain as a winner and indeed as a shortlisted author for the Man Booker Prize are as, if not more, significant. I mean all writers want to be read and I think that's the reason prizes like the Man Booker exist." VARIOUS OF FRONT COVER OF 'HIS BLOODY PROJECT' BY GRAEME MACRAE BURNET (MUTE) FRONT COVER OF 'EILEEN' BY OTTESSA MOSHFEGH (MUTE)
- Embargoed: 5th November 2016 14:21
- Keywords: Man Booker Man Booker Prize literature author prize
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS UNKNOWN LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS UNKNOWN LOCATIONS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Books,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
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