07 September 2022
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Six authors go forward for the UK's biggest book prize
This year's Booker shortlist is:
* Alan Garner, Treacle Walker
• NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
• Elizabeth Strout, Oh, William!
• Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
• Percival Everett, The Trees
• Claire Keegan, Small Things LIke These
The winner will be announced on 17 October. Each shortlisted author will win £2,500, and the winner will receive £50,000.
Alan Garner, the only British author on the list, is the oldest author to be shortlisted for the UK's biggest book prize. Watch out for an interview with Alan in a forthcoming issue of Writing Magazine, discussing his stunning, Booker-shortlisted novel Treacle Walker.
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