Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading crisis

Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in bid to widen access to quality fiction An initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to launch this week, as research finds that more than a third of UK adults find it hard to read books through to the end. The Booker Prize Foundation is launching a short story collection entitled All Around the World, including works by the Booker prize winners Anne Enright, David Szalay and International Booker prize nominee Nadifa Mohamed. The collection was curated by another former winner, Roddy Doyle. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/09/booker-prize-quick-read-adult-reading-rates

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this looks excellent. definitely want to read it. kudos to the writer and translator
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De Taiwanese schrijfster Yáng Shuāng-zǐ en vertaalster Lin King hebben samen de International Booker Prize 2026 gewonnen voor de roman Taiwan Travelogue, meldt organisatie Booker Prizes op het platform Substack. De prestigieuze prijs van 50.000 pond (bijna 58.000 euro) werd uitgereikt tijdens een...

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📰 Taiwanese schrijfster wint Booker Prize met liefdesroman

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'Taiwan Travelogue' wins the 2026 International Booker Prize

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5823677/2026-booker-prize-winner-taiwan-travelogue

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The six books competing for the International Booker Prize 2026.

This year’s International Booker Prize shortlist of six novels take readers from a Japanese colonial-era Taiwan to the propaganda studios of Nazi Germany.

The prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260518-the-six-books-competing-for-the-international-booker-prize-2026?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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