Paul Beatty has become the first ever American to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his book, The Sellout. Established in 1969, the winner of the Man Booker receives £50,000 or currently $81,465.81 Canadian dollars to be exact. For those authors that were shortlisted, £2,500 or $4,073.94 is awarded to each of them. The five… Continue reading THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
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Book Club: Man Booker Prize 2015
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is commonly known as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language. The prize is the world’s most important literary award given out. This is the second year that the prize, which was first awarded in 1969, has been open to… Continue reading Book Club: Man Booker Prize 2015