It's time for the yearly Booker Prize special. I'll update this event page as more info get announced! *The winner of the Booker Prize 2026 will be announced on Monday, 9 November.* The shortlist has been released: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2026 • **The End of Everything by M John Harrison**: *A slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding from the acknowledged master of science fiction.* • **The Disappearers by Marlon James**: *A deeply human story of men who must make compromises to survive what the society they live in demands.* • **Black Bag by Luke Kennard:** *A warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity and an off-kilter love story, Black Bag is a firework of a novel: blazingly funny and profoundly humane.* • **May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry**: *Laced with desire and longing, May We Feed the King is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King 'Great', and a life meaningful.* • **The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout:** *With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets.* • **John of John by Douglas Stuart**: *John of John is the heartbreaking story of a young man’s return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation.*

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