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Scholars and politicians to attend unveiling of memorial at family home of only Welsh winner of literary prize

Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism law

Three Irish authors – including Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan – and Booker-shortlisted Brit Chetna Maroo sit among the 16 nominees, eight of them debut novels

“Jalen Green is going to be a superstar in this league,” a Suns executive said. “He reminds me a lot of Devin [Booker] and what he went through to start his career here.”

Maya Saroya narrates the Booker-shortlisted story of how a family channels its grief on the squash court and produces a potential champion

The If I Survive You author on the suspense of the Booker ceremony, Americans’ warped view of the Caribbean, and writing his next novel on the road

Come and Get It is Kiley Reid’s breathlessly anticipated follow-up to her 2020 Booker long-listed triumph Such a Fun Age, which was lauded as an essential and nuanced satire of white privilege, racial microaggressions and gender politics. Published just before the Black Lives Matter movement, it became a key work…

A coming-of-age tale in 1930s Barbados, a young man uncovers a terrible secret in rural Sudan and a Booker-winning story of rebellion in India all explore the complex legacy of colonialism

Spend your 2024 getting lost in very good novels – there are plenty to choose from. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to the year’s unmissable fiction