LitfestYesterday saw the announcement of the 2009 Man Booker Prize longlist.
And here they all are – aren’t they lovely!
Booker longlist
The full list is as follows…
Byatt, AS The Children’s Book Random House – Chatto and Windus
Coetzee, J M Summertime Random House – Harvill Secker
Foulds, Adam The Quickening Maze Random House – Jonathan Cape
Hall, Sarah How to paint a dead man Faber and Faber
Harvey, Samantha The Wilderness Random House - Jonathan Cape
Lever, James Me Cheeta HarperCollins – Fourth Estate
Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall HarperCollins – Fourth Estate
Mawer, Simon The Glass Room Little, Brown
O’Loughlin, Ed Not Untrue & Not Unkind Penguin – Ireland
Scudamore, James Heliopolis Random House – Harvill Secker
Toibin, Colm Brooklyn Penguin – Viking
Trevor, William Love and Summer Penguin – Viking
Waters, Sarah The Little Stranger Little, Brown – Virago
Now to add to the fun of guessing who’s going to win, we have a little competition. Can you pick from the longlist above three authors who will make it to the 2009 shortlist which will be announced on 8 September 2009? Whats that? A prize? Oh, go on then. We have on offer a copy of Litfest’s “The Midland Hotel” book, signed by both Simon Webb and Sarah Hall (spot the connection?) to give away free to one lucky winner.
In the event of a tie, the names of those who correctly predicted any 3 shortlisted titles will be put in a hat and a winner picked at random. Only one entry per person. So get reading, get guessing and leave your predictions in the comments section of this blog post.
