The 2024 longlist for the Booker Prize – the world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction – announced Tuesday, July 30, 2024 . The longlist of 13 books – the ‘ Booker Dozen’ – has been chosen by the 2024 judging panel. The panel is chaired by artist and author Edmund de Waal, who is joined by award-winning novelist Sara Collins; Fiction Editor of the Guardian, Justine Jordan; world-renowned writer and professor Yiyun Li; and musician, composer and producer Nitin ... The 2024 Booker Prize winner is here! The prestigious literary prize , awarded to a novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, was given to Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Q1: What is Fiction? Fiction, literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction genre include the novel, short story, and novella. The word is from the Latin fictiō, “the act of making, fashioning, or molding. News: Booker Prize 2024 : British writer Samantha Harvey wins for space-station novel ‘Orbital’ About Booker Prize The Booker Prize , one of the most prestigious literary awards globally, was established in the United Kingdom in 1969. Originally known as the Booker -McConnell Prize , it was created to celebrate and promote the highest quality of fiction written in English.
