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Novel about the ISS space station wins the Booker Prize

The British author Samantha Harvey is awarded this year's Booker Prize for the novel "Orbital". The book takes place over a 24-hour period and follows six astronauts on board the International Space Station, ISS.

Novel about the ISS space station wins the Booker Prize

International Authors Boycott Israel

More than 1,000 literarily active individuals, including international authors such as Sally Rooney, and Nobel laureates like Abdulrazak Gurnah and Annie Ernaux, are participating in a boycott against Israeli cultural institutions, reports the newspaper Haaretz. .

International Authors Boycott Israel

Record number of women nominated for the Booker Prize

Never before have so many female authors been nominated for the Booker Prize. The "short list" presented contains five women and one man.

Record number of women nominated for the Booker Prize