WEEK 11. THIS YEAR’S BOOKER PRIZE COMPETITION AND WINNER (2009)

‘The Booker Prize represents the very best of contemporary fiction. One of the world’s most famous literary prizes, it continues to be the ultimate accolade for every fiction writer’ – Booker’s description of the Booker Prize

‘Posh bingo’ – Julian Barnes’s description of the Booker Prize

2009 Judges:

James Naughtie (chair), Lucasta Miller, John Mullan, Sue Perkins, Michael Prodger

2009 Shortlist:

A.S. Byatt, The Children’s Book
J.M. Coetzee, Summertime
Adam Foulds, The Quickening Maze
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
Simon Mawer, The Glass Room
Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger