The Man Booker Prize

MAN BOOKER PRIZE for Fiction 2009

The Shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on the 8th September:

Byatt, AS for The Children's Book (Random House - Chatto and Windus)

Coetzee, J M for Summertime (Random House - Harvill Secker)

Foulds, Adam for The Quickening Maze (Random House - Jonathan Cape)

Mantel, Hilary for Wolf Hall (HarperCollins - Fourth Estate)

Mawer, Simon for The Glass Room (Little, Brown)

Waters, Sarah for The Little Stranger (Little, Brown - Virago.)

The Winner will be announced on the 6th October 2009.

Further details about the Prize can be viewed on the Man Booker prize website www.themanbookerprize.com

PoS materials is available for booksellers to order through the wholesalers.

For a list of past winners go to the Reports Library on this web site, or for further information about the award visit www.themanbookerprize.com