Thank you Harshaneeyam.

Join the winners of the #InternationalBooker2024 in conversation with @romeshg and Gaby Wood at Hay Festival on Saturday 25 May.

Get your tickets here: hayfestival.com/p-21693-intern…

Two days left to apply: bit.ly/summersalt-tra… for emerging translators working from South Asian languages. Keynote Geetanjali Shree, plus workshop: Bangla Arunava Sinha; Hindi-Urdu Daisy Rockwell ڈیزی راکویل डेज़ी राक्वैल; Tamil Sumathy Sivamohan. Other languages: Poetry Ranjit Hoskote; Prose Tejaswini Niranjana.

And now for a poem ...

A huge thank you to our #InternationalBooker2024 judges Eleanor Wachtel, Natalie Diaz, Romesh Gunesekera, William Kentridge and Aaron Robertson.

Here's what they had to say about the books on the this year's longlist.

How wonderful to see this longlist launched after months and months of reading. A salute to the judges ⁦Eleanor Wachtel⁩ ⁦Natalie Diaz⁩ ⁦Romesh Gunesekera⁩ Aaron Robertson and William Kentridge International Booker Prize 2024 | The Booker Prizes thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Don't just take my word for it - Bernardine Evaristo, Monica Ali, Bidisha, Maya Jaggi & Romesh Gunesekera have all praised Kamala Markandaya's work. And a new edition of her debut novel, Nectar in a Sieve, is out today from HopeRoad: hoperoadpublishing.com/nectar-in-a-si… Kim Oliver

Delighted and honoured to be on this panel! Looking forward to the journey across the world. The Booker Prizes

An amazing week of poetry and fiction! Thank you everyone. Arvon North

Lovely to be in Lumb Bank with Romesh Gunesekera Dr Jo Clement & the dedicated group of writers this week, to feel the nourishing nature of writing. ✍🏻

We are delighted to announce the joint winners of The 30th Gratiaen Prize - Yudhanjaya Wijeratne & #ChiranthiRajapakse as well as the winner of the bi-annual H.A.I Goonetileke Prize for Translations- #ManelEriyagama .

Congratulations to all!

Looking forward to this.

Congratulations!

#theinternationalbookerprize2023

Announcing the shortlist!
Heartiest congratulations to the talented writers who made it.
Stay tuned for the winner reveal on June 17th.

#GratiaenTrust #The30thGratiaenPrize #TheGratiaenPrizeShortlist #JohnKeellsFoundation

Delighted to be on this panel.

Looking forward to offering this course ‘starting to write’ at Arvon with Romesh Gunesekera Dr Jo Clement this summer arvon.org/writing-course…

Thinking of starting to write? Book it, now.

Looking forward to this!

Great news! Congratulations Shehan Karunatilaka!