Booker Prize
Taiwan Travelogue wins 2026 International Booker Prize
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Taiwan Travelogue has been named the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize. The novel was written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King. It marks the first time a book translated from Mandarin Chinese has taken the award.
Yann Martel, Booker Prize winner for Life of Pi, has published Son of Nobody, his first novel in exactly 10 years since The High Mountains of Portugal. The book features twin narratives intertwining a modern classics scholar and an ancient Greek soldier during the Trojan War. Martel discussed the work in a recent interview and will appear via livestream from the Sydney Writers' Festival.
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David Szalay, whose novel Flesh won the Booker Prize, is visiting Australia ahead of appearances at the Melbourne and Sydney writers' festivals. The author discussed his nomadic life and the inspirations behind his award-winning book during a recent interview. Szalay's work traces the rootless journey of a Hungarian man amid themes of displacement and violence.