2018 Man Booker Prize

The 2018 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 16 October 2018.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 24 July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 20 September. The longlist included Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, the first in Booker Prize history to nominate a graphic novel.

Anna Burns was awarded the 2018 Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman, receiving £50,000;[2] she became the first Northern Irish author to win the prize.[3]

  1. ^ "The Man Booker Prize - Key Dates". The Man Booker Prizes.
  2. ^ "Anna Burns wins 50th Man Booker Prize with Milkman! | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  3. ^ Flood, Alison; Armitstead, Claire (2018-10-16). "Anna Burns wins Man Booker prize for 'incredibly original' Milkman". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-17.