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The Man Booker Prize at 50: Scottish authors and publishers that made the shortlist

3rd September 20183rd September 2018 Ian Scott

In 2018 the Man Booker Prize celebrates its 50th anniversary. The first award was made in 1969 but most of the novels shortlisted were published in 1968. The 2018 shortlist will be announced on 20th September and the 2018 winner on the 16th October. To mark fifty years of the prize we thought we would […]

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