Man Booker 40 years old in 2008

Monday, 24 December 2007 02:37

The Man Booker Prize 2008 announces Chair and Judges and Man Booker Prize celebrates 40 years.

The Man Booker Prize 2008 announces the Chair and Judges. More »

Celebrating 40 years of the Man Booker Prize in 2008.

2008 sees the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize (now the Man Booker Prize) for Fiction, the most important literary prize in the English speaking world.

As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations the Man Booker Prize website will feature a range of articles, interviews and news stories and we are planning a range of events and initiatives throughout the year including an online campaign involving the reading public.

The Man Booker Prize also has a new brand for 2008 that will carry it forward into the next forty years. See it here first on the new look website.

Read the news announcement of the anniversary plans for 2008. More »

Read the first articles about the history of the prize in our Perspective section:

The Booker Prize Story

Sir Michael Caine, former Chief Executive of Booker, traces the origins of this prestigious prize. More »

Hitting the Headlines

The Man Booker Prize has always attracted controversy, here are some of the headlines over the years.