BOOK AWARDS
Man Booker prize 2007
http://www.themanbookerprize.com
Awarded in October each year, the prize is now officially called the Man Booker Prize, in honour of its sponsor until 2006, global investment broker Man Group while retaining the name of its original sponsor, food distribution firm Booker, which established the prize in 1969 to encourage interest in contemporary fiction.
Awarded to the best full-length novel of the year, the prize is open to authors from the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth, the winner receiving £50,000, with £2,500 for each of the six shortlisted authors.
Winner 2007 (announced mid October)
The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape) 9780224078733
Shortlist (announced mid-September)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Darkmans | Nicola Barker | Fourth Estate | 9780007193622 |
| Gathering | Anne Enright | Jonathan Cape | 9780224078733 |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mohsin Hamed | Harcourt Trade | 9780151013043 |
| Mister Pip | Lloyd Jones | John Murray | 9780719564567 |
| On Chesil Beach | Ian McEwan | Jonathan Cape | 9780224081184 |
| Animal's People | Indra Sinha | Simon & Schuster | 9780743259200 |
Longlist (announced mid August)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Darkmans | Nicola Barker | Fourth Estate | 9780007193622 |
| Self Help: A Novel | Edward Docx | Picador | 9780330438353 |
| Gift of Rain | Tan Twan Eng | Myrmidon | 9781905802043 |
| Gathering | Anne Enright | Jonathan Cape | 9780224078733 |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mohsin Hamed | Harcourt Trade | 9780151013043 |
| Welsh Girl | Peter Ho Davies | Sceptre | 9780340938256 |
| Mister Pip | Lloyd Jones | John Murray | 9780719564567 |
| Gifted | Nikita Lalwani | Viking | 9780670917075 |
| On Chesil Beach | Ian McEwan | Jonathan Cape | 9780224081184 |
| What Was Lost | Catherine O'Flynn | Tindall St | 9780955138416 |
| Consolation | Michael Redhill | William Heinemann | 9780434011797 |
| Animal's People | Indra Sinha | Simon & Schuster | 9780743259200 |
| Winnie and Wolf | A.N. Wilson | Hutchinson | 9780091796761 |
