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12 October 2011updated 12 Oct 2023 9:47am

Is it time for a new literary prize?

Leading figures in the publishing world think so.

By Jonathan Derbyshire

I blogged yesterday about the misgivings expressed here and elsewhere about this year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist. I ended by observing that “some in the literary world are wondering if it isn’t time to start another prize altogether”.

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