Via satellite from the Southbank’s Festival Hall in London
Man Booker Live is an exciting new initiative for 2012. The
Man Booker Prize for Fiction has partnered with Picturehouse
Entertainment to broadcast ‘Prize Readings,’ an evening with the 2012
shortlisted authors at the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank
Centre on Monday 15th October.
Taking
place on the eve of the winner announcement, the shortlisted authors
will be reading and discussing their work in front of an audience hosted
by one of the UK’s favourite broadcasters, Radio 4’s James Naughtie.
Tickets for Man Booker Live will go on sale this Friday, 17th August, at cinemas across the UK.
For
the first time booklovers nationwide will be able to enjoy and
participate in the shortlist event at their local cinemas. For avid
followers of the Man Booker Prize and bookgroups everywhere, the evening
promises lively discussion and a unique opportunity to see world-class
writers the night before the winner of the £50,000 prize is decided.
Ion
Trewin, Literary Director of the Booker Prize Foundation, comments: “We
are delighted to be partnering with the Southbank and Picturehouse and
to be able to share, for the first time, the occasion with readers all
over the country.”
The
shortlist of six will be announced on 11th September from a longlist of
12 authors, announced on 25th July. The longlisted authors are: Nicola
Barker, Ned Beauman, André Brink, Tan Twan Eng, Michael Frayn, Rachel
Joyce, Deborah Levy, Hilary Mantel, Alison Moore, Will Self, Jeet Thayil
and Sam Thompson. For up to date information on the Man Booker Prize
please visit www.themanbookerprize.com
Man Booker Live is taking place at cinemas across the UK, for more information and tickets please visit: www.picturehouses.co.uk
For more information and tickets to ‘Prize Readings’ at the Southbank Centre please visit: http://ticketing.
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