Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker Prize !
Summary
- The Booker Prize Ceremony 2020, brought to you live from the Roundhouse, London by Front Row and BBC Arts on 19 November.
- Six novels were shortlisted for the £50,000 prize for fiction, in this extraordinary year in which reading has taken on a renewed importance.
- Taking part in the socially distanced proceedings were Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, last year's winners Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo, chair of judges Margaret Busby, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, and former President of the United States Barack Obama.
- The evening was hosted by Front Row's John Wilson and broadcast simultaneously on Radio 4 and BBC iPlayer.
- Use #2020BookerPrize on social media.
Congratulations again to Douglas Stuart, whose novel Shuggie Bain has joined the exclusive club of Booker Winners.
You can relive the excitement of tonight's ceremony by clicking the play button at the top of the page.
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