For novelists, winning a Booker Prize, one of the most coveted literary awards in the world, is a career- and life-changing achievement.
In this special event, a dazzling array of shortlisted writers and winners reflect on how it shaped their writing lives and read from the works that brought them recognition.
Hear panel discussion with 2025 Booker Prize winner David Szalay (Flesh), 2025 Chair of the judges and previous winner Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha), Susan Choi (Flashlight), Yann Martel (Life of Pi) and Charlotte Wood (Stone Yard Devotional). With host ABC Radio National’s Kate Evans.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 – The astonishing story of one family swept up in the tides of the twentieth century, ranging from Japan to the USA to the North Korean regime
10 May
2026
Melbourne, VIC
Susan Choi: Flashlight
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12 May
2026
Canberra, ACT
Night of the Bookers: David Szalay and Susan Choi
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16 May
2026
Margaret River, WA
Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival: Flashlight
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17 May
2026
Margaret River, WA
Plotting Conflict with Susan Choi
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19 May
2026
Brunswick Heads, NSW
Susan Choi In Conversation with Mick O'Regan
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22 May
2026
Eveleigh, NSW
Susan Choi: Flashlight
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24 May
2026
Eveleigh, NSW
Family Secrets: Stories of the beauty and burdens families share
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