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The 2020 Booker Prize Ceremony

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 8:40 p.m.

Live from the Roundhouse, London, Front Row brings you the 2020 Booker Prize ceremony. Who will be the winner of the \xa350,000 prize for fiction in this extraordinary year?

Taking part in the socially distanced proceedings will be Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, last year's winners Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo, chair of judges Margaret Busby, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, former President of the United States Barack Obama - and of course, the winner. The evening will be hosted by Front Row's John Wilson and broadcast simultaneously on BBC iPlayer.

The shortlisted authors and titles are:\nDiane Cook, The New Wilderness \nTsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body \nAvni Doshi, Burnt Sugar \nMaaza Mengiste, The Shadow King \nDouglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain \nBrandon Taylor, Real Life

Presenter: John Wilson\nProducer: Sarah Johnson