Pigeon English

MASS MARKETFICTION

THERE was no room for Irish author Sebastian Barry on the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

A Western has made its way on to the Man Booker Prize shortlist for the first time – in what judges have hailed as a “readable” shortlist.

Resurgent Potter-mania and the growth of downloadable summer reading has resulted in a boost to sales for Bloomsbury, the publisher said today.