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M. John Harrison Booker Prize win
M. John Harrison, 81, won the £50,000 Booker Prize for "The End of Everything", becoming the oldest winner, beating Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
Updated 10:40 UTC, 10 November 2026 · 3 reports from 3 outlets · 6 confirmed · 11 one-source
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Where it stands M. John Harrison, 81, won the £50,000 Booker Prize for "The End of Everything", becoming the oldest winner, beating Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
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Story opened UK author M. John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for his apocalyptic novel The End of Everything.
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European media
France 24Public broadcaster
- France 24 foregrounds Harrison's age and the novel's 'AI-tinged apocalyptic' themes, quoting his remark that 'current affairs provided the themes and the satire' and the judges' praise, while.
Middle East state media
Al JazeeraState media
- Al Jazeera foregrounds the judges' praise, quoting chair Mary Beard's 'politics of now seen through the lens of the future' and the panel's 'thriller, a mystery, a satire'.
Asian media
South China Morning PostPrivate
- South China Morning Post centres the judges' praise, quoting Mary Beard on the book coming 'ahead' in 'expert writing' and 'huge ambition', and notes the AI theme and.
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One main point of the book is that if, or when, such an apocalypse comes it will be incomprehensible, … moment
ahead in terms of both its extraordinary expert writing, but also huge ambition
Current affairs provided the themes and the satire
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Mary Beard said "The End of Everything" came out ahead in terms of its extraordinary expert writing and huge ambition.
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“"The End of Everything" came out"ahead in terms of both its extraordinary expert writing, but also huge ambition," chair of the judges Mary Beard told a press conference.”
France 24Public broadcasterAttributesUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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“The End of Everything came out “ahead in terms of both its extraordinary expert writing, but also huge ambition,” chair of the judges Mary Beard told a press conference.”
South China Morning PostPrivateAttributesM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
Mary Beard chaired the panel of judges for the Booker Prize.
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“"The End of Everything" came out"ahead in terms of both its extraordinary expert writing, but also huge ambition," chair of the judges Mary Beard told a press conference.”
France 24Public broadcasterReportsUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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“Mary Beard, who chaired the judging panel, described the book as “the politics of now seen through the lens of the future”, saying it depicts a society grappling with a catastrophe its inhabitants do not fully understand.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Harrison beat shortlisted authors Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
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“He beat shortlisted authors Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry, whose entries ranged from a queer epic unfolding in 1980s Kingston to a campus satire set in modern-day London.”
France 24Public broadcasterReportsUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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“He beat shortlisted authors Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry, whose entries ranged from a queer epic unfolding in 1980s Kingston to a campus satire set in modern-day London.”
South China Morning PostPrivateReportsM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
The Booker Prize comes with a £50,000 ($67,000) prize.
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“Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the award, which comes with a £50,000 ($67,000) prize and a boost in sales and profile for the winner.”
France 24Public broadcasterReportsUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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“Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the award, which comes with a £50,000 (US$67,000) prize and a boost in sales and profile for the winner.”
South China Morning PostPrivateReportsM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the Booker Prize.
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“Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the award, which comes with a £50,000 ($67,000) prize and a boost in sales and profile for the winner.”
France 24Public broadcasterReportsUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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“Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the award, which comes with a £50,000 (US$67,000) prize and a boost in sales and profile for the winner.”
South China Morning PostPrivateReportsM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
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“British author M John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian satire novel, The End of Everything, becoming the oldest winner in the literary award’s history.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize for his novel "The End of Everything".
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“UK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel”
France 24Public broadcasterReportsUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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“UK author M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize on Monday for his enigmatic novel The End of Everything, which echoes concerns about artificial intelligence in a darkly satirical depiction of post-apocalyptic Britain.”
South China Morning PostPrivateReportsM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
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The Booker judges unanimously selected the 198-page book on Monday.
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“The Booker judges unanimously selected the 198-page book on Monday, saying it can be read as a “thriller, a mystery, a satire, a dystopia, a road novel, a work of realism”.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Harrison is 81 years old, two years older than Margaret Atwood when she won in 2019.
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“The 81-year-old author is the oldest writer to win the Booker, two years older than Margaret Atwood when she won in 2019.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Harrison beat five other finalists, including Douglas Stuart and Marlon James.
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“Harrison beat five other finalists, including previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Harrison received the 50,000 British pound ($67,000) prize at a ceremony in London.
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“He was awarded the 50,000 British pound ($67,000) prize at a ceremony in London.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
The End of Everything is the first work of science fiction to win the Booker Prize.
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“The novel, whose themes of “catastrophe and apocalypse” chime with our uneasy times, is the first work of science fiction to win the prestigious literary award.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
M John Harrison won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel The End of Everything.
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“British author M John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian satire novel, The End of Everything, becoming the oldest winner in the literary award’s history.”
Al JazeeraState mediaReportsUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
David Szalay won the Booker Prize last year for Flesh.
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“Last year, British-Hungarian author David Szalay won the prize for Flesh, his tortured tale of a Hungarian émigré in London.”
South China Morning PostPrivateReportsM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
Beard says one main point of the book is that if such an apocalypse comes it will be incomprehensible.
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““One main point of the book is that if, or when, such an apocalypse comes it will be incomprehensible,” Beard said, adding the book spoke to the present “moment”.”
South China Morning PostPrivateAttributesM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
Judges whittled down 163 entries to a shortlist of six novels.
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“The theme of artificial intelligence has been on the judges’ minds through the year-long selection process, which saw them whittle down 163 entries to a shortlist of six novels.”
South China Morning PostPrivateReportsM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
The Booker Prize was awarded on Monday at a London ceremony.
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“The prize, which celebrates the best work of long-form fiction by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the last year, was awarded on Monday at a London ceremony.”
France 24Public broadcasterReportsUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
Harrison said current affairs provided the themes and the satire for his book.
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“"Current affairs provided the themes and the satire," Harrison said of his book.”
France 24Public broadcasterAttributesUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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