'I tossed books across the room': Booker Prize judges reveal 'tussle' over shortlist
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"'I tossed books across the room': Booker Prize judges reveal 'tussle' over shortlist" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NPR, The Booker Prizes, The Guardian and The New York Times. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 45d ago.
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Coverage (10)
- Marlon James and Douglas Stuart have chance to become 5th multiple winner of Booker Prize book award AP News · 45d ago
- Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist thebookerprizes.com · 45d ago
- Booker prize 2026: ask our books team anything about this year’s contenders The Guardian · 45d ago
- Booker Prize 2026 Financial Times · 45d ago
- I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize The Guardian · 45d ago
- The 2026 Booker Prize shortlist is 'writing at its best' NPR · 45d ago
- The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist: what our judges said The Booker Prizes · 45d ago
- Previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart shortlisted for Booker prize The Guardian · 45d ago
- Booker Prize 2026: Six Novels Make Shortlist The New York Times · 45d ago
- 'I tossed books across the room': Booker Prize judges reveal 'tussle' over shortlist bbc.com · 45d ago
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