Man Booker Prize longlist announced
The 13-strong longlist for the Man Booker Prize 2010 was announced today. Nominees for the prize, which is considered the leading literary award in the English-speaking world, include David Mitchell, Damon Gulgat and Rose Tremain - who have all been shortlisted before - and Peter Carey, who has previously won the award twice. The Independent's columnist Howard Jacobson also picks up his second longlist nomination. The chair of judges, Andrew Motion said: "Here are thirteen...

13 vying for Man Booker Prize
London, July 27 (UPI) -- Peter Carey's "Parrot and Olivier in America" and Emma Donoghue's "Room" were among the nominees announced in London for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. The long list for the literary award was unveiled Tuesday. It also includes Helen Dunmore's "The Betrayal," Damon Galgut's "In a Strange Room," Howard Jacobson's "The Finkler Question," Andrea Levy's "The Long Song," Tom McCarthy's "C," David Mitchell's "The Thousand Autumns of Zacob de Zoet," Lisa Moore's "February," Paul...

Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010 Longlist Announced
This morning Booker Prize judges announced the 13-author " Man Booker Dozen " longlist for the 2009 edition of the £50,000 literary prize. The judges sorted through 138 books to pick the prestigious longlist. The final list includes: Peter Carey for Parrot and Oliver in America and David Mitchell for The Thousand Autumns of Zacob de Zoet . On Twitter, critics are already weighing in. Edward Champion wrote: "Notable Booker snubs: Martin Amis and Scarlett Thomas ." Novelist Ian...

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010 Longlist
This year’s 13-author strong “Man Booker Dozen” longlist was just announced, and while it doesn’t include many new names (in fact, Peter Carey has already won the Booker - twice) and there were a few notable snubs (Martin Amis, Ian McEwan), it does include several books that are recent Flavorpill favorites - most notably David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and Emma Donoghue’s Room . Click through to view the final list, and leave...

That NASA look
Yes, I know I just linked to a David Mitchell video the other day, but this one is so good I figured why not. Ha! That’s from the UK show "That Mitchell and Webb Look", which is a great satirical show. There are about a gazillionty Billion reasons The Moon Hoax folks are wrong, but M&W have boiled it down to its very essence. Well done! Tip o’ the spacesuit visor to TheShickle .