The judges considered 151 books, which were whittled down to 13 on the longlist, six on the shortlist, and tonight there will be just one book left, one winner. The six shortlisted authors are all here tonight they include two former winners of the prize sir Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood. And all of them are now waiting to find out if they have won, and if theyll be taking home the £50,000 cheque that goes with winning. To help guide us through the proceedings, im delighted to say were joined by the author and journalist Daisy Buchanan and nic bottomley, owner of mr bs book shop in bath, and president of the Booksellers Association which represents book shops in the uk and ireland. Thank you both for being here. Not long now, plenty to discuss. But before we chat, lets have a look at this years shortlist. You lionesses six of the best books of the year are competing for the booker prize. Margaret atwoods testa m e nts booker prize. Margaret atwoods testaments is the sequel to the
Away, pressurising. This ridge of High Pressure coming up from the south across the uk. For the early pa rt south across the uk. For the early part of next week, maybe we will see a spell of drier, quieter weather. Colder at night and mist and fog as well. The pattern in thejet spring jetstrea m well. The pattern in thejet spring jetstream is up and down and its all over the place. Unsettled weather coming in from the atlantic. How quickly . Any dry weather may not last very long at all. But we will wait and see. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 30pm President Trump says he will redeploy troops in syria after their withdrawal sparked rising tensions on the border with turkey. In the queens speech at the state opening of parliament, bills are proposed on crime, health and the environment. But the priority is securing brexit by the end of the month. It was Boris Johnsons first queens speech as Prime Minister. But, without a majority in the house of commons, labour says it is unlikel
The civil war in syria looks set to enter a new and even more dangerous phase with Government Forces on the move to help kurdish fighters under attack from turkey. Turkish forces crossed into syria last week. The turkish government regards the kurdish fighters as terrorists and wants to occupy a buffer zone reaching 20 miles into syria. The kurds have now turned to syrias president assad for help. Syrian Government Forces entered several towns just south of the border on monday setting up a potentially dangerous confrontation with turkey. Our correspondent orla guerin has sent this report from the syria turkey border. Rolling in to a heroes welcome troops of the assad regime, handed a victory without firing a shot, arriving today in the strategic town of ain issa. Look whos back. The kurds say they had to do a deal with the regime after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. The choice, they say, was compromise or genocide. Further along a key highway, the town of tal t
The civil war in syria looks set to enter a new and even more dangerous phase with Government Forces on the move to help kurdish fighters under attack from turkey. Turkish forces crossed into syria last week. The turkish government regards the kurdish fighters as terrorists and wants to occupy a buffer zone reaching 20 miles into syria. The kurds have now turned to syrias president assad for help. Syrian Government Forces entered several towns just south of the border on monday setting up a potentially dangerous confrontation with turkey. Our correspondent orla guerin has sent this report from the syria turkey border. Rolling in to a heroes welcome troops of the assad regime, handed a victory without firing a shot, arriving today in the strategic town of ain issa. Look whos back. The kurds say they had to do a deal with the regime after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. The choice, they say, was compromise or genocide. Further along a key highway, the town of tal t