Barack Obama to appear virtually at the Booker Prize ceremony (Anthony Devlin/PA)Barack Obama will make a virtual appearance at this year’s Booker Prize awards ceremony. The former US president will talk about what he has learned from reading Booker Prize winning novels, according to organisers. Author Kazuo Ishiguro will make an appearance to discuss his experience of winning both the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Booker Prize, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality whose work is written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The Booker Prize award ceremony will take place on November 19 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as well as being livestreamed on iPlayer.

Source: Irish Independent November 12, 2020 15:31 UTC