Waterstones Inverness(@WatInverness) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many congratulations to Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth & all our friends Sandstone Press for their fantastic @ManBookerPrize win last night.

Happy to support this brilliant publisher, get your copy here now!

Many congratulations to Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth & all our friends @sandstonepress for their fantastic @ManBookerPrize win last night.

Happy to support this brilliant publisher, get your copy here now!
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Victoria Demici(@VDemici) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Announcing Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies as the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019. Three Osmani sisters, family, history & a complex world in a book. Author, translator & former judge Elif Shafak chairing at Waterstones @ManBookerPrize

Announcing Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies as the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019. Three Osmani sisters, family, history & a complex world in a book. Author, translator & former #ManBookerPrize judge @Elif_Safak chairing at @Waterstones @ManBookerPrize
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Louisa Uchum Egbunike(@LouisaEgbunike) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Prof Carole Boyce Davies Prof. CBD - Dr. Carole Boyce Davies reminds us of the Booker prize's @ManBookerPrize ties to plantation slavery. The Booker family's wealth came from enslaved Africans toiling on their sugar plantations in Guyana. AfLit Association

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UNL Department of English(@unlenglish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What have Margaret E Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Bernardine Evaristo, JEANETTE WINTERSON, & our own
Chigozie Obioma in common with 8 other terrific writers: they r all long-listed for the 2019 . Congratulations!!!
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PAGE & STAGE NI(@ACNIWriting) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Class act indeed! At the opening of Belfast-born Cathy Wilkes's exhibition at at La Biennale di Venezia is Belfast’s @ManBookerPrize winner Anna Burns ( Faber Books, left). British Council Northern Ireland @artscouncilni Thanks jean cameron for the lovely photograph & for sharing it.

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Nicola Sturgeon(@NicolaSturgeon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Loved this book. Congratulations to author, Jokha Alharthi and translator, Marilyn Booth - and, of course, to its Scottish publisher Sandstone Press

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jean cameron(@jeanmcameron) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lovely responses to my tweet from the ribbon cutting moment at La Biennale di Venezia. It really was a beautiful ceremony, as these smiling faces testify: Man Booker Prize winner Anna Burns, Cathy Wilkes and her daughter, curator Dr Zoe Whitley and British Council Arts Emma Dexter

Lovely responses to my tweet from the ribbon cutting moment at #BritishPavilion @la_Biennale. It really was a beautiful ceremony, as these smiling faces testify: Man Booker Prize winner Anna Burns, Cathy Wilkes and her daughter, curator Dr Zoe Whitley and @BritishArts Emma Dexter
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British Council Literature(@LitBritish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani novelist translated into English, and her translator Marilyn Booth for their @ManBookerPrize international win!

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The Mosaic Rooms(@TheMosaicRooms) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Spotted in Foyles Bookshop Soho → winner Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth and published by Sandstone Press.

The first Arabic language book to win the @ManBookerPrize, it deals with family and history in the coming-of-age account of 3 sisters.

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Ariel Kahn(@ArielKahn2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wgat a night of firsts! First female Omani author in English. First Arabic novel to win @ManBookerPrize International, and a first for the marvellous Sandstone Press. So much to celebrate!

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National Centre for Writing(@WritersCentre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

FACT #3 Britain’s first and most famous MA Creative Writing was founded in Norwich at the UEA in 1970. The first student was Ian McEwan, who went on to win the @ManBookerPrize, followed by Kazuo Ishiguro who won the The Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017...

FACT #3 Britain’s first and most famous MA Creative Writing was founded in Norwich at the @uniofeastanglia in 1970. The first student was Ian McEwan, who went on to win the @ManBookerPrize, followed by Kazuo Ishiguro who won the @NobelPrize for Literature in 2017... #Nottwich
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SheInspires 🦋(@SheInsprAwrds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In her interview after winning the @ManBookerPrize for Celestial Bodies, along with her translator, Marilyn Booth, Jokha Alharthi talks about her novel and the complexity of her characters, including the women.

#InspiringWomen In her interview after winning the @ManBookerPrize for Celestial Bodies, along with her translator, Marilyn Booth, Jokha Alharthi talks about her novel and the complexity of her characters, including the women. 
#celestialbodies #oman #sandstonepress
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Juma AlAraimi(@JumaAlaraimi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“ I hope Celestial Bodies would help international readers discover that Oman has an active & talented writing community who live and work for their art”.




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Bluemoose Books(@Ofmooseandmen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please buy this wonderful book 'Celestial bodies' by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth, winner of the @ManBookerPrize International and published by the brilliant Independent Sandstone Press Big Bearded Bookseller Publishers Association theguardian.com/books/2019/may…

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Ova📚(@excusemereading) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just been amazed by Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth at Hay Festival!Celestial Bodies is the first Arabic novel by a woman to be translated to English and it won @ManBookerPrize International.What an achievement! Sandstone Press

Just been amazed by Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth at @hayfestival!Celestial Bodies is the first Arabic novel by a woman to be translated to English and it won  @ManBookerPrize International.What an achievement! @sandstonepress #CelestialBodies
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Ted Hodgkinson(@TeditorTed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ve got the best seat in the house at the Man Booker International Prize announcement Roundhouse with my wonderful dinner companions Jenny Croft Daniel Hahn Fiammetta Rocco @epwa66 announcement is coming up next @ManBookerPrize

I’ve got the best seat in the house at the Man Booker International Prize announcement @RoundhouseLDN with my wonderful dinner companions @jenniferlcroft @danielhahn02 @FiammettaRocco @epwa66 announcement is coming up next #MBI2019 @ManBookerPrize
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Tinder Press(@TinderPress) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When Guy chose us to be his publisher, he said he hoped would 'shake things up'. So it's beyond joyful to see it really taking the world by storm. Authors' Club dylanthomprize Jhalak Prize The Goldsmiths Prize New Writing North @ManBookerPrize. We are so very proud.

When Guy chose us to be his publisher, he said he hoped #MadAndFurious would 'shake things up'.  So it's beyond joyful to see it really taking the world by storm. @AuthorsClub @dylanthomprize @jhalakprize @GoldsmithsPrize @NewWritingNorth @ManBookerPrize.  We are so very proud.
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