Lucy, Colin & Aaron discuss otherworldly sci-fi novel The End of Everything by M. John Harrison, published by Serpent's Tail..

And we hear the thoughts of some members of the bookclub.

The crew is pretty divided over this one, what did you think of the book?

We’re reading the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist ahead of the winner announcement.

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The Booker prize 2026 Shortlist has been announced!

Aaron, Lucy & Colin share their reactions to the books & decide on a reading schedule.

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison

John of John by Douglas Stuart

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Black Bag by Luke Kennard

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry

The Disapperers by Marlon James

We aim to upload a new episode every Friday, or so, until the winner is announced Monday,November 9th.

Read along and share your thoughts on each book!

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Bookies' Favourite are co-judging the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2027, alongside writers Saraid de Silva & Ben Pester.

Acting as one judge on the literary prize's panel of three judges we'll work together to longlist, shortlist and find a winner from all nominated books from small presses across the UK &Ireland.

We previously covered some of the books selected for the 2026 prize, including the joint winners; Ghost Driver by Nell Osborne and Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group by Rebecca Gransden.

In this episode we hear some of this years' winners, writer Nell Osborne and Hugh Nicholson from Moist Books behind Ghost Driver, as well as Michael Curran from Tangerine Press which brought you Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group.

Follow along with us on our journey as an official literary prize judge.

We'll next be covering the Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist.

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@tangerine_press

💬 Share your thoughts with the book club

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Email bookiesfavouritebookclub@gmail.com

Aaron @AaronRiceMedia

Lucy @bookz2026

Hannah @certifiedbookyapperhannah

Colin @c_f_writes