The chief judge Robert Macfarlane has described the book as a "dazzling work, luminous, vast". Read more at www.themanbookerprize.com/news/and-winner
Congratulations also to her publishers Victoria University Press, who have been "shaking with excitement all morning here at VUP at the news that Eleanor Catton has won the Man Booker Prize 2013. The Luminaries is a book we are proud to have published and we wish Ellie all the best for the next few, we imagine, dizzying months ahead. You can hear her speaking with Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan here. Tim Wilson of Seven Sharp talked to Ellie before she left for the UK and you can watch that story here."
Read the VUP press statement here:
http://booksellers.co.nz/book-news/victoria-university-graduate-wins-man-booker-prize
The NZ Herald has published Eleanor's Man Booker acceptance speech:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11140777
This talented author's first book The Rehearsal has also been a prize winner. It was named in the 2009 Montana Awards as best first book of fiction, along with many other prizes.
Catalogue Link: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
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