{
  "id": 9215335,
  "title": "Two literary heavy-hitters in running for second Booker Prize book win",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/two-literary-heavy-hitters-in-running-for-second-booker-prize-book-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T22:58:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/two-literary-heavy-hitters-in-running-for-second-booker-prize-book-win-20260923-p60zoy.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Marlon James and Douglas Stuart, both previous winners of the Booker Prize, have been shortlisted for the award again. They are joined on the shortlist by US author Elizabeth Strout. If either James or Stuart wins, they will become only the fifth author to have won the Booker Prize twice.\n\nThe shortlist was announced, with James and Stuart among the contenders for the UK's most prestigious fiction award.\n\nThe two authors are currently tied with three other writers in the running for the prize.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Marlon James and Douglas Stuart have chance to become 5th multiple winner of Booker Prize book award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/marlon-james-and-douglas-stuart-have-chance-to-become-5th-multiple",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:02:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Booker Prize judges reveal shortlisted novels after selection 'tussle'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/booker-prize-judges-reveal-shortlisted-novels-after-selection-tussle",
        "published": "2026-09-22T19:01:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Two literary heavy-hitters in running for second Booker Prize book win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/two-literary-heavy-hitters-in-running-for-second-booker-prize-book-win-9215355",
        "published": "2026-09-22T22:58:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}