Focus on ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction

Authors from the Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland are eligible for the prize, now in its 35th year. Last year's winner was Vernon God Little by Canadian DBC Pierre.

- This year's shortlist is: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst; The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall; I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward; Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell; The Master by Colm Toibin; and Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor, which is the current leader in the online People's Poll.

- A biennial International Man Booker Prize will be launched next year.

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