The shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize 2026 was announced today. It is: The shortlist includes: a deeply affecting and uniquely informed account of the anguishfelt being an immigrant of Middle Eastern heritage living in the Western world today(One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad); a millennia spanning novel about climate change, told through …
Longlist announced for the Gordon Burn Prize 2026
An electrifying list of 12 books longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2026 was announced today (27 November 2025). The list is a mix of bold fiction and non-fiction, representing work from writers from the nations and regions of the UK, Canada, and the USA. The Gordon Burn Prize recognises exceptional writing which has an unconventional perspective, style or subject …

