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81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest winner of $95k Booker Prize
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. ABC Australia and The Scotsman are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 9 Nov 2026, 14:11 UTC. 5 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest winner of $95k Booker Prize”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Octogenarian M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for The End of Everything, which the judges described as "the politics of now seen through the lens of the future".
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Scotsman
- New development reported by ABC Australia
81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest winner of Booker Prize
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Breaking: 81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes Booker Prize's oldest winner
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Breaking: 81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest-ever winner of $95k Booker Prize
- Picked up by ABC Australia
81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest winner of $95k Booker Prize
Same story, different outlets
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