2020 Booker Prize

The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020.^[1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 27 July,^[2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 15 September.^[3] The Prize was awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000.^[4] Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the Booker Prize, after it was awarded to James Kelman for How Late It Was, How Late in 1994.^[5] The ceremony was hosted by John Wilson at the Roundhouse in Central London, and broadcast by the BBC.^[6] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortlisted authors and guest speakers appeared virtually from their respective homes.^[7]