Who will win the Man Booker 2012? Whoever does, a number of very big names didn’t even make the long list, including Ian McEwan and Peter Carey.

British author Ian McEwan launched an eloquently powerful attack on Israeli policies in his speech accepting the Jerusalem prize for literature.

<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel <i>Atonement</i>.

John Ezard and Sarah Crown try to predict who is going to win the coveted prize.

Ondaatje, Coetzee, Swift, Lessing and Keneally cast aside in favour of novels from lesser-known authors. John Ezard reports.

Male novelists represent the internal lives of women, writes Jane Rosenthal.