# @thebookerprizes on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CKD331Pjvee
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24487683-thebookerprizes-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-01-15T09:25:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes

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The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room launches today, with four books chosen by Her Royal Highness.
 
We’re delighted to see some Booker titles and authors in the mix, from Hilary Mantel’s 2020 Booker Prize-longlisted novel ‘The Mirror and The Light’, twice nominated author William Boyd’s ‘Restless’, and 2019 Booker Prize-shortlisted author Elif Shafak’s ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’.
 
The Duchess of Cornwall has been a firm supporter of The Booker Prize every year since 2013. HRH presented the Man Booker Prize to Anna Burns in 2018, in 2019 the Booker Prize joint winners, Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo, were invited to tea with The Duchess at Clarence House, and in 2020 HRH gave a speech in our virtual Booker Prize ceremony without walls.
 
Head to @duchessofcornwallsreadingroom to find out more.
 
The creation of The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room was inspired by the positive response to the reading lists published by Her Royal Highness at Easter and in the summer of 2020. New books will be added in seasonal releases, with the second list due this spring.
 
Image 1: The Duchess of Cornwall's Reading Room ©Hugo Burnand
 
Image 2: HRH Duchess of Cornwall with 2015 Man Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James ©Janie Airey Photography
 
Image 3: HRH Duchess of Cornwall presenting the 2018 Man Booker Prize to Anna Burns ©Janie Airey Photography
 
Image 4: HRH Duchess of Cornwall speaking remotely at the 2020 Booker Prize ‘Ceremony Without Walls’, broadcast from London’s Roundhouse ©Janie Airey Photography
 
#DuchessofCornwall #ReadingRoom #DuchessofCornwallsReadingRoom #Booker #FinestFiction #Reading #Literature #LockdownReading #LockdownReads #BookClub #MentalHealth

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