# @thebookerprizes on YouTube

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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=sS62UBC05WI
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T13:06:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes

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Watch Paterson Joseph read from The Disappearers, the Booker Prize 2026-shortlisted book by Marlon James.

The story so far: In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: all of them are gay – a ‘batty man’ in Jamaican argot – and all of them must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare. One night a mob savagely attacks them, killing one of the men. For the survivors, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical: as their bodies heal, each man must grapple with the violence, the hatred, and the rage that the attack made plain.

Discover the book: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-disappearers

Directed by Holly Blakey and produced in partnership with Park Pictures.

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Director: Holly Blakey
Executive Producer: Shelley Jones, Nat Baring
Production Company: Park Pictures
Booker Prizes team: Indira Birnie, Jon Davenport
Producer: Masha Thorpe
Line Producer: Lily Ashton
Director's Assistant: Sharia Johnson
First Assistant Director: Joe Mulvihill
Director of Photography: Sam Finney
Sound Recordist: Charlie Hinde
Production Design: Elizabeth El-Kadhi
Costume Designer: Jack Clements
Hair & Make-up Artist: Hannah Eccleston
Post House: Avenues Studio
Post Producer: Zeena Al-Faham
Editor: Jean-Philippe Blunt
Sound Mixer and Designer: Ines Adriana
Colour House: Pundersons Gardens
Colourist: John O'Riordan
Colour EP: Tom Viney
Colour Producer: Katie Savva

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The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize are two of the world’s most significant and influential awards for a single book. The prizes recognise exceptional works of fiction and elevate the voices of nominated authors and translators by bringing their work to a global readership. The Children’s Booker Prize, which will launch in 2026 and be awarded annually from 2027, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English. 

We are driven by a simple belief that great fiction not only brings joy to millions, it has the power to change the way we think about the world and to connect people across cultures and generations. Our aim is to foster a love of reading, and to support writers and readers of the future.

Recent winners include; Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King, Flesh by David Szalay, Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi and Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 

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| The Booker Prizes | @thebookerprizes | https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes | Awards Organization |

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