Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi’s Heart Lamp: Selected Stories is the only book nominated from India. The International Booker Prize longlist of 13 books has been announced. 

• This year 11 novels and two collections of short stories are in the running for the prize.
• It is forthcoming from Penguin Random House India and And Other Stories in the UK in April 2025.
• All 13 authors have been longlisted for the first time for the Prize, including three with their debut books and eight with their first English-language publications.
• The cash prize of £50,000 will be divided equally between the writer and translator. In addition, there is a prize of £5,000 for each of the shortlisted titles: £2,500 for the author and £2,500 for the translator.
• The shortlist of six books will be announced on April 8 and the winner, on May 20 at a ceremony at Tate Modern, London