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Diana Wallace

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Professor of English LIterature, University of South Wales

Booker Prize Foundation

November 6, 2024

Booker prize 2024: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Manjeet Ridon, De Montfort University; Debra Benita Shaw, University of East London; Diana Wallace, University of South Wales; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Inés Gregori Labarta, Lancaster University, and Sarah Trott, York St John University

From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists.

Sorrow and Song by Edmund Blair Leighton. Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

October 28, 2020

Five historical romances to escape into during a pandemic

Diana Wallace, University of South Wales

During the second world war, people found solace in the formulaic narratives of historical romances and during the pandemic they could once again provide readers comfort.

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