Book lover takes to fourth plinth (From Watford Observer)
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Book lover takes to fourth plinth
5:10pm Monday 10th August 2009 in News
A book lover from Kings Langley will take to the vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square tomorrow to read extracts from this year’s Man Booker Prize nominees.
Lucky Graham Fudger, of High Street was selected from more than 2,000 people to read extracts from the 13 books which have been longlisted for the prize.
Graham, 45, will take to the plinth at 11am tomorrow before giving away each of the books.
Photographer Graham said: “The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is an important award, promoting a diverse range of voices from around the world. It gives me a great sense of pleasure to bring works from this year’s selection of writers and storytellers onto the plinth.”
The Man Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world.
For four decades the prize has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding new novels each year.
The judges, chaired by broadcaster James Naughtie, will announce the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize on the BBC Ten o’clock news on October 6.
