Booker Prize : HID Specials

Booker Prize Odds: Barnes must win, surely

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:25:02 +0000

The Booker Prize is announced tonight and, as the betting hots up, it's time for a final look at the markets...

Booker Prize Betting: Kelman's Pigeon has bingo wings

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:49:54 +0000

After picking the winner at long odds last year, Max Liu returns with his guide to how to bet on the Booker Prize...

Booker Prize Odds Update: McCarthy leads but Jacobson price shortens

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:12:53 +0000

The Booker Prize is announced tonight but who do the Betfair markets expect to win?

Booker Prize Betting: McCarthy can win but Jacobson is value

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:49:08 +0000

Avant-garde anti-humanism is all the rage with Betfair's Booker Prize punters but Max Liu believes a seasoned outsider could have the last laugh.

The Betfair Contrarian: Why Hilary Mantel won't win the Booker Prize

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:03:22 +0000

It'll be 'unlucky, Hilary' says the Contrarian. You're British, a former judge and a woman and that adds up to defeat when the winner of the Man Booker Prize is announced. Especially with that Coetzee fella around.

Booker Prize 2009 Odds: Coetzee eyes hat-trick but Mantel heads heavyweights

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:46:31 +0000

The ape is out and, the ommitance of William Trevor and Colm Toibin aside, this is the 'serious' Booker shortlist we wanted. But where should you put your money?

Booker Prize Betting: The "netherland" of literary odds

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:12:52 +0000

Max Liu looks for betting value in this year's Booker Prize shortlist...