Man Booker prize 2017 and poet Kayo Chingonyi – books podcast
Man Booker prize 2017 and poet Kayo Chingonyi – books podcast
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Man Booker prize 2017 and poet Kayo Chingonyi – books podcast
Man Booker prize 2017 and poet Kayo Chingonyi – books podcast
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Man Booker International and the Women's prize for fiction: where to start reading? – books podcast
Taking a look at the two big prizes announcing their longlists this week, we discuss which books...
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Michael Ondaatje and the Booker longlist – books podcast
We look at the runners and riders in this year’s Man Booker longlist, and hear from Golden Booker...
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Benedict Wells, plus Man Booker International prize and London book fair news – books podcast
Claire and Sian discuss the London book fair and the Man Booker International shortlist, and we...
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The unhealthy truth about doctors - books podcast
As a new book exposes the crisis among overstressed medics, we look at the contribution of the...
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What is it like being a first-time novelist today? – books podcast
On this week’s show, we discuss the challenges – and joys – of becoming an author with Paula...
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Women and food, and Helen Dunmore's posthumous Costa prize – books podcast
On this week’s show, Claire and Sian talk about the late poet’s book of the year award, and Laura...
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From diseases to memes, how do things spread? - books podcast
Mathematician Adam Kucharski talks about how the concept of ‘contagion’ is rooted in our social...
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Jonathan Coe and Sara Collins on their Costa-winning novels – books podcast
We welcome not one but two Costa winners, as the victors in the novel and the debut fiction...
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Jeanine Cummins on her explosive new novel, American Dirt
The novelist explains her sudden decision to write her controversial thriller, and we hail TS...
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Sarah Waters, John Boyne and the 2018 Man Booker prize shortlist – books podcast
As The Little Stranger opens in cinemas, its author considers screen adaptations. Boyne discusses...
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'I felt a huge grief': the challenges of writing about trauma – books podcast
On this week’s show, we talk to Laura Cumming and Rhik Samadder about their memoirs, take a look...
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Anna Burns's Booker prize win and poet Kate Tempest – books podcast
Milkman delivers the 2018 Man Booker prize, while we listen in as a poet discusses the lyric art...
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Costa biography prize winner Bart van Es and Mathias Énard – books podcast
We head back to 16th-century Constantinople with Énard, explore the troubled legacy of the second...
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The history of the book, from Gilgamesh to now – books podcast
On this week’s show, we talk about books as physical objects and look at the history of Gilgamesh...
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When imagining our future, what can sci-fi teach us? – books podcast
On this week’s show, we talk to Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the two authors who published as...
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Women's prize winner Tayari Jones and Sandra Newman – books podcast
On this week’s show, we meet the author of An American Marriage fresh from her win, and speak to...
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George Saunders's Man Booker win and Valeria Luiselli – books podcast
We discuss whether Lincoln in the Bardo really is the best novel of 2017, and Mexican writer...
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TS Eliot poetry prize winner Hannah Sullivan and Kevin Powers – books podcast
On this week’s show, we speak to Sullivan about her winning Three Poems, and US author Kevin...
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Can books and poetry make you happier? - books podcast
We talk to William Sieghart and Viv Groskop about the restorative properties of literature and...
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