In our third episode of the series, presenter Joe Haddow catches up with this year's judges Leo Robson, Leanna Shapton and Jacqueline Rose after the 2018 Man Booker shortlist announcement to find out how they decided on the final six books. Joe then heads to the Serpentine Galleries in Hyde Park for the annual shortlist party to speak with two of this y ... Show More
Nov 2020
The 2020 Booker Prize winner episode
In our 2020 Booker Prize winner episode, this year's winner Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain, speaks to host Joe Haddow about the aftermath of his win, from reaching out to English teachers who inspired his love of literature, to his surprise at the global reception of ... Show More
36m 6s
Jan 2025
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Alan Hollinghurst’s ‘Our Evenings’
<p>The novel “Our Evenings,” by Alan Hollinghurst, follows a gay English Burmese actor from childhood into old age as he confronts confusing relationships, his emerging sexuality, racism and England’s changing political climate in the late 20th and early 21st century. It’s the st ... Show More
47m 52s
Nov 2024
Aleksandar Hemon Reads ZZ Packer
<p>Aleksandar Hemon joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/06/19/drinking-coffee-elsewhere"><strong>Drinking Coffee Elsewhere</strong></a>,” by ZZ Packer, which was published in <em>The New Yorker</em> in 2000. Hemon, a winner ... Show More
1h 17m
Sep 2022
Loudon Wainwright III performs live, the Booker Prize shortlist, studying English Literature
American singer songwriter Loudon Wainwright III performs live in the studio and talks about his decades-long career, his current UK tour and his latest album titled Lifetime Achievement.Tonight the six books on this year’s Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist will be announced. Th ... Show More
42m 21s
Jul 2021
David Lan on The Walk, The 2021 Booker Prize longlist, David Livingstone birthplace re-opening
As a 3.5 metre tall puppet called Little Amal begins an 8,000km journey from Turkey to Manchester to highlight the difficulties faced by refugee children, Samira talks to theatre director and producer David Lan live from Gaziantep on the Turkish-Syrian border about ambitious arti ... Show More
28m 27s