The Booker Prize Podcast

The Booker Prize 2023: Longlist Reaction

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This week, we're joined by Frederick Studemann, literary editor of the FT, to bring you a Booker Prize longlist reaction hot off the press. Listen in as Fred, James and Jo share their opinions of this year's longlist as a whole, and give you a flavour of each of the 13 books that make up this year's Booker Dozen: it's speed dating meets the Booker Prize.


Books discussed in this episode:

  • A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
  • Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
  • Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
  • If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
  • How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
  • This Other Eden by Paul Harding
  • Pearl by Siân Hughes
  • All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
  • Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
  • In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
  • Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
  • The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
  • The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng


    • A full transcript of the episode is available at our website.


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