The Booker Prize Podcast

The Booker Prize 2023 Shortlisted Authors Live at Cheltenham Literature Festival

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This week we're bringing you a special episode recorded live at Cheltenham Literature Festival in October. Tune in as James is joined by all six Booker Prize 2023 shortlisted authors and we get to hear all about their books, the varied inspirations behind them and why and how they write.


Reading list:

  • If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
  • This Other Eden by Paul Harding
  • Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
  • Chetna Maroo's Western Lane
  • Paul Lynch's Prophet Song
  • Paul Murray's The Bee Sting


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


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