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The Man Booker Prize Podcast is an exciting audio series that looks at the very best from the world of books.

The 2015 longlist will be announced on 29 July, the shortlist on 15 September and the winner on 13 October. Join the conversation about the 2015 Man Booker Prize at @ManBookerPrize and #FinestFiction.

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03.31.2021

We’re pleased to introduce the first episode on this year’s International Booker Prize podcast. In this episode host Joe Haddow is in conversation with two of the judges for this year Olivette Otele and Aida Edemariam. The trio discuss each ...

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03.31.2021 2021 International Booker Longlist Episode We’re pleased to introduce the first episode on this year’s International Booker Prize podcast. In this episode host Joe Haddow is in conversation with two of the judges for this year Olivette Otele and Aida Edemariam. The trio discuss each ...
11.25.2020 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 ...
10.16.2020 The 2020 Booker Prize pre-winner episode In our pre-winner episode host Joe Haddow is firstly joined by Literary Director of the Booker Prize Foundation, Gaby Wood, and Booker Prize Foundation advisory committee member and Director of the National Literacy Trust, Jonathan Douglas CBE. Gaby and Jonathan ...
09.18.2020 The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist episode Host Joe Haddow is joined by two of this year’s judges Lee Child and Emily Wilson as take us through each book on the recently announced 2020 Booker Prize shortlist. We also hear from each of the shortlisted authors themselves: ...
09.07.2020 The 2020 International Booker Prize Winners' episode Join us for the winners’ episode. Host Joe Haddow talks to 2020 International Booker Prize winners, author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and translator Michele Hutchison about their book The Discomfort of Evening and their win. We also remember the virtual celebration, ...
07.31.2020 The 2020 Booker Prize longlist episode The 2020 Booker Prize longlist has been announced. 13 fantastic titles make up the ‘Booker Dozen’ and podcast host, Joe Haddow explores each novel on the list and the reasons behind the judges’ decision. Joining Joe is chair of judges, ...
07.24.2020 The 2020 International Booker Prize BONUS shortlist episode We’re delighted to announce this bonus episode featuring the 2020 International Booker Prize shortlist. Host Joe Haddow caught up with actor and Women’s Prize shortlisted author Natalie Haynes and 2020 judge Jennifer Croft to discuss the shortlist and how the ...
04.03.2020 The 2020 International Booker Prize shortlist episode In our 2020 International Booker Prize shortlist episode, Joe Haddow talks through the six books on the 2020 shortlist with chair of judges, Ted Hodgkinson and judge Lucie Campos. They also discuss remote judging meetings, the need to understand their ...
03.11.2020 The 2019 Booker Prize Winners Episode In our 2019 Booker Prize winner podcast, Joe Haddow speaks to one of this year’s winners, Bernardine Evaristo, on feeling ‘dazed and amazed’ about her success, the importance of writing about many black British women, and what the future holds ...
09.27.2019 2019 Booker Prize Episode 3 In episode three of the 2019 Booker Prize podcast, host Joe Haddow interviews three of this year's shortlisted authors Lucy Ellmann, Bernardine Evaristo and Elif Shafak at the shortlist party, held at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. We also headed to ...
09.06.2019 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist Episode In the shortlist episode, host Joe Haddow speaks to judges Afua Hirsch, Xiaolu Guo, and Joanna MacGregor who talk us through all the books that have made the shortlist and the ways they speak to contemporary reality, but come at ...
08.02.2019 2019 Booker Prize Longlist Episode In the longlist episode, host Joe Haddow speaks to Peter Florence (chair) and fellow judge Liz Calder, who talk us through all the books that have made the longlist, and chat about how the judging process is like being in ...
05.24.2019 2019 Man Booker International Prize winner podcast In the second episode of our two Man Booker International Prize 2019 podcasts, host Joe Haddow heads to the Roundhouse in London for the glittering winner ceremony. There we hear the moment that Chair of the Judges Bettany Hughes made ...
05.24.2019 2019 Man Booker International Prize winner episode In the second episode of our two Man Booker International Prize 2019 podcasts, host Joe Haddow heads to the Roundhouse in London for the glittering winner ceremony. There we hear the moment that Chair of the Judges Bettany Hughes made ...
04.12.2019 2019 Man Booker International Prize shortlist episode In our first podcast of 2019, we join the glittering reception at Somerset House as the Man Booker International Prize shortlist is announced to a room full of guests from all corners of the world. Host Joe Haddow then speaks ...
10.19.2018 2018 Man Booker Winner Podcast In our winner episode we head behind the scenes at Southbank Centre for the shortlist event. Joe Haddow catches up with event host Damian Barr and shortlisted author Rachel Kushner in the green room. We then head to Guildhall for ...
09.28.2018 Man Booker 2018 shortlist announcement 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 ...
08.31.2018 2018 Man Booker Prize Podcast Episode 2- Edinburgh In our second episode of the series we head to the Edinburgh International Book Festival where we hear from the 2018 Man Booker International winner Jennifer Croft and fellow translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Joe then catches up with debut novelist and ...
07.27.2018 2018 Man Booker Longlist Episode In this first special episode, our host Joe Haddow speaks to British writer and editor Andy Miller, who discusses his love for reading and the books that have shaped his life. Then Joe talks to two of this year's judges, ...
07.20.2018 Man Booker 50 Festival - Second Episode In the second of our Man Booker 50 Festival podcast episodes, host Joe Haddow takes us backstage at the Southbank Centre during the weekend of 6-8 July. In this star studded episode we hear from prize winning and shortlisted authors ...
07.13.2018 The Golden Man Booker Prize winner announcement In our next podcast episode, host Joe Haddow takes us to the Man Booker 50 Festival held at Southbank Centre the weekend of 6-8 July. In this star studded episode Joe talks to previous Man Booker Prize winners about what ...
06.22.2018 The Golden Man Booker Prize - Episode 2 In the second episode of the Golden Man Booker podcasts, host Joe Haddow continues the journey through the shortlisted novels for this special prize. Joe catches up with Simon Mayo about his selected shortlist novel from the 2010s, Wolf Hall ...
06.08.2018 The Golden Man Booker Prize - Episode 1 In the first episode of our Golden Man Booker Prize podcasts, host Joe Haddow delves into this one-off spacial anniversary prize's shortlist. We start with judge Simon Mayo announcing the 'Golden Five' shortlist live at Hay Festival. Joe then catches ...
05.25.2018 Episode 2: The Man Booker International Prize 2018 winner podcast In the second episode of our two Man Booker International Prize 2018 podcasts, host Joe Haddow delves into this year's shortlisted books with actor and author Charlie Higson and the Writers in Translation Programme Manager from English PEN, Theodora Danek. ...
04.20.2018 Episode 1: Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist announcement In our first Man Booker podcast of 2018 listen in as the shortlist is announced live from Somerset House before Joe Haddow speaks with 2016 shortlisted translator and former judge Daniel Hahn, about his work and how he views his ...
10.20.2017 The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast - winner episode In the final episode of series three, listen to the announcement live from the Guildhall before Joe Haddow speaks former prize-winner Roddy Doyle about his win back in 1993. Joe is then joined Gemma Cairney on the green room sofa ...
10.06.2017 The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast - Episode five In the fifth episode of our 2017 series we go behind the scenes at this year's BFI London Film Festival launch. First Joe catches up with Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, film critic for the Metro on what makes an adaptation successful, and ...
09.15.2017 The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast – The shortlist In this episode of our 2017 podcast host Joe Haddow takes us through the six books which made the cut with two of this year's judges, artist Tom Philips and author Sarah Hall, and goes behind the scenes at the ...
08.25.2017 The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast - Episode three In the third episode of our 2017 series we head to Edinburgh International Book Festival to catch up with two of our longlisted authors Paul Auster and Sebastian Barry, and go behind the scenes at the Man Booker International Prize ...
08.04.2017 The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast - Episode two - The longlist In the longlist episode of our 2017 Man Booker Prize podcast our judges Lila Azam Zanganeh and Colin Thubron CBE take us through the 'Man Booker Dozen' of thirteen books that have made the cut this year. First host Joe ...
07.21.2017 The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast – Episode one (series three) The Man Booker podcast is back for series three and in our first episode Joe Haddow catches up with TV host and literary lover Dermot O'Leary about where his reading journey started and his childhood obsession with Roald Dahl. We ...
06.16.2017 The Man Booker International Prize 2017 winner podcast In the final episode of our two Man Booker International Prize 2017 podcasts, host Joe Haddow speaks to translator Jessica Cohen who describes living with and dreaming about the characters in winning book A Horse Walks into a Bar, and ...
04.28.2017 The Man Booker International Prize 2017 shortlist podcast In the very first of two special Man Booker International Prize 2017 podcasts, we celebrate the 2017 shortlist that takes readers around the globe and to the frontier of translated fiction. First we take you behind the scenes at the ...
10.28.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 winner podcast In the final episode of our series host Joe Haddow takes us behind-the-scenes at the winner ceremony and speaks to the winner Paul Beatty. First he catches up with comedian Sara Pascoe after she hosted our shortlist readings at the ...
10.14.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 podcast - Pre-winner Episode In the penultimate episode of our 2016 series, we look at what makes a winner with Ben Okri. First, Joe Haddow is joined by Catherine Taylor, Deputy Director of English PEN and Anna Fielding, Editor of Emerald Street to discuss ...
10.14.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 podcast - Pre-winner Episode In the penultimate episode of our 2016 series, we look at what makes a winner with Ben Okri. First, Joe Haddow is joined by Catherine Taylor, Deputy Director of English PEN and Anna Fielding, Editor of Emerald Street to discuss ...
09.16.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 shortlist podcast In our bumper shortlist episode, we hear about the six novels which made the cut. First we head to the press conference at Man Group Plc, where host Joe Haddow speaks to BBC Arts Correspondent Rebecca Jones about what draws ...
09.02.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 podcast - Edinburgh Festival special In the third episode of our 2016 series, we bring you a snapshot of the Edinburgh festival season. First, host Joe Haddow catches up with two of our longlisted authors, Wyl Menmuir and Madeleine Thien, who were at the Edinburgh ...
08.19.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 podcast - Episode Two In the second episode of our 2016 series, we look at the podcast renaissance and discover the shows you should be downloading. First, Joe Haddow is joined by the stars of Literary Friction, Carrie Plitt and Octavia Bright, who equate ...
07.29.2016 The Man Booker Prize 2016 longlist podcast The Man Booker Prize podcast series is back and in our first episode with a musical twist we delve into the newly announced 2016 longlist. Host Joe Haddow speaks to two of this year's judges Amanda Foreman (chair) and Abdulrazak ...
05.20.2016 Man Booker International Prize 2016 winner podcast In our winner episode of the Man Booker International Prize podcast we go behind-the-scenes at the 2016 winner ceremony at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London where South Korean writer Han Kang and her translator Deborah Smith are crowned ...
04.29.2016 The Man Booker International Prize 2016 shortlist podcast In the very first of two special Man Booker International Prize 2016 podcasts, we celebrate the 2016 shortlist that takes readers around the globe and to the frontier of fiction. Host Joe Haddow delves into this year's shortlisted books with ...
10.17.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast: Winner Special In the final episode of our Man Booker Prize Podcast series, host Joe Haddow takes us behind-the-scenes at the Man Booker Prize winner ceremony at London's Guildhall. Joe speaks to VIP guests and captures the buzz in the build-up to ...
10.02.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - Episode Six In the sixth and penultimate episode of the Man Booker Prize Podcast series, host Joe Haddow talks to an amazing line-up of guests about first lines, book covers, writing books and reading habits. First Joe speaks to Richard Flanagan about ...
09.18.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - The shortlist In episode five of the Man Booker Podcast series, we celebrate the recently announced 2015 shortlist. Host Joe Haddow catches up with two of the 2015 Man Booker Prize judges, Ellah Allfrey and John Burnside, to find out more about ...
09.04.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - Episode Four In episode four of the Man Booker Prize Podcast, we travel to Scotland for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. We join Hungarian-British poet and translator George Szirtes and festival director, Nick Barley, to discuss fiction in translation and the appeal ...
08.21.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - Episode Three Episode three of the Man Booker podcast features the multi-talented David Baddiel - author, screen-writer, comedian and former Man Booker judge - as he talks about his experience of the prize, writing for children and all things books. Joe Haddow ...
08.07.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - Episode Two In episode two of the Man Booker Podcast, host Joe Haddow takes an in-depth look at the recently announced 2015 longlist with judges Michael Wood and Sam Leith. Paul Ewen then reveals what advice his fictional character, aspiring author Francis ...
07.24.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - Episode One The Man Booker Prize Podcast is an exciting new audio series that looks at the very best from the world of books. In episode one, host Joe Haddow chats with Viv Groskop about her love of Richard Flanagan's 2014 winning ...
07.21.2015 2015 Man Booker Prize Podcast - Introduction The Man Booker Prize Podcast is an exciting new audio series that looks at the very best from the world of books. Hosted by Joe Haddow, there will be seven fortnightly episodes going out on alternate Friday mornings from 24th ...

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