The Booker Prize Podcast

The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast – Episode one (series three)

07.21.2017 - By The Booker PrizePlay

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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 hear what 2016 winner Paul Beatty had to say about life post Man Booker at a special event held at The Morgan Library and Museum in New York.Ahead of the longlist announcement Joe also speaks to Chair of this year's judges, Baroness Lola Young, about the mixture of intellectual debate, fun and sense of responsibility in the meetings with her co-judges.Join in the conversation @ManBookerPrize with #ManBooker2017 and #FinestFiction.

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