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 party at Kensington Gardens in London, where the shortlist was announced live for the first time.Next host Joe Haddow delves into this year's shortlisted books with two members of the judging panel - Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and 2017 chair Nick Barley and award-winning poet Helen Mort.Finally we head to London Book Fair, which this year was focused on work from Poland. Joe catches up with Madrid-based American writer and translator Lawrence Schimel to discuss how translated fiction is doing in our market today.Join in the conversation @ManBookerPrize with #MBI2017 #FinestFiction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.