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 Haddow speaks to performance poet and Children's author Laura Dockrill about her inspiration for writing and she reads a poem called 'Oh the World' from her poetry collection My Mum's Growing Down.Then the 2017 judges also reveal how the process has transformed the way they read. Colin tells us he knew it was a good novel if it kept him awake as he embarked on the challenge horizontally, whilst Lila discusses the art of quick reading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.