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 at the Southbank Centre author readings event, the evening before the winner announcement.Next, we venture behind the scenes at the winner ceremony itself, to speak to shortlistees Paul Auster and Ali Smith, former chair of judges Michael Wood, and chair of the 2017 judges Lola, Baroness Young.Last but certainly not least, we catch up with this year's winner George Saunders to see how he's feeling just 24 hours after his win. He reveals the most valuable aspect of the prize to him is its confidence building and how his wife is always the ideal reader he turns to while writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.