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Read Smart Podcast: The 2023 Shortlist Episode

Read Smart Podcast

Read Smart 2023 Shortlist

Tune into the special shortlist episode of the Read Smart podcast, which features the Baillie Gifford Prize live event from the Cheltenham Literature Festival last Sunday. Hear Chair of Judges Frederick Studemann speak to last year’s winner, Katherine Rundell, about her fascination for the electric life and work of poet John Donne, alongside the moment the six books on this year’s shortlist were revealed.

Listen now to hear all about it. The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. For more podcast episodes from The Baillie Gifford Prize, click here.

The winner will be announced on Thursday 16 November at an award ceremony at the Science Museum, generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement will also be live-streamed across the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction social channels.

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