Benjamin McEvoy | The Booker Prize Longlist for 2023 - Reaction @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 minutes ago.
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0:00 the Booker Prize longlist
1:00 thoughts on prize lists
3:00 contemporary vs classic books
8:00 about this year's longlist
10:15 who are this year's judges?
14:00 reacting to the longlist
14:20 The House of Doors
17:00 The Bee Sting
19:19 Western Lane
20:20 In Ascension
21:20 Prophet Song
23:02 All the Little Bird-Hearts
23:12 Pearl
25:27 This Other Eden
27:17 How to Build a Boat
28:17 If I Survive You
29:31 Study for Obedience
30:30 Old God's Time
31:29 A Spell of Good Things
32:38 what will make the shortlist?
33:20 my personal favourite book
33:40 what readers think of the Booker
36:00 love for Tan Twan Eng
37:40 knowing Martin MacInnes
38:45 the value of prize lists
40:00 on never-ending TBR lists
41:19 the Irish writers on the list
41:45 disillusioned with the Booker?
44:10 attempting to read the longlist
45:45 what is the judging criteria?
46:40 posterity as most accurate prize
48:00 on reading other prizes
49:19 reading the best of the best
50:00 the Nobel Prize for Literature
51:04 thinking about the shortlist
51:28 on quality over quantity
54:00 expressing my gratitude for you
53:20 your thoughts on the longlist?
54:40 works we're reading at the book club
56:00 thank you and happy reading