Arts
In the second of our Man Booker 50 Festival podcast episodes, host Joe Haddow takes us backstage at the Southbank Centre during the weekend of 6-8 July. In this star studded episode we hear from prize winning and shortlisted authors including Hilary Mantel, Eleanor Catton, Marlon James, Alan Hollinghurst, Ben Okri, DBC Pierre, Andrew O’ Hagan, Colm Tóibín and Graeme Macrae Burnet. Joe also catches up with screenwriter Christopher Hampton, who has turned several Man Booker novels into films and TV series, such as Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, On Chesil Beach and Atonement. The episode culminates with a specially commissioned Man Booker 50 song written and performed by author and comedian Adam Kay.