Booker Prize for Fiction 2025 Special: Who has won?
Nikki Bedi talks to Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Chris Power, two of the judges on this year's Booker Prize for Fiction and we hear from all of the shortlisted authors.
In a special edition of The Arts Hour, Nikki Bedi talks to two of the judges on this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Chris Power, before Roddy Doyle announces the winner. We hear from fellow judges Sarah Jessica Parker and all of the writers on the shortlist:
Flashlight by Susan Choi
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Audition by Katie Kitamura
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
Flesh by David Szalay
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Photo Credit: David Parry for the Booker Prize Foundation
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