Best of Young British Novelists 2023

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Publisher and Editor Sigrid Rausing gives an insight into chairing the judges panel for Granta's widely-discussed, once-in-a-decade list of new writing talent, which has previously helped establish the likes of Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith and Salman Rushdie. Alex Clark and Max Liu interrogate what the purpose of the list serves at a time when 'Young', 'British' and 'Novelist' are increasingly slippery terms, as well as giving some of their recommendations. And Sophie Macintosh, one of the most widely praised writers included on it, talks about her new novel Cursed Bread. Presenter: Octavia Bright Producer: Ciaran Bermingham Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5 (forthcoming) Dolores by Lauren Aimee Curtis Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe (forthcoming) The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams Assembly by Natasha Brown Send Nudes by Saba Sams We Don't Know What We're Doing by Thomas Morris In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne little scratch by Rebecca Watson Mrs S. by K Patrick Brick Lane by Monica Ali Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh