{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677831a8a1ad7348eb9843c7/6a37ccabf1612f1c69695cfc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 37: Are Literary Prizes A Reading List? Inside the Nobel, Pulitzer, Booker & National Book Award","description":"<p>In the height of Prize Season, Amanda and Joseph are back with a bumper episode asking what all the hullabaloo is about - how are prizes judged and awarded, and are the winners worth our time? Plus, they talk about Amanda’s recent trip to the Women’s Prize ceremony, and as always, what they’ve been reading recently and what they hope to pick up next.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bookish News</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://hayfestival.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hay Festiva</a>l</p><p>Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams @sarahww_</p><p><a href=\"https://womensprize.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women’s Prize</a></p><p><a href=\"https://womensprize.com/readers/events/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women’s Prize Live and other events</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-97399b9f-964e-444c-91f3-7db9f11efe5d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rivals on Disney+</a></p><p>Felicity Blunt @thebluntoffice</p><p>Laura Wade</p><p>Katherine Parkinson @parkinson.katherine</p><p>Field Work as a Sex Object by Meena Kadasamy @k.a.n.d.a.s.a.m.y</p><p>Rapture by Emily Maguire @emilymaguirewriter</p><p>These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany @salmaelwardany</p><p>The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet @lyse.doucet</p><p>The Correspondent by Virgina Evans @virginia.l.evans</p><p>Dominion by Addie E. Kitchens @addie_citchens</p><p>The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson @marxia1</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recent Reads</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Air by Christian Kracht</p><p>Eurotrash by Christian Kracht</p><p>Imperium by Christian Kracht</p><p>You With the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate @christinapplegate</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Prizes and Prize-Worthy Recommendations</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://nobelprize.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Nobel Prize for Literature</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/219\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction</a></p><p><a href=\"https://thebookerprizes.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Booker Prize</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">National Book Award</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Milkman by Anna Burns</p><p>‘The Hemingway Veto’ and For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway</p><p>The Riders In The Chariot by Patrick White</p><p>The Tree of Man by Patrick White</p><p>The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty</p><p>Martyr by Kaveh Akbar @kavehakbar.kavehakbar</p><p>Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively</p><p>Trust by Hernan Diaz</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What We’re Reading Next</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The Beautiful Ones by Prince and Dan Piepenbring&nbsp;</p><p>The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout @lizstroutauthor</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also mentioned</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Curious Readers"}