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To mark 21 years of rewarding the best non-fiction writing, The Baillie Gifford Prize has launched a new podcast generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. This series is hosted by Razia Iqbal, special correspondent at BBC. Each episode celebrates a fantastic backlist of winners and go behind the scenes at the 2019 prize, from the longlist through to the winner announcement.


Arifa Akbar and Ruth Scurr on the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
September 12, 2023  By Read Smart
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Tom Tivnan and Bee Wilson on the Endless Joys of Food Writing

In Conversation with Shahidha Bari on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
August 22, 2023  By Read Smart
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Serhii Plokhii and Antony Beevor on Ukraine

In Conversation with Shahidha Bari on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
August 15, 2023  By Read Smart
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Read Smart on Life Under Dictatorships

This week on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
August 8, 2023  By Read Smart
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25 Years of the Baillie Gifford Prize

This week on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
August 1, 2023  By Read Smart
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Barbara Demick on How North Korea Became an Obsession

The Author of Nothing to Envy on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
July 25, 2023  By Read Smart
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Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

The Author of One Two Three Four on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
July 18, 2023  By Read Smart
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James Shapiro: Shakespeare Was NOT More Than One Person

The Author of 1599 on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
July 13, 2023  By Read Smart
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Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast
July 5, 2023  By Read Smart
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On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

Historian Margaret MacMillan in Conversation on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast
June 27, 2023  By Read Smart
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“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

In Conversation with Toby Mundy on the Read Smart Podcast
June 20, 2023  By Read Smart
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From “Let It Be” to “To Be or Not to Be.” On the Baillie Gifford Prize Winner of Winners shortlist

On the Read Smart Podcast, These Year’s Judges Discuss the Shortlist
June 13, 2023  By Read Smart
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Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

James Shapiro on the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
June 6, 2023  By Read Smart
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Hallie Rubenhold on Winning and Writing History

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
August 28, 2020  By Read Smart
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Inside the World of Publishing with Andrew Holgate, Helen Conford, and Georgina Laycock

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
July 27, 2020  By Read Smart
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Simon Ings and Hannah Fry on the Rise Artificial Intelligence

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
July 17, 2020  By Read Smart
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William Feaver on Fifty Years with the Life of Lucian Freud

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
July 13, 2020  By Read Smart
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Lucy Hughes-Hallett on Using Fictional Techniques in Biography

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
July 7, 2020  By Read Smart
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Sir Jonathan Bate on His Journey to Ted Hughes

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize
June 26, 2020  By Read Smart
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