• John Vaillant on Winning the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize

    In conversation with Razie Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

    It’s the final Read Smart episode of the year, featuring host Razia Iqbal speaking to the 2023 winner John Vaillant (author of Fire Weather) about how he feels following the Prize announcement. Razia is also joined by some students from the University of Birmingham, who have been following the Prize this term, to share their thoughts on the world of non-fiction.

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    Read Smart
    Read Smart
    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.





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