Join us for the next episode of the Read Smart podcast, where host Razia Iqbal joins writer, historian, and former Baillie Gifford Prize judge Ruth Scurr and Allan Jenkins, editor of Observer Food Monthly, to discuss the cultural, historical, and personal significance of gardens within the non-fiction landscape. Our guests explore how the action of gardening can imitate life, whilst providing a source of private solace and personal transformation.

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The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Follow @BGPrize on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube.

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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.