Neil Cross, Katherine Rundell, Book prize judging
Neil Cross, creator of Luther, talks about his new 91热爆 One series Hard Sun and Katherine Rundell discusses her book The Explorer, winner of the 2017 Costa Children's Book Award.
Neil Cross, the creator of Luther talks about his new 91热爆 One series Hard Sun. The pre-apocalyptic crime drama follows two detectives who stumble upon proof that the world faces certain destruction, a fact the British Government is trying to suppress
Katherine Rundell is the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2017 for The Explorer, a classic adventure story of four children whose plane crashes in the Amazon. Scholar, tightrope walker and amateur pilot Katherine Rundell explains the importance of the novel's environmental themes and why eating tinned tarantulas was an essential part of her research.
And this week on Front Row we are interviewing the category winners from the Costa Book Awards, but how do literary prizes juries make their decision and who picks the judges? To get an insight we speak to two former book prize judges Professor John Mullan and journalist Viv Groskop.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Hilary Dunn.
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Hard Sun
Duration: 10:54
Katherine Rundell
Duration: 07:32
Book Prize Judging
Duration: 09:43
Hard Sun
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Hicks (Jim Sturgess) and Renko (Agyness Deyn) in Hard Sun聽written by Neil Cross
The first episode airs on 91热爆 One on Saturday 6th Jan at 21:35
Image credit: 91热爆/Euston FilmsKatherine Rundell
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Katherine's novel, The Explorer, is available nowCredits
Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Neil Cross Interviewed Guest Katherine Rundell Interviewed Guest John Mullan Interviewed Guest Viv Groskop Producer Hilary Dunn Broadcast
- Wed 3 Jan 2018 19:1591热爆 Radio 4
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