2018 Man Booker Prize Readings by Southbank Centre's Book Podcast published on 2018-10-15T11:21:53Z Ahead of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Southbank Centre welcomed the six shortlisted authors for an evening of live readings and discussion, hosted by writer columnist and playwright Damian Barr. The Man Booker Prize is a byword for the finest literary fiction, with its list of past winners containing some of the greatest writers of the last five decades. In the running for this year’s award are the following authors, who joined us on Sunday 14 October, to read from their shortlisted novels. Anna Burns (UK) – Milkman (Faber & Faber) Esi Edugyan (Canada) – Washington Black (Serpent’s Tail) Daisy Johnson (UK) – Everything Under (Jonathan Cape) Rachel Kushner (USA) – The Mars Room (Jonathan Cape) Richard Powers (USA) – The Overstory (William Heinemann) Robin Robertson (UK) – The Long Take (Picador) The 2018 Man Booker Prize winner is revealed on the evening of Tuesday 16 October at a special dinner at London’s Guildhall.