103: Costa Book Awards with Bart Van Es, Hilary McKay and J. O. Morgan

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 12:55 p.m.

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This week we\\u2019ve got a trio of Costa Prize winners

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Costa Book of the Year winner Bart van Es introduces us to his biography of \\u2018The Cut-out Girl\\u2019. (Starts at 2.00)

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Hilary McKay reveals which real-life character inspired her children\\u2019s book \\u2018The Skylark\\u2019s War\\u2019. (Starts at 22.30)

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And poet J O Morgan considers the 4-minute warning in his cold-war epic \\u2018Assurances\\u2019. (Starts at 39.00)

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