257: Costa Book Award Retrospective, with winner Hannah Lowe

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 1 p.m.

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To celebrate the announcement of the winner of the 2021 Costa Book of the Year Award this week, Read On will be looking back over some of the Costa highlights from previous years, including:
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\\nOur interview with Hilary Mantel when \\u2018Bring Up the Bodies\\u2019 won Best Novel in 2013.
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\\nAli Smith discussing her novel \\u2018How to Be Both\\u2019.
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\\nA review of Frances Hardinge\\u2019s brilliant story for Young adults \\u2018The Lie Tree\\u2019.
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\\nAnd award-winning poet J.O. Morgan on recording his epic poem \\u2018Assurances\\u2019 as a Talking Book.
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\\nAnd of course we will also bring you the reaction of this year\\u2019s winner, poet Hannah Lowe, on winning this most popular of British literary awards.\\xa0
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