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Find here audio files of interviews, events and talks relating to the Man Booker Prize for Fiction

The six 2008 shortlisted authors took part in a debate, Q&A and reading at the Southbank Centre on the eve of the winner announcement. Audio from the event can be found below.

 For the first time in the history of the Man Booker Prize, teaser audio downloads of the shortlisted titles will be available to download to your mobile phone. Text MBP to 60300 or if you are an international user type gospoken.com/a/mbp08 into your mobile web browser

Audio files for all the 13 longlist titles can also be downloaded to your computer by clicking on the links below.

Below are also recordings of events that took place at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2007 and 2008.

MP3 Link Man Booker 40 Readings with Penelope Lively, DBC Pierre and Ben Okri from the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2008

MP3 Link The 1948 Cheltenham Booker Prize from the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2008

MP3 Link 2008 Shortlisted authors at Southbank centre - 13th October 2008

MP3 Link  A Case of Exploding Mangoes, Mohammed Hanif, (c) Mohammed Hanif 2008 - http://www.rbooks.com.uk/
MP3 Link  A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz, (c) Steve Toltz 2008
MP3 Link  Child 44, Tom Rob Smith, (c) Tom Rob Smith 2008
MP3 Link  From A to X, John Berger, (c) John Berger 2008
MP3 Link  Girl in a Blue Dress, Gaynor Arnold, (c) Gaynor Arnold 2008
MP3 Link  Netherland, Joseph O'Neill, (c) Joseph O'Neill 2008
MP3 Link  Sea of Poppies, Amitav Ghosh, (c) Amitav Ghosh 2008
MP3 Link  The Clothes on Their Backs, Linda Grant, (c) Linda Grant 2008
MP3 Link  The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie, (c) Salman Rushdie 2008 - http://www.rbooks.co.uk/
MP3 Link  The Lost Dog, Michelle de Kretser, (c) Michelle de Kretser 2008 - http://www.rbooks.co.uk/
MP3 Link  The Northern Clemency, Philip Hensher, (c) Philip Hensher 2008
MP3 Link  The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry, (c) Sebastian Barry 2008
MP3 Link  The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga, (c) Aravind Adiga 2008

MP3 Link Man Booker Live! The 2007 Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

MP3 Link The 1932 Cheltenham Booker Prize. The 2007 Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

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