Winner Aravind Adiga holding the 2008 winners trophy

Footage of the Man Booker Prize speeches available for first time

Watch chair and winner speeches online

3 November 2008

For the first time in the prize's history, the Man Booker Prize is able to show video footage of the speeches made on Tuesday 14 October 2008 through the Man Booker website.

The Man Booker Prize was awarded to Aravind Adiga for his novel The White Tiger at a special dinner held at Guildhall, London. At the ceremony a special video compiled by the BBC was shown to the dinner guests, highlighting 40 years of the Booker Prize and looking back at various aspects across the years. This video, along with the winner's speech and Michael Portillo's speech (in two parts), can be viewed online in our Video section.  

 

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