In the week that the 2010 Man Booker longlist was announced, Claire Armitstead talks to Sarah Crown and Rodney Troubridge of Waterstone's about the critical and commercial potential of the books that made the cut, and asks why booksellers and readers alike are so excited by this year's selection. She also speaks to Emma Donoghue, whose yet-to-be-published novel Room is based on the infamous case of Josef Fritzl, about how it felt to find herself in the running for literature's most prestigious prize.
The Forward prize shortlist was also announced this month. Sarah Crown meets up with the poet Jo Shapcott at Barts and the London hospital to discuss her shortlisted collection, which draws on her experiences of being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer.
Reading list
Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott (Faber)
