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Edinburgh International Book festival podcast: the Edwin Morgan Poetry prize

In today's podcast from the Edinburgh International Book festival, we hear the five finalists for the £5,000 Edwin Morgan Poetry prize read the poem they submitted - anonymously - for the competition. The winner was announced last night, but if you haven't read the news story yet, listen to the podcast first and judge for yourself which poem should win: we'll reveal the winner at the end.

The poets

Daisy Behagg, reading "Peach"
Malcom Watson, reading "The Perils of Surgery"
Kathrine Sowerby, reading "forest glass"
Mike Vallely, reading "Look Hamewards, Now"
Jen Hadfield, reading "The Kids"

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