Read Smart: In Conversation with Polly Morland

Find out more about the Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist with director of the prize Toby Mundy and Polly Morland, author of A Fortunate Woman, who talks about the importance of the doctor/patient relationship and how she reinterpreted John Berger’s medical classic A Fortunate Man.

Tune in to hear how Polly was first inspired to write the book, and how the pandemic affected her research.

Over the next couple of weeks on Read Smart, Toby will be talking to each of the shortlisted authors about their books and how they feel to have made the shortlist. Also join us on our social media channels where you we’ll be sharing trailers for each of the shortlist, including readings by the authors and appearances from some familiar faces explaining why they love these books.

This year’s winner will be announced on 17 November at the Science Museum at a gala dinner generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement will also be livestreamed across the Baillie Gifford Prize social channels.

Don't miss the winner of the 2022 prize being interviewed at the Cambridge Literary Festival on Sunday 20 November this year.

Read Smart Podcast is commissioned by The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.