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Hay festival 2018: the Golden Booker, Akala, Tishani Doshi and more

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In this special festival podcast, we take a tour of some of the events that have got people talking this week in Hay.

We discover the novel that has knocked Midnight’s Children out of the running for the Golden Booker, which is marking 50 years of the UK’s top literary award. Rapper Akala explains why he has turned his attention to literature, with a new book about race and class. Poet Tishani Doshi gives an impassioned response to the problem of violence against women in India. Neurologist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains why we should take teenagers more seriously, and Francesca Simon and Kevin Crossley-Holland explore the treasure house of Norse myths.

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