are close to the kremlin. §fi,. fiction and a children's book. rebecca jones is at the ceremony in central for me is just putting across how incredible the sport is. incredible the sport is. london. with new sanctions. of those olympic sports that you watch and it is amazing. watch and it good is amazing. there won't be retaliation for now. evening. that everyone just cannot wait to turn on the telly and watch. turn on the telly and watch. somehow i managed to do that with social media. from me, it is getting lively as trump and russia. and doing you can probably hear. crazy things. can probably hear. things. growing influence in europe and the and canapes and waiting to hear who has won the costa book of the year. has won the costa book united states. of the year. the chinese being creative thinking of different things to do all the time. are very things to do all the timelj absolutely love it. absolutely love it. that it showcases the whole of contemporary writing. active. contemporary writing. different things to do all focused efforts to steal the time, who came up american information. also on with that! it is quite appealing! biography, collection of poetry and best book written for children. best book written for children. appealing! the programme..... but that is not the only thing, together with his first state of the union but we are doing... thing, but we are doing... address? we'll look at what's at stake for him — and the it is brilliant, how i get books will be crowned bulk of the year. books will be crowned bulk of the yea r. books will be crowned bulk of the year. nation. get in touch with us

ready for work! year. may be some high heels! let's have a look at who is on the short list this year. using the hashtag... ‘beyond—one—hundred—days‘. the short list this year. —— book of the . year. the year. until at least the 2021—22 season. woman whose isolated existence is changed by an act of kindness. changed by an and the premier league show. is in washington. act of kindness. just like they have done for the last 5a years. the impact on overall community of a teenage girl and her disappearance. teenage girl and her disappearance. a large number of characters over 13 yea rs. a large number of characters over good evening and welcome to match of 13 years. years. the day. the day. good evening and welcome to match of the day. match of the day. match of the day returning on a regular basis. returning on a regular basis. growing up in welcome to match of the day, eight premier league games on the way. 00:01:44,142 --> 330382007:58:01,472 the 330382007:58:01,472 --> 660764015:54:18,802 costa 660764015:54:18,802 --> 991146023:50:36,132 book 991146023:50:36,132 --> 1321528031:46:53,462 of 1321528031:46:53,462 --> 1651910039:43:10,792 the 1651910039:43:10,792 --> 1982292047:39:28,122 year 1982292047:39:28,122 --> 2312674055:35:45,452 is 2312674055:35:45,452 --> 2643056063:32:02,781 set 2643056063:32:02,781 --> 2973438071:28:20,111 to 2973438071:28:20,111 --> 3303820079:24:37,441 be 3303820079:24:37,441 --> 3634202087:20:54,771 announced 3634202087:20:54,771 --> 3964584095:17:12,102 later 3964584095:17:12,102 --> 4294966103:13:29,432 tonight. a fundamentalist christian sect. christian sect. their plane crashes in the amazon jungle. jungle.

impending death after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. diagnosed with terminal cancer. she died injune. at the age of 64. and literary critic stephanie merritt. merritt. what do you make of the short list this year? short list this year? rather highbrow idea of what literary books ought to be. literary books ought to be. meant to reward the most enjoyable books. books.

might give the judges a bit of a problem, is it the most enjoyable? problem, is it the most enjoyable? vague and no one can quite define what it means. what it means. actually quite upsetting such as helen dunmore. helen dunmore. read but it is a beautiful book and for me the strongest. for me the strongest. life affirming even knows these are poems about her death and dying. poems about her death and dying. judges to choose between five such very different books. very different books. poetry against a memoir that is so beautifully written. beautifully written.

the way that, what it leaves you with the end. with the end. on the short list that are strong in that regard. that regard. prize influences perhaps what people actually go out and buy? actually go out and buy? oster has a huge impact on book and publishers would back that up. publishers would back that up. prizes that seems to reflect what people are interested in. people are interested in. kind of books that get chosen by reading groups. reading groups. a huge difference to the winner this year. year. well you are a fan of the poetry, do you think it will win? poetry, do you think it will win? i'm great fan of helen dunmore and i think this is outstanding work. think this is outstanding work. thejon mcgregor book is very fine but also be biography category. but also be biography category. so it will be a difficult choice. it will be a difficult choice. you're hedging your bets! many thanks and good to talk to you.

thanks and good to talk to you. for the winner as well the cheque for £30,000. for £30,000. this evening here on the bbc news channel. stay with us for that. look forward to that. let's check on the weather forecast now. the weather forecast now. temperatures have taken a dip this week but will get even lower. week but will get even lower. outbreaks of rain are pushing south across the uk through the night. across the uk through the night. starts to move in with the showers turning increasingly wintry. turning increasingly wintry. beware of some icy stretches in

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