Man Booker Prize

Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass is the third and concluding volume of the epic His Dark Materials trilogy – and might just be the only children’s book ever nominated for The Booker Prize. The story follows the journey of Lyra – a young girl destined to bring about unfathomable change in her world and beyond. It was longlisted for The Booker Prize in 2001, alongside Ian McEwan’s Atonement, David Mitchell’s number9dream and that year’s winner, Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang. In this episode, Jo and James talk about: The animal forms their daemons would take A brief – and slightly spoiler-y – summary of what happens in The Amber Spyglass, as well as the previous books in the trilogy Whether The Amber Spyglass is really a children's book The literature that has inspired His Dark Materials Whether more children's books should be in contention for The Booker Prize The Booker Clinic: Books to rediscover the joys of reading Books discussed in this episode: Paradise Lost by John Milton Son