138: Bernardine Evaristo, Lucy Ellmann and Joanna MacGregor

We’re checking out some of the titles short-listed for this year’s Booker Prize.   Bernardine Evaristo reflects on the vibrant lives of 12 black, British women in her novel ‘Girl Woman Other’ (Starts at 1.00) Joanna MacGregor tells us about the tsunami of books she had to read as a Booker judge. (26.39)   Lucy Ellmann takes us into the strange world of her eight sentence novel ‘Ducks Newburyport’ (36.30) And we return to Bernardine Evaristo for the books of her life. (43.30)