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Oct 23, 2026
Matthew BannisterHOST
His subject matter ranged widely from working-class life to personal grief.
Matthew BannisterHOST
He won both the Whitbread Prize and the Queen's Medal for Poetry.
Matthew BannisterHOST
Ironically, it was in England that Douglas first made his mark and where he met his fellow poet and friend of over 50 years, Sean O'Brien.
Matthew BannisterHOST
I asked Sean what impression Douglas made on him when they first met.
Rod MurphyHOST
In 1996, he received the Order of Arts and Letters from France.
Rod MurphyHOST
He also won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his book of poetry, quote, The Spirit Level, and for Beowulf, quote, unquote, A New Verse Translation.
Rod MurphyHOST
With Ted Hughes, he edited the anthologies The Rattle Bag in 1982 and The School Bag in 1997.
Rod MurphyHOST
These last two were intended to introduce poetry to young readers.
Barbara PetersHOST
And she's been translated into umpteen languages and still writing, which I think is marvelous.
Barbara PetersHOST
You've also been, I'm trying to read this in the blind here, um, you've been a judge for the Whitbread Prize, the Orange Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Betty Trask Award, the Primadonna Prize, and the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science.
Barbara PetersHOST
And this is, I love this, as well as the Fragrance Foundation Awards for perfume-
Joanne HarrisGUEST
[laughs] Yes
speaker_2HOST
Look at the shortlists.
speaker_2HOST
It was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award, the Booker Prize for Fiction, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
speaker_1HOST
That is just an absurd list of accolades for one book.
speaker_1HOST
And then as if dominating its own release year wasn't enough to cement its legacy, it secured its place in long-term history years later.
Joe HaddowHOST
She's also a fellow and current president of the Royal Society of Literature.
Joe HaddowHOST
She's been a finalist for the Costa Award, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Women's Prize for Fiction as well, and here to tell us about her new novel in one brief moment, All Eternity, it's Elif Shafak.
Joe HaddowHOST
Hello.
Elif ShafakGUEST
Hello.
Dan SimpsonHOST
We're with Elif Shafak, an award-winning British Turkish novelist who 13 novels translated into 58 languages.
Dan SimpsonHOST
Her books have been finalists for the Costa Award, the British Book Awards, the Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Booker.
Dan SimpsonHOST
She's been Reese Witherspoon book club picks.
Dan SimpsonHOST
The 40 Rules of Love, that novel was picked by the BBC as one of the 100 novels that have shaped our world.