Samuel Johnson Shorts

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A selection of authors short-listed for the prize discuss their work

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Latest Episodes

  • The Voices of Morebath

    Eammon Duffy talks about The Voices of Morebath, his book charting the effect of the Reformation on a small village in Devon, which has been short-listed for the prize

  • The Invention of Clouds

    Richard Hamblyn discusses The Invention of Clouds, his account of the 19th-century meteorologist who named the clouds, which has been nominated for this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

  • Samuel Pepys : The Unequalled Self

    Examination of Claire Tomalin's novel Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, which explores the diarist's private life

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