The judges considered 151 books, which were whittled down to 13 on the longlist, six on the shortlist, and tonight there will be just one book left, one winner. The six shortlisted authors are all here tonight they include two former winners of the prize sir Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood. And all of them are now waiting to find out if they have won, and if theyll be taking home the £50,000 cheque that goes with winning. To help guide us through the proceedings, im delighted to say were joined by the author and journalist Daisy Buchanan and nic bottomley, owner of mr bs book shop in bath, and president of the Booksellers Association which represents book shops in the uk and ireland. Thank you both for being here. Not long now, plenty to discuss. But before we chat, lets have a look at this years shortlist. You lionesses six of the best books of the year are competing for the booker prize. Margaret atwoods testa m e nts booker prize. Margaret atwoods testaments is the sequel to the
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All right. Thank back. Remember when we asked you who wants to bail out a Billionaire Well Tonight we got our answer. Thanks for dramatic music. Everyone donald trump posted their hundred and 75 bond. The new york civil fraud case. Well not him exactly, but an insurance company. He did it and then providing that and promising to pay. Lets just call it his knight in shining armor because her name night specialty insurance. Remember the original judgment was supposed to be more than 450 million plus you got to add the interest. But trump got it, reduced, not the actual judgment, but the bhante had to pay to appeal and he had until thursday to pay up. So all the talk of the Attorney General in new york, Letitia James seizing potentially his assets sits on Ice For A Little While now, while trump appeals the actual cooling. Now again, the ruling was that trump lied for years about his finances and overvalued as assets to secure favorable loan terms. Now, in a moment, were going to reaction
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