Front Row - The announcement of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award
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John Wilson hosts the BBC National Short Story Award live from the BBC Radio Theatre.
This year's shortlisted authors are Hilary Mantel, K J Orr, Tahmima Anam, Claire-Louise Bennett and Lavinia Greenlaw. Four of the five join John on stage to discuss their stories and explore the art of writing a short story.
The winner of the £15000 prize will be announced by Chair of Judges, Jenni Murray.
In addition, Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine will announce the winner of the BBC Young Writer's Award.
The BBC National Short Story Award is presented in conjunction with BookTrust.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Rebecca Armstrong.
Published on Tuesday, 4th October 2016.
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