255: Costa Book Awards 2021 Part 1

<div>In this, the first of our episodes on the Costa Book Awards, we introduce you to some of this year's winners.<br> <br> Caleb Azumah Nelson, winner of the Debut Novel Award, introduces us to 'Open Water'.<br> <br> Hannah Lowe discusses the influence of teaching in an inner city school on her book 'The Kids', winner of the Poetry Award.<br> <br> We look back at last year's overall winner, Monique Roffey, with her enchanting tale 'The Mermaid of Black Conch'.<br> <br> And we return to Caleb Azumah Nelson for the Books of Your Life.</div>