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Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy Scoops Samuel Johnson Prize

Posted: July 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »

Excellent news that Barabara Demick’s North Korea book – Nothing to Envy – has won the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Well deserved, it’s a great book.

To hear a podcast of a conversation I moderated at the Beijing Bookworm International Literary Festival back in March with Demick and graphic artist Guy de Lisle on North Korea click here.

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