Orwell Lecture 2009 Hilary Mantel: Part 1

Hilary Mantel, author and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 for Wolf Hall, gives the George Orwell Memorial Lecture at Birkbeck College, University of London, at 5pm on Tuesday 17th November 2009. The subject of Hilarys lecture (like the subject of Wolf Hall) was More like a castle than a realm Thomas Cromwells Radical [...]

Hilary Mantel and David Starkey discuss Henry VIII – part 2

Hilary Mantel and David Starkey discuss the shared subject of their new books – Henry VIII. Filmed in location in the Upper Bell Tower in the Tower of London: the scene of John Fishers imprisonment prior to being martyred.

Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker Prize

Just Books: British writer Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker international Prize 2009 for her book Wolf Hall.

Hilary Mantel on Wolf Hall, Author Interview

Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2009 winner Hilary Mantel talks about her new unabridged audiobook Wolf Hall. www.wholestoryaudio.co.uk Wolf Hall Synopsis: Tudor England. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is charged with securing his divorce. Into this atmosphere of distrust comes Thomas Cromwell – a man as ruthlessly ambitious [...]

Man Booker prizewinner Hilary Mantel on Wolf Hall

This year’s Man Booker prizewinner, Hilary Mantel, talks to Sarah Crown about her triumphant novel, Wolf Hall, how she came to admire her scheming hero Thomas Cromwell, and why she writes historical fiction

David Starkey and Hilary Mantel discuss Henry VIII – part 3

Hilary Mantel and David Starkey discuss the shared subject of their new books – Henry VIII. Filmed in location in the Upper Bell Tower in the Tower of London: the scene of John Fishers imprisonment prior to being martyred.

Hilary Mantel’s acceptance speech, after winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2009

Hilary Mantel and David Starkey discuss Henry VIII – part 1

Hilary Mantel and David Starkey discuss the shared subject of their new books – Henry VIII. Filmed in location in the Upper Bell Tower in the Tower of London: the scene of John Fishers imprisonment prior to being martyred.

Hilary Mantel – Wolf Hall Daunt Debate, Part one

Hilary Mantel, author of ‘Wolf Hall’, discusses her Booker shortlisted novel at the Daunt Debates. Part one of three.

Hilary Mantel on winning the 2009 Man Booker Prize

2009 Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel talks about her novel Wolf Hall and what the accolade means to her personally. . Follow us on twitter at twitter.com