"What I learned from my year of reading outside the box"
Booker Prize jurylid Afua Hirsch, auteur van Waarom ras er toe doet, schreef voor The Guardian een artikel over haar ervaring bij het lezen van de genomineerde boeken, en hoe het haar leesstijl op een bijzondere manier heeft weten te verrijken:
"As a Booker Prize judge, I encountered stories I would never have consciously sought out, and it was wonderful.
If I have not quite been myself for the last year, it’s time I explained why. I have spent the past 12 months lost in other people’s imaginations, the breadth and scope of which have been a revelation. This time last year, I became a judge on the 2019 Booker prize, whose winner will be announced on 14 October. I said yes instantly, in delight, knowing I would work out how on earth to fit in so much reading later."
