This has been a week for literary prizes being awarded - Hilary Mantel's won the Booker for Wolf Hall, Don Paterson's lifted the Forward poetry award for his collection Rain, and we are now waiting with bated breath to see who's been named the Nobel laureate for literature in 2009.
Amos Oz is the bookie's favourite to win the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Given that the most prominent judge has stated that he thinks the prize is too Euro-centric, he may have a very good chance.
11.30: Free webcast begins. Introduction to the prize. Only 11 women have won.
11.45: How do all these reporters, cameramen and photographers feel about being on the webcam? They have to stand around and wait while I sit in my chair and watch them.
11.55: And here's some Nobel prizewinner trivia to pass the final five minutes.
11.59: The pre-recorded voiceover has now been turned off.
12.01: Ooh. And it's gone to the German poet Herta Müller!
More video here: Video lectures by Nobel laureates in literature
