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(Hon) FRSL. Broadcaster/event chair Books/geo-politics bio.site/GeorginaGodwin https://monocle.com/radio/shows/meet-the-writers/

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Really enjoyed being back at the Cheltenham Literature Festival yesterday, on stage with Jeremy Vine talking Black Tag. Thanks to @cheltenhamfestival.bsky.social and @georginagodwin.bsky.social for running the show

19.10.2025 06:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Juhea Kim on stories woven from silence - Monocle Georgina Godwin speaks to Juhea Kim about her path from ballet to bestsellers, the inspirations behind her work, her passion...

Latest episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Juhea Kim speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social of her bridge between ballet and writing when in the process of "City of Night Birds" - A recent #ReesesBookClub pick (published via @oneworldbooks.bsky.social) ๐Ÿฉฐ
monocle.com/radio/shows/...

09.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New episode of #MeetTheWriters on Monocle.com

The journalist, @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social, author of the 'Fire and Fury' series, joined @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to discuss #Trump and his resurgence to The White House - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

22.09.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/michelle-de-kretser-on-literature-and-belonging/id1066877934?i=1000726747976


#MeetTheWriters: Michelle de Kretser on migration, education in Paris & Melbourne, and her latest novel Theory & Practice. A must-listen for anyone who loves complex storytelling and questions of belonging. #MichelleDeKretser #LiteraryFiction #StellaPrize #VirginiaWoolf

t.co/Mw2uEj6IQY

14.09.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iain Sinclair on London, literature and hidden journeys - Monocle Georgina Godwin is joined by the chronicler of Londonโ€™s psychogeographies, Iain Sinclair. His latest novel, โ€˜Pariah Geniusโ€™, traces the footsteps...

#meetthewriters Iain Sinclairโ€™s Pariah Genius is a psychobiographic dive into John Deakinโ€™s Sohoโ€”where snapshots of Bacon and Freud shimmer with grime and genius.
#PariahGenius #JohnDeakin #monocleradio #authorinterview

monocle.com/radio/shows/...

10.09.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#meetthewriters Raised in Tehran, escaped to the US, served in Special Ops, reinvented in techโ€”and now writing a story that mirrors those extraordinary turns. Nick Berg and I talk about Shadows of Tehran. โ–ถ buff.ly/MCnhLq9
#ShadowsOfTehran #AuthorChat #MonocleRadio #ExileToArt

05.09.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weather turned, Bella showing her autumn look. #springerspaniel #chillylondon

04.09.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#MeetTheWriters Iris Wolff grew up in Romania, emigrated to Germany in the 1980s & became one of the countryโ€™s most celebrated writers.
We talk childhood, migration, & the art of language in her latest novel Blurred.
buff.ly/2Vromsd
#MonocleRadio #IrisWolff #BlurredNovel #AuthorConversation

03.09.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan: Exiled voices on Russia - Monocle Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, exiled in London, discuss โ€˜Our Dear Friends in Moscowโ€™. The conversation ranges from...

#meetthewriters This weekโ€™s guests are @AndreiSoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan. We explore Our Dear Friends in Moscow โ€“ censorship, exile and reporting on Russiaโ€™s shadow world. Hear it here: monocle.com/radio/shows/... #Books #Podcasts #monocleradio

24.08.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Karin Slaughter on banned books and the fight for truth - Monocle Karin Slaughter joins Georgina Godwin to reflect on her upbringing and her latest novel, โ€˜We Are All Guilty Hereโ€™. Plus:...

#MeetTheWriters with Karin Slaughter (@karinslaughter.com). Her latest, We Are All Guilty Here, is a sharp mix of mystery, menace and a stand against book bans.

monocle.com/radio/shows/...

#CrimeBooks #NoToCensorship

22.08.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Heading to Edinburgh International Book Festival for events with Ewan Morrison, Alexander McCall Smith & Tessa Hadley. Also, catch @petergodwin.bsky.social on #exitwounds tomorrow. We are staying around for a few days and welcome your festival recommendations. #edinburghfestivals #godwinsontour

13.08.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nick Harkaway and the legacy of Le Carrรฉ - Monocle Nick Harkaway joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carrรฉ as a father and carrying on his legacy...



From the corridors of espionage to the heart of a family legacy โ€” @nickharkaway.com on Karlaโ€™s Choice, his bold, brilliant re-entry into the Smiley universe. I spoke with him on #MeettheWriters on #MonocleRadio about turning his le Carrรฉ inheritance into invention. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

13.08.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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But, is she a bit depressed? What to do? #springerspaniel #depresseddog

11.08.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jean McNeil on bearing witness to a disappearing world - Monocle Canadian author Jean McNeil reflects on her journey from Cape Breton Island to Antarctica in a conversation that explores grief,...

#Meetthewriters Jean McNeil has explored Antarctica, led safaris in Africa, and written 16 books along the way. Sheโ€™s a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society & Professor of Creative Writing. Her latest, Latitudes, is breathtaking. Hear our conversation: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
#MonocleRadio

08.08.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Guadalupe Nettel on human nature in fiction - Monocle Georgina Godwin speaks to Guadalupe Nettel about her award-winning writing, life between Mexico and France, partial blindness and how human...

Here is the link monocle.com/radio/shows/...

27.07.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meet the Writers features award-winning author Guadalupe Nettelโ€”one of Mexicoโ€™s most acclaimed literary voices.
Listen after reading The Entrepreneurs Mexico special.
#GuadalupeNettel #MeetTheWriters #TheAccidentals #MonocleRadio #MexicanLiterature

27.07.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New episode of Meet the Writers: I speak to New Zealand literary icon C.K. Stead about his enormous impact on the nationโ€™s literary landscape.
buff.ly/Rp2abcO
Thanks to Ockham New Zealand Book Awards & Auckland Writers Festival. #monocleradio #newzealand #literaturepodcast

26.07.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palestinian author Karim Kattan joins #MeettheWriters to discuss his haunting debut novel The Palace on the Higher Hill, now in English.

A house on a hill. A forgotten aunt. A surreal Palestine under threat.

Free to stream via #MonocleRadio
#KarimKattan #PalestinianFiction #FoundryEditions

22.07.2025 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bella, refusing to be moved by market forces, climate shifts, or Cabinet reshuffles, declares unilateral independence from responsibility.

#Pawlitics

19.07.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#meetthewritersโ€จRomany author Damian Le Bas onย The Drowned Places, a lyrical deep dive into Atlantis, myth and the mystery of what lies beneath. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

18.07.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#meetthewritersโ€จMichael and Matariki Bennett, recorded at @aklwritersfest, on Mฤori identity, kลhanga reo, and the radical power of Indigenous storytelling monocle.com/radio/shows/...

18.07.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#meetthewritersโ€จAgustina Bazterrica, recorded at @hayfestival, on her move from opera to fiction, literary influences, and writing that interrogates power and control monocle.com/radio/shows/...

18.07.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#meetthewriters Esther Freud didnโ€™t learn to read until she was 10 โ€” and went on to write Hideous Kinky.
In My Sister and Other Lovers, she returns to the complexities of love and family, and in this chat she explores both her real and lightly fictionalised story.

๐ŸŽง monocle.com/radio/shows/...

07.07.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bonus weekday ep of Meet the Writers.
Earlier I judged the NZ Book Awardsโ€”fiction went unanimously to Delirious by Damien Wilkins. We met at Auckland Writers Fest (thanks @lfineranbsky.social) to record the show which you can hear wherever you get your podcasts.
#MeetTheWriters #NZLit #Delirious

04.07.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#meetthewriters Eliza Reid grew up in Ottawa. Married a fellow student at Oxford. He unexpectedly became the President of Iceland - making her First Lady. This inspired her debut whodunnit #deathofadiplomat and she told me all about it on the latest edition of the show on #monocleradio

01.07.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 longlisted author of Radio Free Afghanistan @saadmohseni.bsky.social speaking at #JLFLondon on Saturday, along with @lucyhannah.bsky.social @batoolhaidari.bsky.social @georginagodwin.bsky.social & Gulhan Durzai
#2025MoorePrize #humanrights writing

17.06.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Winners of the 2025 Womenโ€™s Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets Yael Van Der Wouden and Rachel Clarke, the winners of the 2025 Womenโ€™s Prize for Fiction and...

New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - it's a @womensprize.bsky.social special, as @georginagodwin.bsky.social speaks to the 2025 Fiction and Non-Fiction winners: Yael van Der Wouden and Rachel Clarke - monocle.com/radio/shows/...

17.06.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All three are up nowโ€”free to download or stream wherever you get your podcasts.
Plug in, press play, and enjoy the literary company. 5/5

#MeetTheWriters #MonocleRadio #PodcastRecommendations #WritersOfBluesky #BooksAndFriendship #SciFiReads #ListenNow

08.06.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ข @tiffanysmith.bsky.social takes us into the world of Bad Friendโ€”a smart, funny, tender look at female friendship in all its flawed glory. 4/5
๐ŸŽง tinyurl.com/mtw498

08.06.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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