Georgina Godwin

This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is the winner of this year's @bailliegifford.bsky.social Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Garner. She speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on "How to End a Story" - the first diary to win the prize (via @wnbooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Friend of Monocle Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on monocle.com

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🎙️I've gotten a bit behind in my posting, but on Friday morning I spoke to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on Monocle Radio about the new tariffs that the US and EU have placed on Russia's major oil producers, & what impact this might have on war in Ukraine (starts at 3:15)
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Olivier Norek on courage, conflict and history - Monocle French author Olivier Norek presents ‘The Winter Warriors’, his first historical novel, on the 1939 Soviet invasion of Finland. He...


From the streets of Paris to the battlefields of Finland
Award-winning author and ex-police captain Olivier Norek joins me on Meet the Writers to discuss The Winter Warriors, his first historical thriller.
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Sam Sussman on the possibility of family ties - Monocle Writer Sam Sussman joins Georgina Godwin to discuss his US upbringing, relationship with his mother and the op-ed that developed...

What if your mother once loved Bob Dylan — and he might be your father? 
Writer Sam Sussman joins me on Meet the Writers to discuss his debut Boy From the North Country.
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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

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) 🩰
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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...

#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

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Iain Sinclair on London, literature and hidden journeys - Monocle Georgina Godwin is joined by the chronicler of London’s psychogeographies, Iain Sinclair. His latest novel, ‘Pariah Genius’, traces the footsteps...

#meetthewriters Iain Sinclair’s Pariah Genius is a psychobiographic dive into John Deakin’s Soho—where snapshots of Bacon and Freud shimmer with grime and genius.
#PariahGenius #JohnDeakin #monocleradio #authorinterview

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

Weather turned, Bella showing her autumn look. #springerspaniel #chillylondon

#MeetTheWriters Iris Wolff grew up in Romania, emigrated to Germany in the 1980s & became one of the country’s most celebrated writers.
We talk childhood, migration, & the art of language in her latest novel Blurred.
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Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan: Exiled voices on Russia - Monocle Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, exiled in London, discuss ‘Our Dear Friends in Moscow’. The conversation ranges from...

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

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, ‘We Are All Guilty Here’. 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.

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#CrimeBooks #NoToCensorship

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

Nick Harkaway and the legacy of Le Carré - Monocle Nick Harkaway joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré as a father and carrying on his legacy...

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

But, is she a bit depressed? What to do? #springerspaniel #depresseddog

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. She’s a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society & Professor of Creative Writing. Her latest, Latitudes, is breathtaking. Hear our conversation: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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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...

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Meet the Writers features award-winning author Guadalupe Nettel—one of Mexico’s most acclaimed literary voices.
Listen after reading The Entrepreneurs Mexico special.
#GuadalupeNettel #MeetTheWriters #TheAccidentals #MonocleRadio #MexicanLiterature

New episode of Meet the Writers: I speak to New Zealand literary icon C.K. Stead about his enormous impact on the nation’s literary landscape.
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Thanks to Ockham New Zealand Book Awards & Auckland Writers Festival. #monocleradio #newzealand #literaturepodcast

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.

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#KarimKattan #PalestinianFiction #FoundryEditions

Bella, refusing to be moved by market forces, climate shifts, or Cabinet reshuffles, declares unilateral independence from responsibility.

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Romany author Damian Le Bas on The Drowned Places, a lyrical deep dive into Atlantis, myth and the mystery of what lies beneath. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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Michael and Matariki Bennett, recorded at @aklwritersfest, on Māori identity, kōhanga reo, and the radical power of Indigenous storytelling monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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Agustina Bazterrica, recorded at @hayfestival, on her move from opera to fiction, literary influences, and writing that interrogates power and control monocle.com/radio/shows/...

#meetthewriters Esther Freud didn’t learn to read until she was 10 — 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.

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Bonus weekday ep of Meet the Writers.
Earlier I judged the NZ Book Awards—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