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Steph @ste-c.bsky.social · 19d

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...

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/michelle-de-kretser-on-literature-and-belonging/id1066877934?i=1000726747976

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · 27d

#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 @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Sep 10

#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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Georgina Godwin is joined by the chronicler of London’s psychogeographies, Iain Sinclair. His latest novel, ‘Pariah Genius’, traces the footsteps...

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Sep 5

#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

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Sep 3

#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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#MonocleRadio #IrisWolff #BlurredNovel #AuthorConversation

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Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan: Exiled voices on Russia - Monocle

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Aug 24

#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

Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, exiled in London, discuss ‘Our Dear Friends in Moscow’. The conversation ranges from...

Karin Slaughter on banned books and the fight for truth - Monocle

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Aug 22

#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

Karin Slaughter joins Georgina Godwin to reflect on her upbringing and her latest novel, ‘We Are All Guilty Here’. Plus:...

Nick Harkaway and the legacy of Le Carré - Monocle

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Aug 13

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/...

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

Jean McNeil on bearing witness to a disappearing world - Monocle

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Aug 11

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

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Aug 8

#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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Canadian author Jean McNeil reflects on her journey from Cape Breton Island to Antarctica in a conversation that explores grief,...

Guadalupe Nettel on human nature in fiction - Monocle

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Georgina Godwin speaks to Guadalupe Nettel about her award-winning writing, life between Mexico and France, partial blindness and how human...

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 26

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

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

#Pawlitics

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Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 18

#meetthewriters 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/...

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 18

#meetthewriters 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/...

Georgina Godwin @georginagodwin.bsky.social · Jul 7

#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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