Meet the Writers
Georgina Godwin in conversation with top authors. Explore their inspirations, writing processes, and the stories behind their books.
Latest Episodes
Jay McInerney: part one
In the first in a two-part series featuring the critically acclaimed author of ‘Bright Lights, Big City’, we talk to Jay McInerney about his many marriages, his love of wine (and other intoxicants) and his latest work ‘Bright, Precious Days’.
Maureen Freely
Georgina Godwin sits down with Maureen Freely, a prolific writer and translator best known for her work with Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk. Freely is the head of the Literature department at Warwick University and the chair of English Pen, the writers organisation that champions freedom of expression. Here she talks…
Susan Williams
Georgina Godwin talks to academic and author Susan Williams about her book ‘Spies in The Congo’, which features espionage in the Belgian Congo during the Second World War and the secrecy surrounding the Manhattan Project. We also discuss ‘Who Killed Hammarskjöld?’, the book that triggered a new UN inquiry into…
Jane Rogers
Georgina Godwin talks to award-winning author Jane Rogers, whose brain haemorrhage and subsequent coma helped her finish her superb novel ‘Conrad and Eleanor’, which she had abandoned 10 years earlier. She tells us about the experience, as well as her work in radio, television and teaching.
Jonathan Levi
Georgina Godwin introduces cultural heavyweight Jonathan Levi. Levi is a co-founder of literary magazine ‘Granta’ and also a musician, librettist, theatre director, journalist and now author of the fascinating new book ‘Septimania’.
Jill Dawson
Georgina Godwin talks to award-winning author Jill Dawson, who has produced nine novels, poetry, short stories and screenplays, as well as editing a number of anthologies. She’s also a teacher and in this intimate chat shares writing advice for aspiring authors.
SJ Watson
SJ Watson, author of the best-selling book ‘Before I go to Sleep’, meets Georgina Godwin to reflect on discussing character points with Nicole Kidman and working on a children’s ward. Watson covers his leap into being a full-time writer, the real-life stories that inspire his fiction and the nature of…
Michael Collins
Georgina Godwin sits down with Man Booker Prize-nominated author Michael Collins to talk about new work, running as daily prayer and living the traveller lifestyle.
James Ellroy
Georgina Godwin has the Demon Dog himself on the other side of the microphone. James Ellroy, master of noir crime fiction, talks about his work and intriguing – and at times horrific – backstory. He also tells us how God now features in his life – and gives us a…
James Kelman
Booker Prize winner James Kelman has been described as the most influential novelist of the postwar period. He talks about his new book ‘Dirt Road’, which explores the brevity of life, the agonising demands of love, the lure of the open road and the power of music.
