Meet the Writers
Georgina Godwin in conversation with top authors. Explore their inspirations, writing processes, and the stories behind their books.
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Tracy Chevalier
Best known for her second novel ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, which was made into a film in 2003, Tracy Chevalier talks to Georgina Godwin about getting her first book published and imitating Johannes…
Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell’s ‘What Belongs To You’ has been hailed as a new US classic, the great gay novel of our times and the first great novel of 2016. We hear the story behind this…
Gillian Slovo
Gillian Slovo, author of new political thriller ‘Ten Days’, talks about growing up with anti-apartheid activist parents in South Africa, police brutality and the lure of Isis. Slovo is the author of 13 books…
Ian Buruma
‘Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War’ is the latest book from writer and historian Ian Buruma. Based on the letters between his grandparents, an assimilated Jewish couple living in England, it…
Neil Jordan
This week on ‘Meet the Writers’ Georgina Godwin is joined by world-renowned director, screenwriter and novelist Neil Jordan, who has written several critically acclaimed novels and won an Academy Award for ‘The Crying Game’…
Xiaolu Guo and Emily St John Mandel
Our first guest is Chinese-British novelist and film-maker Xiaolu Guo, whose work has been translated into more than 26 languages. Also on the show we have Canadian dancer turned author Emily St John Mandel,…
Yann Martel
One of the most important Canadian literary voices, Yann Martel is Georgina Godwin’s guest on ‘Meet The Writers’ this week. Following the award-winning ‘Life of Pi’ – which sold 13 million copies and was…
Peter Sichrovsky and Katherine Sheers
This week on ‘Meet The Writers’ we welcome two guests. Journalist, author and former politician Peter Sichrovsky founded Austria’s liberal newspaper ‘Der Standard’ and then joined the right-wing Freedom party. He’s written more than…
Richard E Grant
This week actor and author Richard E Grant talks about his books and the shocking events of his childhood in Swaziland, which were later depicted in the film ‘Wah-Wah’. He also discusses his memoir…
Roberto Ampuero
On Meet the Writers this week, Georgina Godwin sits down with one of Latin America’s literary heroes: Roberto Ampuero is probably Chile’s greatest living author. As well as being the creator of the famous…
