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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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 made into an Oscar-winning film – he’s back with ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’, which looks…
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 15 books, the most famous of which looks at the descendants of Nazis; his new work…
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 of the film that launched his career and became a British classic, ‘Withnail and I’, as…
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 fictional detective Cayetano Brulé, Ampuero has served as the Chilean minister of culture and the country’s…
Marie Kondo & Aleksandar Hemon
Two guests on Meet the Writers this week. First we have Marie Kondo, the self-confessed “crazy tidying fanatic” who is currently occupying the first and second slots of ‘The New York Times’ best-seller list with her books on how cleaning your living space can magically transform your life. We also…
Ahmet Altan
Ahmet Altan is one of Turkey’s most significant authors and journalists, assuming roles from reporter to editor in chief. He has written six novels, three of which have been bestsellers in Turkey and won numerous awards. ‘Endgame’, published by Canongate, is his first novel to be translated into English. In…
Polly Samson
Polly Samson is the author of two highly acclaimed story collections and her novel ‘Out of the Picture’ was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. ‘The Kindness’ is her latest book; she discusses her writing and extraordinary background with Georgina Godwin.
Ben Okri
Nigerian poet and author Ben Okri rose to prominence with his first book, ‘Flowers and Shadows’, published when we was just 21. He won the Man Booker Prize in 1991 with ‘The Famished Road’ and while his writing is hard to pin down it’s widely categorised as “modernism”. Geogina Godwin…
Erica Jong
In the 1973 novel ‘Fear of Flying’, author Erica Jong introduces the world to the “zipless fuck”. Now, 42 years later, Erica has written ‘Fear of Dying’. Georgina Godwin speaks to her about feminism, getting old and her lifetime as a writer.
Douglas Coupland
Canadian cultural literary giant Douglas Coupland talks to Georgina Godwin about his first book ‘Generation X’, his run in with Morrissey, being pregnant, kittens ruling the internet and his latest work ‘Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent’.
