Meet the Writers
Georgina Godwin in conversation with top authors. Explore their inspirations, writing processes, and the stories behind their books.
Latest Episodes
Monocle Reads: Asa Bennett
Monocle Reads: Asa Bennet talks to Georgina Godwin about his new book, ‘Romanifesto’. Boris Johnson loves to chuck in the odd Latin phrase but perhaps without due regard for Veritas. In this, is he much different from the Romans themselves? ‘Romanifesto’ looks at how the politics of 1,500 years ago…
Mitch Albom
Georgina Godwin talks to best-selling writer Mitch Albom about his new book, ‘Finding Chika’, focusing on a young Haitain orphan, born in Port Au Prince just days after the 2010 earthquake, who becomes a popular character in Albom’s own orphanage.
Monocle Reads: David Lagercrantz
Swedish journalist turned novelist David Lagercrantz tells us how he kept Stieg Larsson’s bestselling Millennium series alive and why his latest book featuring Lizbeth Salander, ‘The Girl Who Lived Twice’, will be the last.
Sharjah World Book Capital
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin travels to the Sharjah Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates to discover how the host city is putting together a programme to celebrate its status as Unesco’s 19th World Book Capital.
Monocle Reads: Kendel Hippolyte
Georgina Godwin speaks to a wordsmith who has captured minds across the world with his stunning accounts of life in the Caribbean. Kendel Hippolyte’s latest book, ‘Wordplanting’, compiles a series of intimate yet hard-hitting poems covering themes of environmental degradation and cultural imperialism.
Hallie Rubenhold
We meet Hallie Rubenhold, the winner of the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction. The author and social historian scooped the award for her book, ‘The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper’.
Monocle Reads: Brian Rosenwald
Brian Rosenwald is editor in chief of ‘Made by History’, a new section in ‘The Washington Post’. He is also a researcher for the ‘Slate’ podcast, ‘Whistlestop’. Georgina Godwin sits down with him to discuss his new book, ‘Talk Radio’s America: How An Industry Took Over A Political Party that…
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo is a multi-award-winning, bestselling author, known for his children’s books, notably ‘War Horse’. A former Children’s Laureate, he’s written more than 100 titles, as well as screenplays and libretti for opera. Morpurgo’s work often tackles social issues; his most recent book, ‘Boy Giant’, is based on ‘Gulliver’s Travels’…
Monocle Reads: Eva Vonk
In the ecological wonderland of the Congo Basin, the remote Odzala-Kokoua National Park remains at odds with a rapidly changing world. Georgina Godwin speaks to Eva Vonk about her book “Congo Tales”, which began as a call to action to save the second-largest tropical forest in the world, and documents…
Daniel Rachel
Want to know more about the authors behind your favourite books? Tune in to discover the methods of – and inspiration behind – some of the world’s most exciting writers. Every Saturday, Georgina Godwin hosts an in-depth discussion with the person behind the prose.
