Meet the Writers
Georgina Godwin in conversation with top authors. Explore their inspirations, writing processes, and the stories behind their books.
Latest Episodes
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.
Monocle Reads: Alwyn Turner
Some of Alwyn Turner’s finest books are a series of in-depth looks into modern British history, where he explores the social, political and cultural issues of each decade. ‘A Classless Society: Britain in the 1990s’ is his most recent effort, exploring everything from Tony Blair to Britpop.
Fatima Bhutto
Georgina Godwin speaks to Fatima Bhutto about her book ‘New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi and K-pop’, a look at how US cultural dominance is being challenged.
Monocle Reads: Stig Abell
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction announces its shortlist of six – five of whom are women. Stig Abell, chair of the judges and editor of The Times Literary Supplement, talks to Georgina Godwin about the importance of the female gaze, the role of empathy in literature and how, in…
