Margaret Busby on publishing, power and representation - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets Margaret Busby, Britain’s first black publisher. They discuss her career, the landmark anthology ‘Daughters of Africa’ and...

Margaret Busby, a pioneer in British publishing, is this week's guest on #MeetTheWriters via monocle.com monocle.com/radio/shows/...

A true inspiration and... dare I say, key, in spotlighting African writers in British publishing.

Fatima Bhutto at the Daunt Books Festival 2026 - Monocle Following the release of her memoir, ‘The Hour of the Wolf’, Fatima Bhutto joins Georgina Godwin at the Daunt Books...

This week's episode of #MeetTheWriters is Fatima Bhutto, recorded at the 2026 Daunt Books Festival @dauntbookspub.bsky.social monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Francis Spufford on faith, fantasy and the craft of fiction - Monocle Georgina Godwin is joined by renowned writer Francis Spufford. They discuss his early days at Chatto & Windus, his wrangles...

This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com is THEE Francis Spufford talking about faith, sceptics and his new novel "Nonesuch" (via @faberbooks.bsky.social) - monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Karen Dobres and pitch politics  - Monocle It’s International Women’s Day and Georgina Godwin is joined by a former model who helped transform Lewes FC into the...

This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is former @lewesfcmen.bsky.social / @lewesfcwomen.bsky.social director @karendobres.bsky.social Discussing 'Pitch Invasion' and the politics of the football pitch and soft power - (via Octopus Publishing Group)

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Tom Freston on media, reinvention and change - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets Tom Freston to discuss his memoir, Unplugged. It traces his journey from launching MTV and shaping Comedy...

This week's #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - @georginagodwin.bsky.social meets MTV Co-Founder and @onecampaign.bsky.social Chair Tom Freston to discuss his latest book "Unplugged" (Gallery Books via @simonandschuster.bsky.social)
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Maria Alyokhina on activism, Russia’s regime and hope for the motherland - Monocle Georgina Godwin is joined by Maria Alyokhina, who shares insight into her latest memoir, Political Girl, and her hopes for...

Maria Alyokhina is this week's guest on #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com w. @georginagodwin.bsky.social - a powerful, sobering interview.
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Alexander B Smalls on opera, food and African heritage - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets Alexander B Smalls, tracing his path from opera to food writing via his family roots, landmark restaurants...

Had so much fun making this episode!

New one from #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -

@georginagodwin.bsky.social meets award winning Chef Alexander Smalls while in the U.S. - plus you can here select tracks from his album "Let Us Break Bread Together" woven in. Enjoy! monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Steve Crawshaw and confronting global impunity - Monocle Georgina Godwin speaks to Steve Crawshaw about his book Prosecuting the Powerful, including cases from Milošević and Putin to Netanyahu....

New episode of #MeetTheWriters on
monocle.com - Regular Monocle voice and friend
@stevecrawshaw.bsky.social joins
@georginagodwin.bsky.social ahead of the paperback release of "Prosecuting the Powerful" monocle.com/radio/shows/...

(The Bridge Street Press/@littlebrown.bsky.social) ⚖️📚

Mary L Trump and how power destroys a nation - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets US psychologist and author Mary L Trump. They discuss her upbringing within the Trump family, pivoting from...

This week on #MeetTheWriters @georginagodwin.bsky.social
meets @maryltrump.bsky.social , who recounts her upbringing within the Trump dynasty, learning when she found out her uncle was running for U.S. president (the first time), and the future of America. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

EA Hanks and retracing family ties Podcast Episode · Meet the Writers · 11/01/2026 · 49m

Latest episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -

@georginagodwin.bsky.social is joined by @eahanks.bsky.social following the release of her memoir "The 10" (@simonandschuster.bsky.social)

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John Lloyd and ‘The Meaning of Liff’ - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets John Lloyd, one of the men behind ‘The Meaning of Liff’. He shares insight on working with...

New ep of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - The incredible John Lloyd (the man behind Blackadder, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, QI, etc) joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social - discussing "The Meaning of Liff" and it's 42nd Anniversary!

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Sir Michael Palin on his travels, decades-long career and finding laughter - Monocle Georgina Godwin sits down with Sir Michael Palin, who shares insight into his upbringing, his start in comedy with Monty...

New episode of #MeetTheWriters on
Monocle.com - Delighted to have THEE Michael Palin in studio with @georginagodwin.bsky.social sharing stories of his career - from #MontyPython to #PalininVenezuela!

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The winner of the 2025 Booker Prize: David Szalay - Monocle Georgina Godwin meets David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, at Charleston Literary Festival. They discuss his winning novel,...

New episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - @georginagodwin.bsky.social meets the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com winner David Szalay at #Charleston Literary Festival! They discuss his upbringing, winning the prize and the reaction to 'Flesh'(@jonathancape.bsky.social)

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Kiran Desai on loneliness, legacy and the curse of rewriting - Monocle Georgina Godwin is joined by Kiran Desai, whose novel ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ was shortlisted for the 2025...

New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...

This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is the winner of this year's @bailliegifford.bsky.social Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Garner. She speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on "How to End a Story" - the first diary to win the prize (via @wnbooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Friend of Monocle Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on monocle.com

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Juhea Kim on stories woven from silence - Monocle Georgina Godwin speaks to Juhea Kim about her path from ballet to bestsellers, the inspirations behind her work, her passion...

Latest episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Juhea Kim speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social of her bridge between ballet and writing when in the process of "City of Night Birds" - A recent #ReesesBookClub pick (published via @oneworldbooks.bsky.social) 🩰
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The multifacted force that is #PriyankaMattoo is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters, discussing her latest release “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones” (via @aaknopf.bsky.social) on monocle.com 🙂 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Trump biographer Michael Wolff on the ‘moron’ president’s ‘incredible incompetence’ - Monocle Donald Trump’s second act is less a comeback than a test of the US system itself. This, at least, is...

ICYMI: The journalist and biographer Michael Wolff (@michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social) is the latest guest on #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com

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New episode of #MeetTheWriters on Monocle.com

The journalist, @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social, author of the 'Fire and Fury' series, joined @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to discuss #Trump and his resurgence to The White House - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/michelle-de-kretser-on-literature-and-belonging/id1066877934?i=1000726747976

#MeetTheWriters: Michelle de Kretser on migration, education in Paris & Melbourne, and her latest novel Theory & Practice. A must-listen for anyone who loves complex storytelling and questions of belonging. #MichelleDeKretser #LiteraryFiction #StellaPrize #VirginiaWoolf

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Iain Sinclair on London, literature and hidden journeys - Monocle Georgina Godwin is joined by the chronicler of London’s psychogeographies, Iain Sinclair. His latest novel, ‘Pariah Genius’, traces the footsteps...

#meetthewriters Iain Sinclair’s Pariah Genius is a psychobiographic dive into John Deakin’s Soho—where snapshots of Bacon and Freud shimmer with grime and genius.
#PariahGenius #JohnDeakin #monocleradio #authorinterview

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#meetthewriters Raised in Tehran, escaped to the US, served in Special Ops, reinvented in tech—and now writing a story that mirrors those extraordinary turns. Nick Berg and I talk about Shadows of Tehran. ▶ buff.ly/MCnhLq9
#ShadowsOfTehran #AuthorChat #MonocleRadio #ExileToArt

#MeetTheWriters Iris Wolff grew up in Romania, emigrated to Germany in the 1980s & became one of the country’s most celebrated writers.
We talk childhood, migration, & the art of language in her latest novel Blurred.
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#MonocleRadio #IrisWolff #BlurredNovel #AuthorConversation

Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan: Exiled voices on Russia - Monocle Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, exiled in London, discuss ‘Our Dear Friends in Moscow’. The conversation ranges from...

#meetthewriters This week’s guests are @AndreiSoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan. We explore Our Dear Friends in Moscow – censorship, exile and reporting on Russia’s shadow world. Hear it here: monocle.com/radio/shows/... #Books #Podcasts #monocleradio

Karin Slaughter on banned books and the fight for truth - Monocle Karin Slaughter joins Georgina Godwin to reflect on her upbringing and her latest novel, ‘We Are All Guilty Here’. Plus:...

#MeetTheWriters with Karin Slaughter (@karinslaughter.com). Her latest, We Are All Guilty Here, is a sharp mix of mystery, menace and a stand against book bans.

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#CrimeBooks #NoToCensorship

Nick Harkaway and the legacy of Le Carré - Monocle Nick Harkaway joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré as a father and carrying on his legacy...

From the corridors of espionage to the heart of a family legacy — @nickharkaway.com on Karla’s Choice, his bold, brilliant re-entry into the Smiley universe. I spoke with him on #MeettheWriters on #MonocleRadio about turning his le Carré inheritance into invention. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Jean McNeil on bearing witness to a disappearing world - Monocle Canadian author Jean McNeil reflects on her journey from Cape Breton Island to Antarctica in a conversation that explores grief,...

#Meetthewriters Jean McNeil has explored Antarctica, led safaris in Africa, and written 16 books along the way. She’s a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society & Professor of Creative Writing. Her latest, Latitudes, is breathtaking. Hear our conversation: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
#MonocleRadio

Meet the Writers features award-winning author Guadalupe Nettel—one of Mexico’s most acclaimed literary voices.
Listen after reading The Entrepreneurs Mexico special.
#GuadalupeNettel #MeetTheWriters #TheAccidentals #MonocleRadio #MexicanLiterature

Palestinian author Karim Kattan joins #MeettheWriters to discuss his haunting debut novel The Palace on the Higher Hill, now in English.

A house on a hill. A forgotten aunt. A surreal Palestine under threat.

Free to stream via #MonocleRadio
#KarimKattan #PalestinianFiction #FoundryEditions