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Meet the Writers

Meet the Writers

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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.

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Episodes
  • Tayari Jones at the 2026 Hay Festival

    Tayari Jones at the 2026 Hay Festival
    May 31 2026

    Georgina Godwin meets Tayari Jones at the 2026 Hay Festival. Jones details her upbringing and her path into writing leading to her new novel, ‘Kin’.



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    29 mins
  • Judy Blume on taboos, breaking barriers and leaving writing

    Judy Blume on taboos, breaking barriers and leaving writing
    May 24 2026

    Georgina Godwin meets award-winning writer Judy Blume at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. She shares career moments and her thoughts on the future of literary works in the US in the current political climate.

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    31 mins
  • Julia Franck on fiction, memoir and personal history

    Julia Franck on fiction, memoir and personal history
    May 17 2026

    Georgina Godwin meets Julia Franck, a writer born in East Berlin, who shares insight into her upbringing, literary influences and her memoir, ‘Worlds Apart’, which explores her Jewish heritage.



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    36 mins
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