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...

Episodes

Simon Woodroffe on reinventing British dining

Kathy Lette on growing up, speaking out and ‘The Sisterhood Rules’

Nicholas Boggs and the legacy of James Baldwin

Copy of Chloe Aridjis on objects, projection and transformation

Raoul de Jong’s mystical journey into his Surinamese ancestry

Erica Wagner and the life of Washington Roebling

Victoria Bateman and the hidden economics of women

Ben Faccini on family, memory and fiction

Oliver Bullough on financial secrecy, corruption and global power

Anuradha Roy and life in the Himalayas

Leo Varadkar on power, identity and leaving politics

The winners of the 2026 Women’s Prize

Tim Wu and the future beyond big tech

Tayari Jones at the 2026 Hay Festival

Judy Blume on taboos, breaking barriers and leaving writing

Julia Franck on fiction, memoir and personal history

Oana Aristide on satire, space dreams and fiction

Megan Mulry and the Santa Fe International Literary Festival

Ece Temelkuran on exile, language and finding a new voice

Nicholas Thompson on leading change and running habits