Meet the Writers

Latest Episodes:

Nick Harkaway and the legacy of Le Carré Aug 10, 2025

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Nick Harkaway joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré as a father and carrying on his legacy with the latest installment in the George Smiley series: ‘Karla’s Choice’.

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Jean McNeil on bearing witness to a disappearing world Aug 03, 2025

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Canadian author Jean McNeil reflects on her journey from Cape Breton Island to Antarctica in a conversation that explores grief, climate change and honouring the earth through her latest novel, ‘Latitudes’.

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Guadalupe Nettel on human nature in fiction Jul 27, 2025

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Georgina Godwin speaks to Guadalupe Nettel about her award-winning writing, life between Mexico and France, partial blindness and how human and animal behaviour inspires the themes in her latest work, ‘The Accidentals’.

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C K Stead at the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival Jul 23, 2025

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New Zealand literary giant C K Stead joins Georgina Godwin to discuss aging, mortality and his early fascination with poetry. He also reflects on his influential role in shaping New Zealand’s literature.

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Karim Kattan on writing between languages and landscapes Jul 20, 2025

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Karim Kattan joins Georgina Godwin to discuss his upbringing in Bethlehem, putting Palestine in his own words and writing ‘The Palace on the Higher Hill’.

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Michael and Matariki Bennett at the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival Jul 16, 2025

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Georgina Godwin speaks with Michael and Matariki Bennett, co-curators of the Auckland Writers Festival, about their Māori heritage, the kōhanga reo movement and addressing sociopolitical issues through art.

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Damian Le Bas on writing between worlds Jul 13, 2025

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Damian Le Bas joins Georgina Godwin to discuss his latest work, ‘The Drowned Places’, which delves into the myth of Atlantis and the sunken worlds beneath the ocean’s surface.

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Agustina Bazterrica at Hay Festival 2025 Jul 09, 2025

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Georgina Godwin speaks to Argentine author Agustina Bazterrica about her shift from opera to writing, literary influences and her novels exploring oppression, capitalism and control.

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Esther Freud on family, fiction and healing Jul 06, 2025

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Esther Freud reflects on her childhood and literary journey to ‘My Sister and Other Lovers’, which follows two sisters facing secrets and heartbreak.

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Damien Wilkins at the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival Jul 02, 2025

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Georgina Godwin meets Damien Wilkins, the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Award winner for fiction with his novel ‘Delirious’. Wilkins reflects on his early literary influences, past work and transitioning to songwriting.

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