Georgina Godwin
@georginagodwin
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Freelance broadcaster & (Hon) FRSL. Mostly @Monocle_Radio on current affairs, literature, Lit Fest chair. Trustee @englishpen https://t.co/OIuZAgdu3d
London
Joined July 2009
New episode of #MeetTheWriters: Kiran Desai reflects on The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — a Booker-shortlisted return almost twenty years in the making. She talks about solitude, belonging, family, and the long road back to the page.
Meet the Writers: @GeorginaGodwin is joined by Kiran Desai. They discuss her New Delhi childhood and ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’, her first book in nearly two decades https://t.co/dP2u5LrwAK
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Monocle on Saturday: @isabelhilton and @EmmaNelsonMedia discuss the latest updates on the Ukraine peace plan and China’s proposed mega embassy in London. Plus: @susan_pym on St Andrew’s Book Festival and @georginagodwin on her literary travels https://t.co/lqMeTgQqiG
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Isabel Hilton and Emma Nelson discuss the latest updates on the Ukraine peace plan and China’s proposed mega embassy in...
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Monocle on Saturday: @Charles_Hecker joins @EmmaNelsonMedia to discuss the week’s biggest stories. Plus: @georginagodwin speaks to actor Jamie-Rose Monk about building different characters and being an actor in 2025
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Charles Hecker joins Emma Nelson to discuss the week’s biggest stories. Plus: Georgina Godwin speaks to actor Jamie-Rose Monk about...
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Monocle on Saturday: @tessaszy and @georginagodwin discuss psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz’s new book. Plus: the AI bubble, the next generation of Democrats and the winner of the @GoldsmithsPrize 2025 https://t.co/6prsmlH1H2
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#MeetTheWriters @RCArmitage reflects on craft, empathy and the past that fuels The Cut.
Meet the Writers: @GeorginaGodwin is joined by @RCArmitage, who reflects on his shift from acting to writing and his empathy-driven approach to writing ‘The Cut’ https://t.co/o8BCVwQyyU
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What can’t be said or isn’t allowed to be said in words is expressed by Richard in The Cut, and I’m grateful for that. Even though we live in an unfriendly world, there are still inspiring and kind individuals like Richard ❤️ 🏳️🌈 #RichardArmitage
Meet the Writers: @GeorginaGodwin is joined by @RCArmitage, who reflects on his shift from acting to writing and his empathy-driven approach to writing ‘The Cut’ https://t.co/o8BCVwQyyU
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This interview on @georginagodwin's Meet The Writers podcast on @MonocleRadio is the most interesting I've ever done. Apart from In The Green Heart, we talk about East Timor & soiled nappies, & I offer a full confession of Blockbusters 1985. https://t.co/E6x6bUALWW @
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Georgina Godwin interviews Michelle de Kretser on her Sri Lankan roots, family influences, migration to Australia and her novel ‘Theory...
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Monocle on Saturday: What do the Dutch elections tell us about the rise of populism in Europe? Gavin Plumley joins @georginagodwin to unpack the week’s news. Plus: art trends at the #AffordableArtFair
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Tessa Szyszkowitz and Georgina Godwin discuss psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz’s new book. Plus: the AI bubble, the next generation of Democrats...
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He’s reported from coups, tsunamis and war zones — now Richard Lloyd Parry turns to fiction. We talk In the Green Heart, neo-colonialism and the power of parental love amid chaos. Hear our conversation on Meet the Writers, Monocle Radio. #MeetTheWriters #Books
Meet The Writers: @thetimes Asia editor @dicklp joins @georginagodwin to share memories from his upbringing in Southport and discuss writing his debut novel, ‘In the Green Heart’
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And its publication day! There Is A Ghost in my Room, a memoir of living with the supernatural should be getting to stores today! Thank you @HarperCollinsIN @ASuitableAgency
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Great to be back in the Saturday saddle, making perfect sense (or trying to) of an imperfect world. Thanks to @georginagodwin for the invite to the global gallop and to @mariella_abg for the support behind the glass.
Monocle on Saturday: @Charles_Hecker and @georginagodwin on the White House demolition and more of the week’s news. Plus: Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, @pburtsoff, joins from the city’s annual book fair https://t.co/sX3lhWiMJR
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From the streets of Paris to the battlefields of Finland Award-winning author and ex-police captain @OlivierNorek joins me on Meet the Writers to discuss The Winter Warriors, his first historical thriller. Listen now on Monocle Radio.
Meet the Writers: French author @OlivierNorek joins @GeorginaGodwin to discuss his research while writing ‘The Winter Warriors’ and why this story deserves global recognition. https://t.co/Mq6Ur8jF3L
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What if your mother once loved Bob Dylan — and he might be your father? Writer @SamSussman1 joins me on Meet the Writers to discuss his debut Boy From the North Country, born from his viral op-ed The Silent Type. Listen now on Monocle Radio.
Meet The Writers: A 2021 op-ed by @SamSussman1 expanded into his debut novel, ‘Boy from the North Country’. Sussman joins @GeorginaGodwin to discuss his upbringing, his mother and and the possibility of being the son of #BobDylan
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Listen up people! If you read one book this month, make it @petergodwin's 'Exit Wounds' - an extraordinary memoir of love, loss, and longing, written with a reporter's eye for exhilarating detail.
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The Globalist: Moscow is hit with new sanctions, we explore #ArtBaselParis, speak with @FraserYachts about the super-yacht industry and get the latest business news with @realVickyPryce. Plus: newspapers with @theousherwood and #WhatWeLearned this week https://t.co/r3Rv3XQAkm
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Moscow is hit with new sanctions from the EU and the US, we explore Art Basel Paris, hear how tariffs...
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In which we discuss a packing breakthrough! And books @cheltfestivals
Monocle on Saturday: @VinnyMcAv joins @EmmaNelsonMedia to discuss Zelensky’s meeting in Washington and more of the week’s news. Plus: the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and @georginagodwin joins from Cheltenham Literature Festival
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#meetthewriters - beautiful conversation with @SamSussman1 download for free to listen to him talk about his moving book and his parentage.
Meet The Writers: A 2021 op-ed by @SamSussman1 expanded into his debut novel, ‘Boy from the North Country’. Sussman joins @GeorginaGodwin to discuss his upbringing, his mother and and the possibility of being the son of #BobDylan
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Meet the Writers: @georginagodwin is joined by writer and filmmaker Priyanka Mattoo, who shares insights into her Kashmiri upbringing and moving to LA to work with Hollywood A-listers in her memoir, ‘Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones’ https://t.co/AELhIWmgzK
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Meet The Writers: Author and journalist Juhea Kim (@juhea40808) shares her journey from ballet to bestsellers, her passion for conservation and the television adaptation of her debut novel, ‘Beasts of a Little Land’ https://t.co/cgH95hg7J0
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Monocle on Saturday: @NinaDRDS and @georginagodwin on the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal, France’s “new” prime minister, Bollywood in Britain and more of the week’s news. Plus: food writer Olivia Potts on autumn cooking https://t.co/piPotd42YY
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