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Monocle on Culture - Mohsin Hamid
22 August 2022
International best-selling novelist Mohsin Hamid has been nominated for the Booker prize twice and is perhaps best known for his work ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. He joins Robert Bound in the studio to discuss his new…
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Meet the Writers - NoViolet Bulawayo
17 April 2022
Georgina Godwin meets Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo. Her first novel, ‘We Need New Names’, was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, making her the first Zimbabwean and first black African woman to make the…
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The Globalist - Friday 20 November
20 November 2020
We look at Beijing’s trade agenda after Xi Jinping boasts about China’s role in solving a raft of global crises by keeping its market open. Plus: we discuss the Man Booker Prize winner with one of its judges.
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The Globalist - Wednesday 16 October
16 October 2019
After the fourth Democratic debate – the first since calls for Trump’s impeachment – we discuss the front-runners and those who got left behind. Plus: more Brexit deadline chaos, the likelihood of an Isis resurgence and the…
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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: DJ Taylor
9 September 2019
DJ Taylor is a British critic, writer and novelist. He has written award-winning biographies of George Orwell and William Thackeray, as well as being longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker prize for his novel ‘Derby Day’. His…
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Meet the Writers - John Lanchester
12 January 2019
The Man Booker Prize longlisted author’s new book ‘The Wall’ examines climate change and the migrant crisis in a dystopian fiction. We discuss his latest work, his agoraphobia and his mother’s lifelong secret.
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The Monocle Daily - The best of Meet the Writers: Tim Winton
31 December 2018
In this special edition we look back at one of the best ‘Meet The Writers’ interviews this year. As one of Australia’s foremost writers, Tim Winton has twice been shortlisted for the Man Booker prize. He tells us about…
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The Globalist - Wednesday 17 October
17 October 2018
We look at why South and North Korea are opening up more channels and dialogue – and how that affects the North's relationship with the US. Plus: Emmanual Macron’s long-awaited ministerial shake-up and the winner of this…
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Meet the Writers - Gail Jones
13 October 2018
Jones, one of Australia’s most celebrated authors, has been winning almost every prize going recently – not least making the longlist for the Man Booker and the Orange prize. She tells us about her journey through fiction…
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Meet the Writers - Anuradha Roy
11 August 2018
One of India’s greatest living novelists, Anuradha Roy has been longlisted for the Man Booker prize for her writing. In this interview, she discusses her work, and inequality and nationalism in India.
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The Curator - Highlights From Monocle 24
28 July 2018
Tom Edwards and Fernando Augusto Pacheco bring you a selection of highlights from the past week on Monocle 24 including: a roundtable discussion from Monocle’s editor, Andrew Tuck, a look at the Man Booker prize longlist…
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The Globalist - Wednesday 25 July
25 July 2018
With a three-decade conflict finally over, Eritrea announces that it will put an end to its oppressive policy of indefinite conscription; we hear about the steps the state must take for this to happen. Plus: a Chinese…
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Meet the Writers - Tim Winton
14 July 2018
As one of Australia’s foremost writers, Winton has twice been shortlisted for the Man Booker prize. He tells us about toxic masculinity and the accidents that have shaped his life.