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Georgina Godwin meets Ben Faccini to discuss how his multicultural upbringing shaped his writing and the themes of his latest novel, ‘Other People’s Children’, including wartime Italy, memory and family.

Georgina Godwin meets Ben Faccini to discuss how his multicultural upbringing shaped his writing and the themes of his latest novel, &lsquo;Other People&rsquo;s Children&rsquo;, including wartime Italy, memory and family.

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. 

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.

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 t

Meet the Writers

Ben Faccini on family, memory and fiction

Booker Prize-longlisted writer Chloe Aridjis is the author of Book of Clouds, Asunder and Sea Monsters. Her fourth novel, The Shadow of the Object, moves between Mexico City and London in a tale of illness, friendship, magic lanterns, silver polishing, grief and the strange charge of objects.

Booker Prize-longlisted writer Chloe Aridjis is the author of Book of Clouds, Asunder and Sea Monsters. Her fourth novel, The Shadow of the Object, moves between Mexico City and London in a tale of illness, friendship, magic lanterns, silver polishing, grief and the strange charge of objects.

Chloe Aridjis on objects, projection and transformation

Georgina Godwin meets Raoul de Jong to discuss his book ‘Jaguarman’, now translated into English, which explores his Suriamese heritage through the prism of a mystical ancestor.

Georgina Godwin meets Raoul de Jong to discuss his book &lsquo;Jaguarman&rsquo;, now translated into English, which explores his Suriamese heritage through the prism of a mystical ancestor.

Raoul de Jong’s mystical journey into his Surinamese ancestry

Georgina Godwin meets writer and journalist Erica Wagner to discuss the life of Brooklyn Bridge engineer Washington Roebling, in her new work, ‘Wash’.

Georgina Godwin meets writer and journalist Erica Wagner to discuss the life of Brooklyn Bridge engineer Washington Roebling, in her new work, &lsquo;Wash&rsquo;.

Ben Faccini on family, memory and fiction

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