We travel to the Alhamra Arts Center in Pakistan for the eighth edition of the annual Lahore Literary Festival. The three-day event hosted eminent writers, historians, artists and opinion-makers from Pakistan and abroad. Free and open to the public, the event featured, among others, Turkish Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/O3htfAdNCxk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We travel to the Alhamra Arts Center in Pakistan for the eighth edition of the annual Lahore Literary Festival. The three-day event hosted eminent writers, historians, artists and opinion-makers from Pakistan and abroad. Free and open to the public, the event featured, among others, Turkish Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk.

Monocle 24: Meet the Writers

Monocle Reads: Lahore Literary Festival 2020

Screenwriter-cum-author Alex Michaelides’ influences range from Agatha Christie to Euripides. His most recent book, ‘The Silent Patient’, has garnered much acclaim: the thriller is being made into a film having gripped audiences worldwide and topped The New York Times bestseller list.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/FWTpcOFQQ9k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Screenwriter-cum-author Alex Michaelides’ influences range from Agatha Christie to Euripides. His most recent book, ‘The Silent Patient’, has garnered much acclaim: the thriller is being made into a film having gripped audiences worldwide and topped The New York Times bestseller list.

Alex Michaelides

We speak to award-winning poet and German-language translator Jen Calleja. Her debut short-fiction collection, ‘I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For’, is a vibrant mixture of comic, somewhat surreal stories, which poke and prod at the fabric of everyday life.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/tEwSxie3bqE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We speak to award-winning poet and German-language translator Jen Calleja. Her debut short-fiction collection, ‘I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For’, is a vibrant mixture of comic, somewhat surreal stories, which poke and prod at the fabric of everyday life.

Monocle Reads: Jen Calleja

Georgina Godwin meets the legendary Latin American author Isabel Allende, a spiritual magic-realist writer and champion of feminism who shares insights into her many great books and the creative process of writing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/MXEYwCuMWUQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Georgina Godwin meets the legendary Latin American author Isabel Allende, a spiritual magic-realist writer and champion of feminism who shares insights into her many great books and the creative process of writing.

Isabel Allende

Dr Rahul Jandial is an award-winning brain surgeon and neuroscientist. He talks to Georgina Godwin about his book ‘Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon’, which tells stories of the brain and reveals the best way to boost your memory, minimise stress and control your emotions.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/ajNsU94Sz8M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Dr Rahul Jandial is an award-winning brain surgeon and neuroscientist. He talks to Georgina Godwin about his book ‘Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon’, which tells stories of the brain and reveals the best way to boost your memory, minimise stress and control your emotions.

Monocle Reads: Dr Rahul Jandial

What will happen if we do or don’t meet the Paris Agreement climate goals? Principal architects of the accord Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac talk to Georgina Godwin about their new book ‘The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis’.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/YxjpNOeRa_A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

What will happen if we do or don’t meet the Paris Agreement climate goals? Principal architects of the accord Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac talk to Georgina Godwin about their new book ‘The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis’.

Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac

Paul Morland talks to Georgina Godwin about his new book, ‘The Human Tide’, which highlights the role of population growth over the past two centuries. In an age of excessive carbon emissions and coronavirus, how will rising populations shape the future of our planet?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/uPCQ2y8vrcM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Paul Morland talks to Georgina Godwin about his new book, ‘The Human Tide’, which highlights the role of population growth over the past two centuries. In an age of excessive carbon emissions and coronavirus, how will rising populations shape the future of our planet?

Monocle Reads: Paul Morland

Nobel prize-winning economist and author Paul Krugman worked under Ronald Reagan, predicted the 2008 crash and was once described as “the Mick Jagger of economic punditry”. He talks to Georgina Godwin about “zombie ideas” in modern economics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/hij_B34gbhQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Nobel prize-winning economist and author Paul Krugman worked under Ronald Reagan, predicted the 2008 crash and was once described as “the Mick Jagger of economic punditry”. He talks to Georgina Godwin about “zombie ideas” in modern economics.

Paul Krugman

On this week’s Monocle Reads we speak to Claudia Rubenstein, author, historian and director of Jewish Book Week, London’s longest-running international literary festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/bOG8uzw-Ebk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

On this week’s Monocle Reads we speak to Claudia Rubenstein, author, historian and director of Jewish Book Week, London’s longest-running international literary festival.

Monocle Reads: Claudia Rubenstein

Daniel Kehlmann, Germany’s best-selling postwar novelist, discusses his country’s literary humour, the origin of fairy tales and his new book, ‘Tyll’, which has now been translated into English and is set to be a Netflix TV series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/pW5uwHHiK1s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Daniel Kehlmann, Germany’s best-selling postwar novelist, discusses his country’s literary humour, the origin of fairy tales and his new book, ‘Tyll’, which has now been translated into English and is set to be a Netflix TV series.

Daniel Kehlmann

Clement Knox’s ‘Strange Antics’ explores the historical and cultural incarnations of seduction, from the Garden of Eden to the world of #MeToo.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/nKXe45xGwYE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Clement Knox’s ‘Strange Antics’ explores the historical and cultural incarnations of seduction, from the Garden of Eden to the world of #MeToo.

Monocle Reads: Clement Knox

Liz Moore started out as a musician in New York but quickly realised that writing was her true calling. Her fourth novel, ‘Long Bright River’, which explores addiction, family and morality on the streets of Philadelphia, has debuted at number 6 on The New York Times Best Seller list.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/OERS0iDRaSI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Liz Moore started out as a musician in New York but quickly realised that writing was her true calling. Her fourth novel, ‘Long Bright River’, which explores addiction, family and morality on the streets of Philadelphia, has debuted at number 6 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Liz Moore

We speak to BJ Fogg, founder of the Behaviour Design Lab at Stanford University and an innovative researcher of behavioural sciences for more than 20 years. His new book, ‘Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything’, details how to transform behaviour and achieve self-change in four simple steps.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/OxXZBxfS-GY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We speak to BJ Fogg, founder of the Behaviour Design Lab at Stanford University and an innovative researcher of behavioural sciences for more than 20 years. His new book, ‘Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything’, details how to transform behaviour and achieve self-change in four simple steps.

Monocle Reads: BJ Fogg

British writer and journalist Jane Sanderson is the author of five books, including the acclaimed ‘Netherwood’ series. She worked as a BBC producer before becoming a novelist. She talks to Georgina Godwin about her new novel, ‘Mix Tape’.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/GZ5zN1t8XIA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

British writer and journalist Jane Sanderson is the author of five books, including the acclaimed ‘Netherwood’ series. She worked as a BBC producer before becoming a novelist. She talks to Georgina Godwin about her new novel, ‘Mix Tape’.

Jane Sanderson

Georgie Codd travelled to Thailand to face her fear of sharks and documented the quest in her first book, ‘We Swim to the Shark: Overcoming Fear One Fish at a Time’. She previously worked in a funeral parlour, taught in a nunnery and shadowed drug dealers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monocle24MeetTheWriters/~4/3tC2NtGA1LY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Georgie Codd travelled to Thailand to face her fear of sharks and documented the quest in her first book, ‘We Swim to the Shark: Overcoming Fear One Fish at a Time’. She previously worked in a funeral parlour, taught in a nunnery and shadowed drug dealers.

Monocle Reads: Georgie Codd

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.

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Monocle 24: Meet the Writers

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