• S5 Ep48: Geoff Dyer, non-fiction writer and novelist

  • Mar 31 2023
  • Length: 59 mins
  • Podcast

S5 Ep48: Geoff Dyer, non-fiction writer and novelist cover art

S5 Ep48: Geoff Dyer, non-fiction writer and novelist

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • Geoff 'genre-defying' Dyer, whose career moves between fiction, non-fiction and a grey area in between, joins me this week from California. Geoff published his first book in 1986 and is highly prolific. Some of his best-known works include Out of Sheer Rage; Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; and Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It. Last year he published his most recent book, The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings – a meditation on getting older and how a career can be brought to an elegant close. In this conversation, recorded in January, he tells me how he developed his highly distinctive authorial voice; what he believes to be the perfect writing acoustic; why he's disgusted by Moleskine notebooks, and lots, lots more.

    Browse Geoff's books in the In Writing bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/in-writing

    This season of In Writing is sponsored by Curtis Brown Creative. Use code INWRITING20 for £20 off one of their four, five, six, or ten-week online writing courses. Visit curtisbrowncreative.co.uk to find out more.
    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about S5 Ep48: Geoff Dyer, non-fiction writer and novelist

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.