AfterWords

The Northumbrians by Dan Jackson is the bestselling book exploring North East England and its people. In this episode, listen to Dan in conversation with historian Tom Holland about the real story behind the region and what makes it so distinctive. A Sunday Times History Book of the Year (2019) & A New Statesman Book of the Year (2019). For more visit hurstpublishers.com

Everybody Knows is a searching and unflinching exposé of corruption in America by L.A. Times Book Prize winner Sarah Chayes. In this episode, listen to Sarah in conversation with author and Guardian foreign correspondent Luke Harding about the impacts of America’s rigged system and how it can be challenged. For more visit hurstpublishers.com

AfterWords returns on 27th January 2021. In this series, listen to Hurst authors and leading experts discuss the stories behind six recent, highly acclaimed books that are starting conversations everywhere. Investigate corruption in America with Sarah Chayes, discover North-East England and its people with Dan Jackson, and learn how North Korea became a nuclear power and why we’ll have to live wit...

The Accidental Guerrilla by David Kilcullen was a Washington Post bestseller which transformed the theory and practice of counterinsurgency--and changed the way we think about war. Interviewed by The Economist’s Defence Editor Shashank Joshi, in this episode David shares his ground-breaking insights into the War on Terror. Order David's book today at: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/accidenta...

The death of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld remains one of the biggest mysteries of the twentieth century. Journalist and author Michela Wrong talks to author Susan Williams about ‘Who Killed Hammarskjöld?’, Susan’s thrilling book which investigated this suspicious death and sparked an ongoing UN investigation. Order Susan's book today at: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/who-killed-ham...

Anne McElvoy, senior editor at The Economist, interviews David Goodhart about his bestselling and highly influential book The Road to Somewhere. Examining the political and moral fault-lines that divide Brexit Britain, David’s framework of ‘Anywheres’ and ‘Somewheres’ has become a fixture in public debate about Brexit and the rise of populism. Order David's book today at: https://www.hurstpublishe...

Anthropologist Alpa Shah’s gripping book Nightmarch was shortlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. In this episode, author and journalist Sonia Faleiro talks to Alpa about her time living amongst India’s communist guerrillas, and the undercover journey she took with them in 2010. Order Alpa's book at: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/nightmarch/

The Rwanda Crisis by Gérard Prunier is the definitive and most comprehensive account of the conditions leading up to the Rwandan genocide and the events that followed. In this episode author and New York Times journalist Jeffrey Gettleman interviews Gérard about his heavily documented account of the horrors of 1994, and the complicity of France and other Western colonialists. Order Gérard's book a...

Shashi Tharoor’s book Inglorious Empire was a Sunday Times bestseller. It sparked a vital conversation about British views on empire, challenging predominant narratives. In this episode, author and Financial Times columnist Nilanjana Roy talks to Shashi Tharoor about this landmark book and how British imperialism devastated India. Order Shashi's book now at: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/in...

Six defining books. Six defining conversations. AfterWords explores the stories behind groundbreaking books. In the first series, hear leading journalists in conversation with authors whose books have instigated debates, advanced knowledge and changed society. Discover how the British empire impacted India with Shashi Tharoor, investigate a UN Secretary General's mysterious death with Susan Willia...