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#496: Elif Shafak, award-winning & international best-selling novelist, essayist and activist

#496: Elif Shafak, award-winning & international best-selling novelist, essayist and activist

Update: 2025-11-09
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Elif Shafak, the internationally acclaimed Turkish-British author of 21 books joins host Doug Johnstone on a deep dive into the RLF sound archive. Responding to other writers' observations, she reflects on her approach to structure, the role of activism in her writing, what it means to write a book that won't be read for 100 years, and her love of heavy metal music.

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#496: Elif Shafak, award-winning & international best-selling novelist, essayist and activist

#496: Elif Shafak, award-winning & international best-selling novelist, essayist and activist

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