Aug 11, 2026 · 49 min · 10 segments
In the first of three special episodes Georgina talks to two of the authors short-listed for the much coveted 2026 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Harry Whitehead for White Road and Clare…
Harry WhiteheadGuest
Claire WhitfieldGuest
Georgina BrownHost
Um, when we're thinking about adventure, it's such a, it's such an easy connection to make.
Um, have you ever been? Can you understand a place that's so different from our day-to-day?
... kind of like the top of British Columbia and stuff for the first book that I wrote.
I thought long and hard about this, and I didn't go to the Arctic because it seems immoral to go.
... an environmental novel, essentially, you know? And to, although it, you know, first and foremost, it was a thriller and a, you know, an exciting book.
And, you know, some, some novelist rocking up in the northern Arctic, having used up, you know, vast epic quantities of carbon to arrive just to sort of wander around, you know, on a seashore, you know, and look at, look at some icebergs just didn't...
That began with Frankenstein, I guess, and, um, you know, very poorly written Arctic.
Um, when we're thinking about adventure, it's such a, it's such an easy connection to make.
Um, have you ever been? Can you understand a place that's so different from our day-to-day?
... kind of like the top of British Columbia and stuff for the first book that I wrote.
I thought long and hard about this, and I didn't go to the Arctic because it seems immoral to go.
... an environmental novel, essentially, you know? And to, although it, you know, first and foremost, it was a thriller and a, you know, an exciting book.
And, you know, some, some novelist rocking up in the northern Arctic, having used up, you know, vast epic quantities of carbon to arrive just to sort of wander around, you know, on a seashore, you know, and look at, look at some icebergs just didn't...
That began with Frankenstein, I guess, and, um, you know, very poorly written Arctic.
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