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EPISODE · Apr 25, 2026 · 36 MIN

#507: Hanif Kureishi, celebrated novelist, screenwriter and playwright

from Collected: The Podcast · host Royal Literary Fund

In this special interview, cult author and RLF beneficiary Hanif Kureishi tells Paul Dodgson about working with David Bowie, why he has given up listening to music except for one particular song, and how he has rebuilt his writing process after the fall that left him paralysed in 2022. © Royal Literary Fund www.rlf.org.uk

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