Anna Funder on telling untold stories – and the blowback it sometimes brings

Podcast: Good Weekend Talks (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Anna Funder on telling untold stories – and the blowback it sometimes bringsPub date: 2026-06-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAustralian author and intellectual Anna Funder specialises in telling the stories of people forgotten or ignored by official histories. She began her writing career with Stasiland, detailing the state surveillance of the people of the former East Germany, which was followed by her prize-winning novel, All That I Am, telling the previously untold story of early resisters to the Nazis. In her most recent work, Wifedom, Funder shifted her lens to the unexamined life of author George Orwell’s wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, whose contribution had – until then – been obscured. The recently-appointed professor in creative writing at the University of Sydney is about to embark on a national speaking tour – live conversations exploring history, power, and the stories that shape public life. In this episode, she joins The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer and columnist Jacqueline Maley for a chat about everything from the dangers of AI to the livelihood of creatives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.