Hello and welcome to Meet the Writers.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
My guests today are the winners of the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize,
founded by Kate Moss and a group of writers, publishers and journalists to celebrate and champion women's writing.
The winners were announced on Thursday night in London at one of the highlights of the literary calendar
and, many would argue, the publishing party of the year.
I was there to celebrate with them and, the morning after,
sat down with this year's winners to talk about the books that captured the judge's imaginations.
The winner of the women's prize for non-fiction,
and that's Lise Giuseppe, for her book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul at People's History of Afghanistan.
For nearly four decades, Lisa's reported on Afghanistan.
In her first full-length book, she tells the country's modern history through one building
and the people whose lives intersected there.
The work draws on decades of reporting as well as fresh research
to tell the story of Afghanistan through the fortunes of Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel.
Least is said, huge congratulations to you.
What a party in the garden.
Wasn't it just lovely?
You could feel it.