Elif Shafak, author of the acclaimed The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her 2019 novel 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World. The Turkish-British writer joins us to talk about her latest novel, The Island of Missing Trees, a story of forbidden love set in Cyprus and Britain, and tells Beatrice DiCaro why more men should read fiction.

Elif Shafak, author of the acclaimed The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her 2019 novel 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World. The Turkish-British writer joins us to talk about her latest novel, The Island of Missing Trees, a story of forbidden love set in Cyprus and Britain, and tells Beatrice DiCaro why more men should read fiction.

Elif Shafak, author of the acclaimed The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her 2019 novel 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World. The Turkish-British writer joins us to talk about her latest novel, The Island of Missing Trees, a story of forbidden love set in Cyprus and Britain, and tells Beatrice DiCaro why more men should read fiction.

Elif Shafak

The Book Club podcast from the World Economic Forum brings you the world's greatest storytellers. 

For the last three years, the Forum's Book Club has engaged with some of the world's greatest writers, allowing a community of over 200,000 readers to put their questions and share their views.

The podcast features in-depth interviews with some of our favourite authors looking at their most recent work, their motivations, inspirations and so much more. 

Great fiction, economics, psychology, philosophy - the world's best storytellers will be telling us their stories.

At the Forum, we have access to some of the biggest and best minds from around our world and we want to share that with you in as many ways as we can.

Host: Beatrice Di Caro.

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The Book Club podcast from the World Economic Forum brings you the world's greatest storytellers. For the last three years, the Forum's Book Club has engaged with some of the world's greatest writers, allowing a community of over 200,000 readers to put their questions and share their views. The podcast features in-depth interviews with some of our favourite authors looking at their most recent work, their motivations, inspirations and so much more. Great fiction, economics, psychology, philosophy - the world's best storytellers will be telling us their stories. At the Forum, we have access to some of the biggest and best minds from around our world and we want to share that with you in as many ways as we can. Host: Beatrice Di Caro. https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldeconomicforumbookclub https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/

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