What is the outlook of a story?
Hello listener, welcome to my podcast series: The Story explorer. I am a reader who has the need to talk with others about what I’ve read. I have started and joined many book clubs. I now run one in a little café in Johannesburg. You are all welcome to join. But because time is sparse for many of us and Johannesburg is not within travelling distance for many readers I am taking up the challenge to talk about books in a podcast. I believe a story always is embedded in something else. This will be the starting point of this podcast journey. I want to look at what is around the story; what is the location? Who are the characters? What is it that happens in the story? What does it do within me, the reader? What do I think the author wants to say? What does this story make me think about? These are questions I want to explore with books that I think are important. Books I believe we all should read and talk about.
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What is the outlook of a story?
Hello listener, welcome to my podcast series: The Story explorer. I am a reader who has the need to talk with others about what I’ve read. I have started and joined many book clubs. I now run one in a little café in Johannesburg. You are all welcome to join. But because time is sparse for many of us and Johannesburg is not within travelling distance for many readers I am taking up the challenge to talk about books in a podcast. I believe a story always is embedded in something else. This will be the starting point of this podcast journey. I want to look at what is around the story; what is the location? Who are the characters? What is it that happens in the story? What does it do within me, the reader? What do I think the author wants to say? What does this story make me think about? These are questions I want to explore with books that I think are important. Books I believe we all should read and talk about.
The Brontës: A challenge accepted | Hamilton Wende
The Story Explorer
1 hour 6 minutes 12 seconds
5 months ago
The Brontës: A challenge accepted | Hamilton Wende
in conversation with award winning journalist Mr. Hamilton Wende.
In this episode, I have a captivating conversation with award-winning journalist, war correspondent, television producer, and children’s book author Mr. Hamilton Wende.
With this podcast, I aim to continue having one-on-one conversations about books. When I approached Mr. Wende, he immediately said yes and suggested we discuss the Brontë sisters: a subject he finds deeply fascinating.
Mr. Wende proposed we focus on three major Brontë novels, along with the renowned biography by Juliet Barker. Although Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, featured in my previous episode Jane Eyre in Africa, was still fresh in my mind, I felt a flicker of panic. I realized I’d need to read the 800-page biography, immerse myself in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, and reread Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Since the biography had been on my reading list for years, I decided to accept the challenge.
In this episode, you’ll hear us talk about when and what Mr. Wende reads - and why. He explains his fascination with the works of the Brontë sisters. Together, we explore the recurring theme of abuse in their novels, a subject we find both intriguing and disturbing. Mr. Wende’s extensive knowledge of European literature guides us through a wide array of literary and historical references; many of which I now feel inspired to explore or revisit.
The Story Explorer
What is the outlook of a story?
Hello listener, welcome to my podcast series: The Story explorer. I am a reader who has the need to talk with others about what I’ve read. I have started and joined many book clubs. I now run one in a little café in Johannesburg. You are all welcome to join. But because time is sparse for many of us and Johannesburg is not within travelling distance for many readers I am taking up the challenge to talk about books in a podcast. I believe a story always is embedded in something else. This will be the starting point of this podcast journey. I want to look at what is around the story; what is the location? Who are the characters? What is it that happens in the story? What does it do within me, the reader? What do I think the author wants to say? What does this story make me think about? These are questions I want to explore with books that I think are important. Books I believe we all should read and talk about.
