Nick Hornby

As part of the 2024 Writer's Symposium by the Sea, writers Nick Hornby and Susan Orlean have a far-reaching conversation about their work, inspirations and human connections with Dean Nelson, director of Point Loma Nazarene University's journalism program. Hornby is an award-winning author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter whose books include the best-selling novels "High Fidelity" and "About A Boy." His latest nonfiction book is "Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius." Orlean is the New York Times best-selling author of seven books, including "The Library Book," "Rin Tin Tin," and "The Orchid Thief." Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 39011]

Georgie is THRILLED this week to be joined by legendary Writer Nick Hornby and Actor and Writer Morwenna Banks to talk about new series 'Funny Woman' on Sky. Nick and Morwenna chat more about creating the show which has been adapted from Nick's brilliant novel 'Funny Girl'. Georgie asks Nick about his wonderful books in general as well as what it's like adapting work for the screen. She finds out about Morwenna's time writing 'Funny Woman' (and acting in it!) and then asks Nick and Morwenna what they each like to watch when they aren't working. Stayed tuned as well for chats about Newcastle United and the moment Georgie tells Nick and Morwenna about once incorporating 'The Pina Colada Song' into an audition…. 'Funny Woman' continues to air on Thursdays at 9pm on Sky Max. All episodes are available to watch on NOW.

Live from the London Podcast Festival in London, Jordan and Jesse are joined by celebrity podcaster Helen Zaltzman and author and screenwriter Nick Hornby for a discussion of their AirBnB in London, Jordan's trip to Paris, and Nick's history of naming things on the show. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinjjgo

To celebrate the publication of our Satellite Sisters book "You're the Best", we are releasing a series of our favorite Satellite Sisters interviews over the years. Today we bring you novelist and Academy Award nominee Nick Hornby. Hornby's been nominated for adapting the screenplays for An Education (2009) and this year's acclaimed Brooklyn from the novel by Colm Toibin (2015). He also adapted Cheryl Strayed's novel Wild for Reese Witherspoon. His new novel at the time Lian and Sheila interviewed him was A Long Way Down. Lian discusses Nick's autistic son Danny and how that impacts his feelings about fatherhood. They also talk about the movies made from his books including High Fidelity About A Boy and Fever Pitch. Sheila jumps and asks Nick if he has any single friends in Los Angeles that she could date. Sadly, he says his pals are undateable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .