There are plenty of reasons why Naomi Alderman will already feel like a familiar name (and voice) to you. Best known for her award-winning novel, The Power, she’s also written sharp, thoughtful forewords for books like The Testaments, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Careless People. Whether she’s writing fiction or cultural commentary, Alderman has a knack for blending wit with insight. She's a voice that you want in your ears as much as on the page.
To mark ten years since The Power was published (and nine since it won the Women’s Prize for Fiction), the novel has been brought to life all over again. With a full-cast re-recording, it’s shaping up to be one of the best audiobooks of the year. We caught up with Alderman to talk about revisiting the story a decade on, what’s changed (and what hasn’t) for women globally, and why audio feels like the perfect format for this electrifying tale.
