The Origins of ‘Hamnet’

Has Hamnet winning Best Motion Picture (Drama) at the Golden Globes made you want to catch it on the big screen? Before you head into the cinema, let’s reflect on where this story came from and consider the importance of authors’ context in fictional texts.

Dr Kate Flaherty, Head of English in the School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics at the Australian National University, joined host Cameron Furlong to examine this.