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The Books That Built Me: the books that inspire your favourite authors. The Books that Bult Me is a live event - a literary salon in which Helen Brocklebank talks to authors about six of their favourite books and traces the connection between reading and


    • Jul 6, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    Jake Arnott

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 90:43


    Jake talked to The Books That Built Me about six authors that inspired his writing, from Blake's depiction of London in Songs of Innocence and Experience, to the allure of pirates in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, and how Patricia Highsmith sparked a fascination with elegant sociopaths.

    Sarah Perry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 61:31


    Sarah Perry is the author of the best-selling and award-winning The Essex Serpent : she and I discussed the passions and obsessions behind that novel, as well as about six books that inspired her as a writer, from Hilary Mantel's memoir, Giving up the Ghost, to Foxe's Book of Martyrs Jake Arnott's latest novel, The Fatal Tree, tells the story of Edgworth Bess and her Moll-Flanders-esque life in the heart of the 18th century criminal underworld.

    Sara Manning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2017 34:40


    In this episode Sara Manning talks to Helen Brocklebank about the regency books of Georgette Heyer.

    Ticky Hedley-Dent

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 33:45


    Ticky Hedley-Dent by Helen Brocklebank

    Janet Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2016 65:23


    Janet Ellis talks about the books that have inspired her writing: The Golden Treasury of Poetry, National Velvet, The Bad Seed, Strangers on a Train, Good Behaviour and Candia McWilliams What To Look for In Winter

    Sarah Churchwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2016 52:24


    Sarah Churchwell by Helen Brocklebank

    Trump's America: why post-truth politics is stranger than fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2016 60:44


    Lionel Shriver and Professor Sarah Churchwell in conversation about one of the strangest U.S. elections in living memory, whether the Trump phenomenon has any historical precedent, and what the future holds. Recorded at Mark's Club, Mayfair, 12th October 2016.

    Jill Dawson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 70:18


    Jill Dawson by Helen Brocklebank

    Louisa Treger

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 22:08


    Louisa Treger, author of The Lodger, talks about forgotten modernist pioneer Dorothy Richardson, her work and her relationship with H.G.Wells.

    Alex Peake-Tomkinson on memoir

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 27:45


    In this episode Alex and Helen talk about the genre of Memoir

    Jojo Moyes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2016 66:15


    Jojo Moyes by Helen Brocklebank

    Emma Beddington

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 61:29


    Emma Beddington by Helen Brocklebank

    Louis de Bernières

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2016 53:54


    Louis de Bernières discusses six books that have inspired his work with Helen Brocklebank, host of The Books That Built Me. In this podcast he talks about why poetry will always be his first love, the importance of Latin America to his work, and why he is always trying to write his War and Peace.

    Polly Samson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2016 61:00


    Polly Samson by Helen Brocklebank

    Anthony Quinn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2016 66:00


    Anthony Quinn by Helen Brocklebank

    Lionel Shriver

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2016 64:41


    Lionel Shriver by Helen Brocklebank

    Helen Lederer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2015 65:26


    Helen Lederer by Helen Brocklebank

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