The Books That Built Me

Helen Brocklebank
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The Books That Built Me

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 writing. Tickets to the live event are available through eventbrite

  1. 06/07/2017

    Jake Arnott

    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.

    1h 31m

  2. 28/06/2017

    Sarah Perry

    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.

    1h 2m
  3. Sara Manning

    11/01/2017

    Sara Manning

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

    35 min
  4. Ticky Hedley-Dent

    11/11/2016

    Ticky Hedley-Dent

    Ticky Hedley-Dent by Helen Brocklebank

    34 min
  5. Janet Ellis

    29/10/2016

    Janet Ellis

    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

    1h 5m
  6. Sarah Churchwell

    17/10/2016

    Sarah Churchwell

    Sarah Churchwell by Helen Brocklebank

    52 min
  7. Trump's America: why post-truth politics is stranger than fiction

    13/10/2016

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

    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.

    1h 1m
  8. Jill Dawson

    04/10/2016

    Jill Dawson

    Jill Dawson by Helen Brocklebank

    1h 10m
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About

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 writing. Tickets to the live event are available through eventbrite

Information

  • Creator
    Helen Brocklebank
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2017
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    The Books That Built Me

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