Show Notes
Welcome to the first episode of The Queen's Reading Room podcast.
A place for book lovers - and those who wish they loved literature a little more - to be inspired by the bookish confessions of global literary heroes. Authors from all over the world have shared their own literary treasures with us; revealing their favourite writers, most treasured books and earliest reading memories.
Joining us in episode one is none other than Rebus Author Sir Ian Rankin who talks to The Queen’s Reading Room from his home in Scotland; telling us about his childhood, his school days and how he gradually fell in love with books. Sir Ian reveals the writer that he would always turn to for solace…and the answer might surprise you! His crime fiction gives pleasure to millions all over the world, but where did the inspiration for it all come from?
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