About this episode

International bestselling author Robert Harris joins Simon and Matt for a Q&A session discussing his writing routine and book recommendations.

International bestselling author, Robert Harris, joins Simon and Matt for a spot of Q&A. He recommends us some books, reveals his writing routine, tells us about his amazing collection of books - and of course, tells us who he'd invite to his fantasy dinner party! We also surprise him with a question from author and Literary Editor of The Spectator, Sam Leith!

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Mayo, Matt

Guest: Robert Harris

Topics covered

• Q&A
• writing routine
• book recommendations
• dinner party
• author insights

Keywords

• Robert Harris
• Q&A
• writing routine
• book recommendations
• dinner party

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Spectator

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