Get every episode summarized
Each time The Bookshelf publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
About this episode
Writers and their bookshelves. Sarah Winman's Still Life moves between England and Florence, while Nick Earls' Empires travels from Brisbane to Alaska, London, Vienna and Hong Kong. But what are the books that shaped these novels and these writers?
Get every episode summarized
Each time The Bookshelf publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from The Bookshelf
Chris Hammer, Jem Calder and Pip Williams reviewed on this week's Bookshelf
The Bookshelf
New fiction from Barbara Kingsolver, Colm Tóibín and Ayad Akhtar
The Bookshelf
Ambition, Rage, Gothic Hunger: New Novels from Min Jin Lee, Louise Kennedy and C...
The Bookshelf
Emily St. John Mandel and John Boyne alongside a Booker-longlisted debut
The Bookshelf