THE PLEASURE OF READING
Melvyn Bragg, Antonia Fraser, Kamila Shamsie, Rory Stewart, Tom Wells and Timberlake Wertenbaker, contributors to The Pleasure of Reading, discuss their reading experiences and the books that have inspired them.
Watch the full-length interviews here.
The Pleasure of Reading is published in aid of Give a Book. Find out more.
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