{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657b2f7238c1840016eba096/666f59482dc79a0012e4be99?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode Five: Sir Ben Okri ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/657b2f7238c1840016eba096/1718572085518-26431316ff599e79c0b9cb68288e458b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to episode five, Season 2 of <em>The Queen's Reading Room Podcast. </em>This<em> </em>week's episode features none other than poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, the brilliant Sir Ben Okri - fresh off his appearance at The Queen's Reading Room Festival which took place on June 8th at Hampton Court Palace. </p><p><br></p><p>What, and who inspires Sir Ben? Prepare to be enlightened as Sir Ben invites the listeners inside his very own reading room, where he reveals his most treasured literary influences. </p><p><br></p><p><em>The Queen's Reading Room Podcast&nbsp;</em>is 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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Discover the joy of reading with The Queens Reading Room podcast, available weekly on all podcast platforms.</em></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Queen's Reading Room "}