In this episode of Confessions of a Collector, David sits down with acclaimed novelist, journalist and broadcaster Sebastian Faulks to explore the restless creative energy that drives his work. Sebastian discusses his latest release, Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress, a collection of essays born from his lifelong compulsion to write. From the childhood books that first sparked his imagination to the literary heroes and signed first editions he treasures today, this is...
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In this episode of Confessions of a Collector, David sits down with acclaimed novelist, journalist and broadcaster Sebastian Faulks to explore the restless creative energy that drives his work. Sebastian discusses his latest release, Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress, a collection of essays born from his lifelong compulsion to write. From the childhood books that first sparked his imagination to the literary heroes and signed first editions he treasures today, this is...
This episode opens with a reflection on the newly launched Go All In campaign, part of the National Year of Reading 2026, a nationwide push to get Britain reading for pleasure again. Backed by the National Literacy Trust and the Department for Education, the initiative aims to reignite our love of books at a time when fewer children and teenagers are reading for fun. From there, we turn to someone who has spent a lifetime thinking about why books matter. Ian Patterson, poet, translator, acade...
Confessions of a Book Collector
In this episode of Confessions of a Collector, David sits down with acclaimed novelist, journalist and broadcaster Sebastian Faulks to explore the restless creative energy that drives his work. Sebastian discusses his latest release, Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress, a collection of essays born from his lifelong compulsion to write. From the childhood books that first sparked his imagination to the literary heroes and signed first editions he treasures today, this is...
