Welcome to the episode six of The Queen's Reading Room podcast.  The Queen's Reading Room podcast 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.  Ann Patchett was the winner of the Pen/Faulkner award 2022 and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, and is one of the world’s most loved novelists to boot. She speaks to The Queen’s Reading Room from her home in America, and gives us unique insight into her writing, her life and her home that overflows with books. Discover the joy of reading with The Queens Reading Room podcast, available weekly on all podcast platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.