Queen’s Reading Room Podcast returns featuring Kate Mosse and Neil Gaiman

The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast returns for a second season today (20th May), with authors such as Kate Mosse, Neil Gaiman, Peter James and Richard E Grant all featuring.

It will be available weekly for nine episodes, with Mel Giedroyc, Santa Montefiore, Ben Okri, Clare Mackintosh and Curtis Sittenfeld also set to appear as guests.

The podcast was launched in December 2023, and its first season included guests such as Sir Ian Rankin and Dame Joanna Lumley. 

The launch of season two comes weeks after the charity revealed its research into the benefits of reading, and precedes The Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace. Scheduled to take place on 8th June, the line-up includes Helena Bonham Carter, Dame Harriet Walter and Harlan Coben among others. 

As in season one of the podcast, guests will invite listeners inside their own reading rooms, “taking us on their own personal journeys through the literature that influenced their lives”. The new season will also feature Her Majesty Queen Camilla, who will once again let listeners in on some of her favourite reads.

Chief executive of The Queen’s Reading Room and podcast host Vicki Perrin said: “We were astounded by the response to the first season of The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast. It is clear that the podcast reached and resonated with listeners globally, enabling them to connect and fall in love with books.

“I hope that this second season of the podcast will continue to inspire listeners to go on new literary adventures and help those wishing they loved books a little more, to discover the true joy of reading.”