Ken Follett Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Bauer Media

Arts, Books

4.9 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

International bestselling author, Ken Follett, joins Simon and Matt for a bit of a Q&A. He talks about his writing process, books he has loved reading, film adaptations and who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. We also surprise him with a question from Greg and Kate Mosse.

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0:00.0	As a raider scavenging a derelict world, you settle into an underground settlement.
0:08.0	But now you must return to the surface, where arc machines roam.
0:15.0	If you're brave enough, who knows what you might find?
0:20.0	Arcaders, a multiplayer extraction adventure video game.
0:23.6	Buy now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X&S and PC.
0:27.6	Peggy 16.
0:32.6	As a raider scavenging a derelict world,
0:35.6	you settle into an underground settlement.
0:38.3	But now you must return to the surface, where Arc machines roam.
0:44.3	If you're brave enough, who knows what you might find?
0:49.3	Arc Raiders, a multiplayer extraction adventure video game.
0:58.1	Buy now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X-N-S and PC.
0:59.4	Peggy 16. Hello and welcome, it's our bonus Q&A episode.
1:14.8	This is Books of the Year.
1:15.8	Ken Follett is with us.
1:17.2	If you want to check out his book Circle of Days,
1:19.9	you can see the podcast which landed just a few days ago.
1:23.2	A big conversation about Stonehenge in there with Ken,
1:26.4	but this is the Q&A, Ken.
1:27.6	So what was the last book that you really, really enjoyed reading?
1:34.6	I read a book called My Friends by Frederick Bachman, Swedish author, books translated from Swedish.
1:42.0	And it's really not my normal kind of thing.
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