Here is a selection of books on speeches and speechwriting that can help speechwriters, speakers, and speech-fans and –friends.

Speeches of note

Speeches of note
Published by Penguin
Published in 2018

The subtitle of this anthology of speeches announces: ‘a celebration of the old, new, and unspoken’. This beautiful book is indeed a celebration, as it highlights the ethos of the speakers and presents the circumstances and the making of the speeches, providing photographs of the notes when possible. You’ll recognise well-known masterpieces and discover several lesser known treasures of the same quality and offering the same delight, from a particularly rich and diverse spectrum in terms of domain (from politics to art), geography (from every continent), and profile of speakers.