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This week we are beyond excited to welcome an absolutely legendary author whose work has been a mainstay of the podcast since day one. It's Ottessa Moshfegh with her writing partner and husband Luke Goebel! Ottessa is the author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation (a YB staple), Lapvona, Homesick For Another World, Death in Her Hands and McGlue. Luke's debut Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours won the Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize while his next novel Kill Dick will be released in 2024. Together Ottessa and Luke wrote the screenplay for the film Causeway and have now collaborated on an adaptation of Ottessa's acclaimed novel Eileen, which is released in cinemas on December 1st. We talked to them about formative reads, phoning Ken Kesey, aliens and Metallica. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Ottessa Moshfegh - Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh - Homesick For Another World Luke Goebel - Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours Elfriede Jelinek - The Piano Teacher JoAnna Novak - Contradiction Days Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis - The Shards Ben Ehrenreich - The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine Guy de Maupassant - The Necklace and Other Stories Rosamond Lehmann - Invitation to the Waltz Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Pictures of a Gone World Diane di Prima - Selected Poems Ross Gay - Book of Delights Abbott Kahler - Where You End Margery Higdon - Alien Abduction of The Wyoming Hunter Whitley Strieber - Communion Simone de Beauvoir - The Second Sex Edith Wharton - House of Mirth Henry James - Portrait of a Lady Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's two returning champs this week as we present the brilliant and hilarious Lou Sanders and Andi Osho live at the Turner Contemporary as part of the Margate Bookie literary festival. Lou and Andi are both stand-ups and both supreme authors. Lou recently published her memoir What's That Lady Doing? to widespread acclaim. Andi has published two celebrated novels: Tough Crowd and Asking for a Friend. In this frank, funny and freewheeling conversation Lou and Andi discuss romance, the fear of death (onstage), ice-skating, unfortunate text message mishaps, youthful indiscretions with towels and what makes them laugh. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Get you hands on Helen Shaddock's lovely 2024 calendars by visiting http://www.helenshaddock.co.uk/. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Lou Sanders - What's That Lady Doing? Andi Osho - Tough Crowd Andi Osho - Asking For a Friend Curtis Sittenfeld - Romantic Comedy Dolly Alderton - Good Material Barbara Payton - I am Not Ashamed Jada Pinkett Smith - Worthy Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye WIll Smith - Will Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic Rosie Wilby - Breakup Monologues Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our season of writing legends continues with a true giant of literature: Naomi Klein! Naomi is an activist, filmmaker, journalist and author. She is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of How To Change Everything, On Fire, No Is Not Enough, This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo. Her latest is Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. We talked to her about her family's Philip Roth connections, early illicit reads, the genius of James Baldwin and using poetry to add some delight to your life. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Naomi Klein - No Logo Naomi Klein - Doppleganger Deborah Levy - August Blue Otto Rank - The Double Sigmund Freud - The Uncanny Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High James Baldwin - The Fire Next Time Philip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth - Goodbye Columbus Philip Roth - Professor of Desire Thomas Gordon - Parent Effectiveness Training Joseph Heller - Catch 22 Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City John Updike - Couples Naomi Klein - Shock Doctrine Eddie Glaude - James Baldwin: To Begin Again Zadie Smith - Feel Free Philip Roth - Operation Shylock Graham Greene - Collected Essays Lisa Jones - Bulletproof Diva Nora Ephron - Crazy Salad Nora Ephron - Scribble Scribble Nora Ephron - Wallflower at the Orgy Oriana Fallaci - Interviews with History and Power Molly Ivins - Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush Nina Stibbe - Went to London Took the Dog Susan Mulcahy - My Lips are Sealed Eduardo Galeano - Open Veins of Latin American Yomi Adegoke - The List Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinene - Slay in Your Lane Marge Piercy - Made in Detroit Susan Griffin - Bending Home Maya Angelou - The Complete Poetry Jorie Graham - To 2040 Ross Gay - The Book of Delights Kyo Maclear - Birds Art Life Kyo Maclear - Unearthing Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead Katrina Diamond - The Silence Adania Shibli - Minor Detail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our 150th episode! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than to welcome a true literary legend to the podcast: Ian Rankin! Ian is a broadcaster, musician, playwright and the globally renowned, multi-million-selling author of the Rebus crime novels, amongst many others. His latest book is the Amazon Original The Rise. We talked to Ian about Muriel Spark, using crime books as a travel guide, writing routines and his love for Jilly Cooper. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Ian Rankin - The Rise Muriel Spark - Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark - Hothouse by the East River Alain Robbe-Grillet - Last Year at Marienbad Muriel Spark - The Drivers Seat Muriel Spark - Girls of Slender Means Muriel Spark - Loitering With Intent Reginald Hill - Asking Fo the Moon Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Anbara Salam - Hazardous Spirits Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies Muriel Spark - The Bachelors Arthur Conan Doyle - Complete Sherlock Holmes James Hogg - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange Joseph Heller - Catch 22 Mario Puzo - The Godfather Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Robin Moore - The French Connection William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist Dorothy Whipple - Someone at a Distance Ian Rankin - The Flood Ian Rankin - Knots and Crosses Ian Rankin - Watchman Graham Greene - Human Factor Ian Rankin - Westwind Michael Connelly - Desert Star James Ellroy - LA Confedential Lawrence Block - A Drop of the Hard Stuff William McIlvanney - Laidlaw Denise Mina - The Long Drop Anita Nair - Cut Like Wound Thomas Pynchon - Short Stories Stieg Larsson - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers Jo Nesbo - The Snowman Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Alasdair Gray - Poor Things Alasdair Gray - Lanark John Niven - Oh Brother Jilly Cooper - Tackle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on You're Booked we're talking to the hugely acclaimed, bestselling author Lauren Groff! Lauren is our favourite type of guest - a massive, voracious and indiscriminate reader. Lauren is the three-time National Book Award finalist and The New York Times–bestselling author of the novels The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Fates and Furies and Matrix plus the short story collections Delicate Edible Birds and Florida. Her latest book is the amazing The Vaster Wilds. We talked to her about inappropriate early (caveman) reads, the joy of a huge book, Shakespeare's suckiest plays and reading poetry to your dog. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff - Fates and Furies Lauren Groff - Matrix Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace George Eliot - Middlemarch Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Else Holmelund Minarik - Little Bear Jean M. Auel - Clan of the Cave Bear Philip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint Aesop - Fables Francoise Sagan - Bonjour Tristesse EM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady Katherine May - Wintering Katherine May - Electricity of Every Living Thing Vasily Grossman - Life and Fate Cervantes - Don Quixote Jen Beagin - Big Swiss Herman Melville - Moby Dick Jon Fosse - Septology Lucy Ellmann - Ducks Newburyport Zadie Smith - On Beauty Zadie Smith - NW Zadie Smith - Changing My Mind David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest Monica Heisey - Really Good Actually Julia Whelan - My Oxford Year Julia Whelan - Thank You For Listening Emily Dickinson - Collected Poems Kaveh Akbar - Pilgrim Bell Kaveh Akbar - Martyr Ada Limon - The Carrying Homer / Emily Wilson - Iliad Homer / Emily Wilson - The Odyssey Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare - Hamlet Shakespeare - Richard III Shakespeare - Pericles Katherine Heiny - Single Carefree Mellow Rachel Cusk - Outline Christopher Isherwood - Berlin Stories Sean DeLear - I Could Not Believe It Jenny Erpenbeck - Kairos Don DeLillo - Libra Don DeLillo - White Noise Don DeLillo - Underworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are delighted to welcome the broadcaster, academic and bestselling author Emma Dabiri to You're Booked. Emma is the author of Don't Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition and her latest book Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty, that accompanies The Cult of Beauty, a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection. We talked to Emma about fashion inspiration in Anne of Green Gables, the philosophy of beauty, the genius of Toni Morrison and E Nesbit being the gateway to a lifelong love of books. Daisy will be at the Margate Bookie at the end of October with former podcast guests Lou Sanders, Andi Osho, Yomi Adegoke, Lucy Vine and many more. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Emma Dabiri - Disobedient Bodies Emma Dabiri - Don't Touch My Hair Emma Dabiri - What White People Can Do Next E Nesbit - Five Children and It Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time Fred Moten and Stefano Harney - The Undercommons R. F. Kuang - Yellowface Tracy King - Learning to Think Carl Sagan - Cosmos Zadie Smith - Changing My Mind Elizabeth Grosz - The Nick of Time Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin (Eds) - Futures of Black Radicalism Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze - A Thousand Plateaus Mark Fisher - Capitalist Realism Katherine May - Electricity of Every Living Thing Shaparak Khorsandi - Scatter Brain Ann Patchett - Tom Lake Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon Toni Morrison - Paradise Toni Morrison - Bluest Eye Oliver Burkeman - 4000 Weeks Toni Morrison - Paris Review Interview Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Judith Watt (ed) - Penguin Book of 20th Century Fashion Writing Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our spectacular series of literary legends continues with the bestselling crime master Peter James! Peter has written 19 Sunday Times number 1's, selling over 21 million books worldwide, with his Roy Grace series of books, including Want You Dead and Picture You Dead, turned into a hit ITV drama starring John Simm. His latest novel is Stop Them Dead. We talked to him about cleaning for Orson Welles, calling Kurt Vonnegut out of the blue, the scariest book he's ever read and writing to Enid Blyton about her characters' toilet habits! Daisy will be at the Margate Bookie at the end of October with former podcast guests Lou Sanders, Andi Osho, Yomi Adegoke, Lucy Vine and many more. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Peter James - Stop them Dead Daisy Buchanan - Limelight RL Stine - Goosebumps Roald Dahl - The Twits Enid Blyton - Five on a Treasure Island Peter James - Dead Letter Drop Elizabeth Buchan - The New Mrs Clifton Graham Greene - Brighton Rock Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle Sylvia Townsend Warner - Lolly Willowes John Marrs - The One MW Craven - The Botanist Jilly Cooper - Tackle Henry Williamson - Tarka the Ottter Anna Sewell - Black Beauty Kenneth Grahame - Wind in the Willows Stuart McBride - The Dead of Winter Thomas Harris - Silence of the Lambs Peter James - Dead Simple Natalie Tambini - The Nail Salon Natalie Tambini - The Publicist Rutger Bregman - Humankind William Golding - Lord of the Flies E Nesbit - The Lark E Nesbit - Five Children and It Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our series of LEGENDS continues with the absolute legend that is Lou Sanders! Lou is a brilliant stand-up comedian, star of Taskmaster, co-host of Unforgivable alongside former YB guest Mel Giedroyc, podcaster and now the author of the unforgettable memoir What's That Lady Doing?: False Starts and Happy Endings. We talked to Lou about the genius of Deborah Levy, early spiritual dabblings, potential screen adaptations and the joy and pain of writing memoir. Daisy will be at Henley Literary Festival in early October and at the Margate Bookie at the end of October. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Lou Sanders - What's That Lady Doing? Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Emma Gannon - The Success Myth James McNicholas - Champ and the Chump Steven Pressfield - The War of Art Eckhart Tolle - Power of Now Neale Donald Walsch - Conversations With God Pam Grout - Course in Miracles Julia Cameron - Write for Life Martha Wainwright - Stories I Might Regret Telling You Regena Thomashauer - Pussy: A Reclamation Charlotte Roche - Wetlands Sally Rooney - Normal People Deborah Levy - The Cost of Living Deborah Levy - Things I Don't Want To Know Deborah Levy - Hot Milk Deborah Levy - Real Estate Michelle Gallen - Factory Girls Nina Stibbe - Love Nina Nina Stibbe - Went To London Took the Dog Marian Keyes - The Break Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little DBC Pierre - Big Snake Little Snake Jilly Cooper - Rivals PG Wodehouse - The Code of the Woosters George Eliot - Middlemarch Lucy-Anne Holmes - Don't Hold My Head Down Dolly Alderton - Everything I Know About Love Miki Berenyi - Fingers Crossed Nell Frizzell - Square One Kiley Reid - Such a Fun Age Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal Bessel van der Kolk - Body Keeps the Score Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our season of the stars continues with a genuine literary legend. It's Ken Follett! Ken is one of the world’s most successful authors, selling over 188 million copies of his books. He's the creator of Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Never and his latest The Armour of Light. He recently launched an online course on Writing Bestselling Fiction with BBC Maestro. We talked to him about his formative reads, relishing Proust, creating believable villains and his appearance in the Alan Rickman Diaries. Daisy will be at Henley Literary Festival in early October and at the Margate Bookie at the end of October. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Anthony Trollope - The Warden Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth Thomas Harris - The Silence of the Lambs Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club Ken Follett - The Eye of the Needle Ken Follett - World Without End Ken Follett - Column of Fire Ian Fleming - Live and Let Die John Steinbeck - Tortilla Flat JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings Marcel Proust - Remembrance of Things Past Lucy Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport Karl Ove Knausgaard - My Struggle DH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover DH Lawrence - Collected Poems Mary McCarthy - The Group Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalet Chronicles Edward Albee - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Ash Carter and Sam Kashner - Mike Nichols: Life Isn't Everything William Shakespeare - Hamlet Alan Rickman - Diaries Ken Follett - Never Erskine Childers - The Riddle of the Sands John Buchan - The 39 Steps Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting Agatha Christie - Complete Poirot Lisa Jewell - The Night She Disappeared Marcel Proust - 75 Folios Marcel Proust - Swann in Love Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a way to start a new series! It's the author, classicist, broadcaster and bone fide National Treasure Dame Mary Beard. We were lucky enough to speak to Mary during the Jaiphur Literary Festival at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. Mary is the author of many books about the ancient world including the global bestsellers Women & Power, SPQR and her latest Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World. We talked to her about ancient Roman jokes, brutal writing advice, fearing fiction and the pros and cons of archaeology. Daisy will be at Henley Literary Festival in early October and at the Margate Bookie at the end of October. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booked BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Daisy Buchanan - How To Be a Grown Up Mary Beard - Women & Power Mary Beard - Emperor of Rome Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Jenny Diski - Stranger on a Train Robert Graves - I, Claudius Margaret Drabble - The Millstone Margaret Drabble - The Garrick Year Robert Harris - Pompeii Heinrich Schliemann - Ilios, the City and Country of the Trojans Lindsey Davis - The Silver Pigs Mary Renault - The King Must Die Peter Frankopan - The Silk Road Kim Gordon, Sinead Gleason (Eds) - This Woman's Work Sophocles - Antigone Mary Beard - Roman Laughter Seneca the Younger - Apocolocyntosis Cassius Dio - The Roman History Tom Holland - Slave of my Thirst Tom Holland - Rubicon Gavanndra Hodge - The Consequences of Love George Orwell - Coming Up For Air Laura Cumming - On Chapel Sands Craig Brown - Maam Darling Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham Hilary Clinton - State of Terror Tacitus - Annals Prince Harry - Spare Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hurrah! We are very excited to bring you a guest we've being trying to get on the podcast for flipping ages. It's the wonderful Yomi Adegoke! Yomi is a podcaster, broadcaster, multi-award winning journalist and the author of Slay in Your Lane (with former YB guest Elizabeth Uviebinené) and The Offline Diaries (also with Elizabeth). Yomi's debut novel is the hotly anticipated The List, described as 'the book of the Summer' by Vogue and currently in development for TV. We talked to her about the icon that is Jackie Collins, books so good they make you want to give up, the joy of Jacqueline Wilson and the genius of Peep Show. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené - Slay in Your Lane Yomi Adegoke - The List Jackie Collins - The World is Full of Divorced Women Jackie Collins - Lucky Omar Tyree - Flyy Girl Eric Jerome Dickey - Milk in My Coffee Jaqueline Wilson - The Story of Tracy Beaker Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené - Offline Diaries Jaqueline Wilson - Dustbin Baby Jaqueline Wilson - The Illustrated Mum Robert Swindells - Brother in the Land Robert C O'Brien - Z for Zachiariah Judy Blume - Are You There God It's Me Margaret Malorie Blackman - Pig Heart Boy Malorie Blackman - Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman - Just Sayin' Tayari Jones - An American Marriage Margaret Atwood - Handmaid's Tale Raven Leilani - Luster Jenny Diski - Stranger on a Train Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times Naoise Dolan - Happy Couple Kiley Reid - Such a Fun Age Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Kiley Reid - Come and Get It Harriet Gibsone - Is This Ok? Katie Price - Being Jordan Jodie Marsh - Keeping It Real Barack Obama - Promised Land Michelle Obama - Becoming Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom Jodie Chapman - Oh Sister Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Eliza Clark - Penance Eliza Clark - Boy Parts Megan Nolan - Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan - Acts of Desperation Lisa Jewell - Ralph's Party Rebecca F Kuang - Babel Daisy Buchanan - Careering Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are delighted to invite one of our all-time favourite authors to the podcast this week. It's the sensational Lisa Jewell! Lisa is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of twenty novels, which have sold over 10 million copies internationally and translated into 29 languages. Her debut (and YB fave) was Ralph's Party and subsequent releases include The Family Upstairs, Then She Was Gone, Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her latest is the eagerly anticipated None of This is True. We talked to her about her shelf of joy, curating your holiday read selection, 90s/Noughties favourites, the books that made her want to write and formative reads. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Lisa Jewell - None of This is True Ashley Audrain - The Push Nick Hornby - High Fidelity Lisa Jewell - Ralph's Party Geoff Dyer - The Colour of Memory Agatha Christie - Murder of Roger Ackroyd Angela Banner - Ant and Bee Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Patricia Highsmith - Talented Mr Ripley John Fowles - The Collector Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Carla McGuire - Perfect Victim Brian Greenaway - Hell's Angels George Orwell - Coming Up For Air Bret Easton Ellis - Imperial Bedrooms Rebecca F. Kuang - Yellowface Caroline O'Donoghue - Rachel Incident Colin Walsh - Kala Kia Abdullah - Next of Kin Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Bonnie Garmus - Lesson in Chemistry Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Isabelle Broom - The Beach Holiday Candace Bushnell - Four Blondes Anouchka Grose Forrester - Darling Daisy Jane Owen - Camden Girls Alain de Botton - Essays in Love Dolly Alderton - Everything I Know About Love Julie Myerson - The Stopped Heart Alex Garland - The Beach Louise Doughty - Apple Tree Yard Harriet Lane - Alys Always David Nicholls - One Day Amy Jenkins - Honeymoon William Sutcliffe - Are You Experienced Andrea Levy - Small Island Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees - Come Together Kate Hamer - A Girl in the Red Coat Paula Yates - The Autobiography Caroline Kepnes - You Lisa Jewell - Before I Met You Daisy Buchanan - Careering Sabine Durrant - Lie With Me Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Amanda Jennings - The Judas Tree Tammy Cohen - The Wedding Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian. Podcaster. Actor. Author. Is there anything that this woman can't do? Yes, we're welcoming the amazing Andi Osho to YB Towers this week. Andi is a talented stand-up, has starred or been involved with such TV and movie favourties as Line of Duty, Death In Paradise, Holby, I May Destroy You, Breeders, Good Omens and her own sketch show The Andi O Show. She hosts the Creative Sauce podcast and her debut novel Asking For a Friend was a bestseller! Her second novel is the highly anticipated Tough Crowd, set in the world of stand up. We talked to her about funny books, reading slump revitalisers, self-help, movie adaptations and how her mum is a creative inspiration. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour and the Ty the Beach Hut Guy Limelight competition on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Andi Osho - Tough Crowd Andi Osho - Asking For a Friend Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic Brit Bennett - Vanishing Half Tayari Jones - American Marriage Jesse Q. Sutanto - Dial A For Aunties Lucy Vine - Seven Exes Balli Kaur Jaswal - Now You See Us Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice David Nicholls - Us David Nicholls - One Day Dolly Alderton - Good Material Daisy Buchanan - Careering Mark Manson - Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k M Scott Peck - Road Less Travelled Sarah Knight - The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k Sarah Knight - Grow the F**k Up Susan Jeffers - Feel the Fear Deepak Chopra - Seven Laws of Spiritual Success Julia Cameron - Artists Way Betty Herbert - 52 Seductions Anne Lamott - Bird by Bird Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray Love Will Smith - Will Blake Snyder - Save the Cat Tembe Denton-Hurst - Homebodies Candice Carty-Williams - Queenie Zadie Smith - White Teeth Diana Evans - 26a Zadie Smith - Feel Free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back at the Jaipur Literature Festival at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives for this freewheeling conversation with the legend that is DBC Pierre! Pierre's debut novel Vernon God Little was the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award. He followed this with a series of acclaimed works in fiction and non-fiction including Ludmila's Broken English, Breakfast with the Borgias, Release the Bats and his latest Big Snake, Little Snake which is a meditation on fate, risk and luck. We talked to him about illicit reading in the barber's chair, writing tips and routines, hopeful books, debauchery, decadence and the necessary joy of plodding. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour and the Ty the Beach Hut Guy Limelight competition on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little DBC Pierre -Big Snake Little Snake William Golding - Lord of the Flies James Michener - The Drifters Naguib Mahfouz - Adrift on the Nile Peter Frankopan - The Silk Roads William Dalrymple - The Anarchy Evelyn Waugh - Decline and Fall James Salter - A Sport and a Pastime Marquis De Sade - 120 Days of Sodom Marquis De Sade - Juliette Henri Charrière - Papillion DBC Pierre - Release the Bats Sarah Knight - Grow the F*** Up Stephen King - On Writing Stephen King - Dolores Claiborne Anne Lamott - Bird By Bird Viv Albertine - Clothes, Music, Boys Alejandro Zambra - My Documents Isabel Allende - House of the Spirits Julio Cortazar - Hopscotch James Joyce - Ulysses Grigor Narekatsi - The Book of Sadness Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Joris-Karl Huysmans - Against Nature Jack Kerouac - Big Sur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are beyond honoured and excited to bring you this conversation with the legendary Christina Lamb OBE. Christina is the chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times and during her illustrious career she's reported from hot spots and war zones including Afghanistan, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and currently Ukraine. She's been named Foreign Correspondent of the Year on five occasions and winner of Europe’s top war reporting prize, the Prix Bayeux. She is the bestselling, acclaimed author of 10 books including Our Bodies Their Battlefield, House of Stone, The Africa House, The Sewing Circles of Herat and co-writer of the global phenomenon I Am Malala. Her latest book, The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless, looked at the pandemic response in the UK. Our interview with Christina took place during the Jaipur Literature Festival at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives and covers the joy of discovering new foreign authors, the wonders of poetry, books you can't put down and the importance of literature in a war zone. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Christina Lamb - The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless Christina Lamb - The Africa House Christina Lamb - The Sewing Circles of Herat Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb - I am Malala Christina Lamb - Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women Dennis Wheatley - The Devil Rides Out Fyodor Dostoevsky - Brothers Karamazov Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Tove Jansson - Tales From Moominvalley Various - The Fireside Book Wisława Szymborska - View With a Grain of Sand Jonny Steinberg - Winnie and Nelson Ryszard Kapuściński - The Soccer War Svetlana Alexievich - The Unwomanly Face of War Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell To Arms Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Peguin Ann Patchett - The Dutch House Claire Dederer - Love and Trouble Virginia Woolf - Orlando Alexander Pushkin - Eugene Onegin Nadia Anjuman - Gule Dudi Farzana Marie (Editor) - Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan Claire Dederer - Monsters William Boyd - The Romantic Peter Frankopan - The Earth Transformed William Boyd - Any Human Heart Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Scholastique Mukasonga - Barefoot Woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our love of Jane Austen should be painfully aware. But this week's guest might put our devotion to shame. The brilliant Andrew Hunter Murray hosts two hit podcasts: No Such Thing as a Fish (Andrew is also a QI Elf) and Page 94: A Private Eye Podcast (Andrew also writes for the magazine). He was also part of the UK's premier (and possibly only) Jane Austen based comedy improv group Austentatious - so his devotion to the beloved author is assured. Andrew is also a bestselling author, his first novel The Last Day, was a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, and one of the top 10 fiction debuts of 2020. His new book The Sanctuary has been described as 'A brilliantly clever thriller' by Richard Osman. We talked to Andrew about Douglas Adams, fabulous first editions, the brilliance of Persephone books, rewriting classics, sex and science and, of course, Jane Austen. Find out more about Andrew's picks at our Bookshop.org store. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Andrew Hunter Murray - The Sanctuary Andrew Hunter Murray - The Last Day John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids George Orwell - Coming Up For Air Jane Austen - Emma Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen - Persuasion Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Wendy Cooling - Puffin Book of Stories for Eight-year-olds Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest George Eliot - Middlemarch Charles Dickens - Bleak House Herman Melville - Moby Dick Cervantes - Don Quixote Dorothy Whipple - The Other Day Dorothy Whipple - High Wages Dorothy Whipple - Random Commentary Dorothy Whipple - They Knew Mr Knight Elizabeth Taylor - Angel DH Lawrence - Lady's Chatterley's Lover Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day Lucy Vine - Seven Exes Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow Nora Ephron - Crazy Salad Douglas Adams - So Long and Thanks For All the Fish Mary Roach - Stiff Mary Roach - Bonk Mary Roach - Animals, Vegetable, Criminal Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies Evelyn Waugh - Scoop Evelyn Waugh - Decline and Fall Amanda Craig - Three Graces Simon Raven - The Rich Pay Late Evelyn Waugh - Handful of Dust Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Frank Herbert - Dune PD James - Death Comes to Pemberley Edith Wharton - House of Mirth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now this is a treat! Get ready for a fun, frank and fascinating conversation with the great Balli Kaur Jaswal! Balli is the author of five award-wining, bestselling novels, translated into fifteen languages. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was picked by Reese Witherspoon for her book club, Sugarbread was a finalist for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize and the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize and her new novel Now You See Us has just been released to international acclaim. We talked to her about formative reading adventures in Russia, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines, stories of female solidarity, the book that made her want to build worlds and the unfortunate consequences of starting your own detective club. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Balli Kaur Jaswal - Now You See Us Balli Kaur Jaswal - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Roald Dahl - The Twits Roald Dahl - The Witches Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley Twins Judy Blume - Forever Beverly Cleary - Ramona Forever Beverly Cleary - Fifteen Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Various - The Bookworm Club Various - The Bookworm Gang RL Stein - Goosebumps Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable RL Stein - Fear Street Judith Krantz - Scruples Shirley Conran - Lace Samantha Irby - Quietly Hostile Avni Doshi - Burnt Sugar Abigail Burdess - Mother's Day Tayari Jones - Silver Sparrow Tayari Jones - An American Marriage Elizabeth Gilbert - City of Girls Kent Haruf - Plainsong Coco Mellors - Cleo and Frankenstein Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Patrick deWitt - French Exit Ann M. Martin - Babysitter's Club Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Kayla Rae Whitaker - The Animators Louise Bagshawe - Career Girls Daisy Buchanan - Careering Hema Sukumar - Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead Charles Dickens - David Copperfield Abi Dare - Girl With the Louding Voice Madhuri Vijay - The Far Field Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are so excited to welcome one of our absolute heroes to the podcast. It's Josie Long! Josie is an internationally renowned, beloved and multi-award-winning stand-up, podcaster, actor, playwright and radio presence. Her first short story collection, Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't has just been released. We talked to Josie about favourite short story collections, books to make you laugh on the bus, attempting sainthood, radical texts and trying to get your kids to love the books you love. Daisy will be attending the Queen's Reading Room Festival, look out for exclusive behind the scenes content on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Josie Long - Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't Raymond Carver - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Jean Rhys - Collected Short Stories ZZ Packer - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Kelly Link - Get in Trouble Dan Rhodes - Anthropology Richard Yates - Collected Stories Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men Robin Cooper - Timewaster Letters Frankie Boyle - Meantime Shirley Hughes - Sally's Secret Rumer Godden - The Doll's House Arnold Lobel - Frog and Toad Michael Rosen - Book of Very Silly Poems Jacqueline Wilson - Story of Tracy Beaker Rumer Godden - Miss Happiness and Miss Flower Rumer Godden - Little Plum Barbara Sleigh - Carbonel Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak - In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak - Outside Over There Dorothy Whipple - The Other Day Tyler Feder - Bodies Are Cool Roald Dahl - The Witches Virginia Sole Smith - Fat Talk Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Katherine May - Electricity of Every Living Thing Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Elizabeth Smart - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept Ann Patchett - The Dutch House Ann Patchett - These Precious Days Brit Bennet - The Vanishing Half Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut - Slapstick Kurt Vonnegut - Timequake Kurt Vonnegut - Jailbird Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut - Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut - Man Without a Country Anne Tyler - Saint Maybe F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Kate Pickett & Richard Wilkinson - The Spirit Level Nesrine Malik - We Need New Stories Lola Olufemi - Experiments in Imagining Otherwise Rebecca Solnit - Hope in the Dark Nathalie Olah - Steal As Much As You Can Alan Lane - Club on the Edge of Town James Schneider - Our Bloc Rob Hopkins - From What Is To What If Rius - Marx For Beginners Martin Rowson/Karl Marx - Communist Manifesto Howard Zinn - People's History of American Empire Alison Bechdel - Fun Home Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are welcoming legendary TV royalty to You're Booked Towers. It's Steve Jones! Steve is an instantly recognisable face to anyone with a telly, presenting T4 for many years, plus The X Factor USA, Hair, Drop Zone and F1 coverage on Channel 4. Steve has recently released his first novel the very funny Call Time to rave reviews (and as you'll hear, already has books 2 and 3 in the bag). We talked to him about loving Tolkien, having fun with Filth, writing routines, the power of Stephen King and living life as a Librocubicularist. Daisy will be attending the Queen's Reading Room Festival, look out for exclusive behind the scenes content on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. For your chance to appear on the podcast, pre-order Daisy's next book Limelight from Bookshop.org. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. BOOKS Steve Jones - Call Time Nick Hornby - High Fidelity JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings David Mack - Star Trek: Destiny Jeff Lindsay - Dexter Arthur Conan Doyle - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Agatha Christie - Poirot: The Complete Short Stories Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic Stephen King - On Writing Stephen King - Carrie Stephen King - Christine Stephen King - Misery Lauren Bravo - Preloved Herman Melville - Moby Dick Charles Dickens - Bleak House Anthony Shaffer and Robin Hardy - The Wicker Man Gillian McAllister - Wrong Place Wrong Time Stephen King - The Institute Norman Mailer - American Dream Norman Mailer - Executioner's Song Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals Roald Dahl - Kiss Kiss Roald Dahl - Tales of the Unexpected Juno Dawson - Her Majesty's Royal Coven Holly Bourne - Girl Friends Stephanie Meyer - Twilight Irvine Welsh - Filth Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Gregg Hurwitz - The Last Orphan Matthew Richardson - The Scarlet Papers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dream guest alert! We are very, very excited to welcome the wonderful Jenny Jackson to You're Booked! As well as being the author of smash hit novel Pineapple Street, Jenny has been a book editor for many years working with such YB faves as Katherine Heiny and Helen Fielding. So we had much to talk about. On the agenda is the genius of Laurie Colwin, the joy (and stress) of discovering new authors, some great, secret Katherine Heiny insight and Helen Fielding's paramedic skills (plus the recording is interrupted by a cheese alarm!) This conversation took place at the fabulous Mr B's Emporium bookshop in Bath. Daisy will be attending the Queen's Reading Room Festival, look out for exclusive behind the scenes content on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. For your chance to appear on the podcast, pre-order Daisy's next book Limelight from Bookshop.org. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com. Jenny Jackson - Pineapple Street Amanda Boyden - Pretty Little Dirty Patrick Somerville - The Cradle Emily St John Mandel - Station Eleven Lauren Fox - Still Life with Husband CS Lewis - Chronicles of Narnia Terry Jones - Erik the Viking J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley Twins Ann M. Martin - Babysitters Club Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley University Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking Virginia Sole Smith - Fat Talk Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman is in Trouble Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy Claire Messud - The Emperor's Children Cecily von Ziegesar - Gossip Girl Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth Kevin Kwan - Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan - China Rich Girlfriend Anita Brookner - Look at Me Lee Israel - Can You Ever Forgive Me? Free Love - Tessa Hadley Jen Beagin - Big Swiss Dawn Winter - Sedating Elaine Katherine Heiny - Games and Rituals Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries Helen Fielding - Cause Celeb Helen Fielding - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination Curtis Sittenfeld - Romantic Comedy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.