If you could choose to work with someone you'd have Alan Bennett sitting in a chair talking to you. Victoria Wood was another comedian who came from Lancashire I think. The most common book that you receive at the Oxfam bookshop is all second-hand books.
Here's part 2 of this conversation with my Mum in which you can hear us wittering on about the bookshop where Mum works, some of the books she's read recently, and some of her podcast and film recommendations. Vocabulary is explained at the end, and there's a vocabulary list with definitions available.