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As a Christmas treat, here's the Christmas chapter from The Sisterhood by Daisy Buchanan, published by Headline and now available as an audiobook from Audible. Imagine living between the pages of Pride And Prejudice, in the Bennett household. Now, imagine how the Bennett girls as they'd be in the 21st century - looking like the Kardashian sisters, but behaving like the Simpsons. This is the house Daisy Buchanan grew up in. The Sisterhood explores what it's like to live as a modern woman by examining some examples close to home - her adored and infuriating sisters. As Daisy states: "'My five sisters are the only women I would ever kill for. And they are the only women I have ever wanted to kill." And at Christmas, family traditions, and family tensions, are exposed. Get ready for fairy dresses, ghost stories, cosy planning and very bad, gift-related, behaviour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merry Christmas! And welcome to the You're Booked Christmas extravaganza live from the fabulous Allbright Members Club in London's glamorous Mayfair. We are joined by two former (and one upcoming) You're Booked guests - High Low podcast legend and author of Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton, author of This Green and Pleasant Land and the Sofia Khan novels Ayisha Malik and author of Old Baggage and Their Finest Hour and a Half Lissa Evans. They discussed cosy Christmas reads, festive meals in favourite books and Rod Stewart's many turkeys.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDolly Alderton - Everything I Know About LoveAyisha Malik - This Green and Pleasant LandLissa Evans - Old BaggageLissa Evans - Wed WabbitLissa Evans - Their Finest Hour and a HalfKenneth Williams - DiariesLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanApsley Cherry-Garrard - Worst Journey in the WorldAnnie Proulx - Shipping NewsRod Stewart - AutobiographyAlison Uttley - A Country ChildNancy Parent - Disney's Storybook CollectionJean Webster - Daddy Long LegsWilliam Boyd - Any Human HeartSusan Cain - QuietJL Carr - A Month in the CountryJoyce Lankester Brisley - Milly Molly MandySarah Chauncey Woolsey - What Katy Did at SchoolHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryNina Stibbe - Almost Perfect ChristmasStephen King - 22/11/63Kathy Lette - How To Kill Your HusbandDavid Nicholls - One DayAJ Pearce - Dear Mrs BirdStella Gibbons - Cold Comfort FarmMarilynne Robinson - GileadPL Travers - Mary PoppinsJane Austen - Mansfield ParkGeorge Saunders - Lincoln in the BardoDavid Sedaris - Santaland DiariesMarcel Proust - Remembrance of Things PastMargaret Atwood - Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood - The TestamentsBernadine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, OtherJames Joyce - UlyssesHilary Mantel - Mirror and the LightHilary Mantel - Wolf HallTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixAnita Brookner - Hotel Du LacAnita Brookner - Look At MeBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenLiane Moriarty - Big Little LiesRoger Deakin - WaterloggedLemn Sissay - My Name is WhyLucia Berlin - Manual For Cleaning WomenDale Shaw - Painfully British Haikus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's North London once again this week for a very special visit with the legendary food writer Diana Henry! Diana is the Sunday Telegraph's award winning food writer and author of eight books about food, culture, travelling, recipes and more food! We talked to her about her 4000 strong cookbook collection, meals in books, bleak cottage reading and favourite menus.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDale Shaw - Painfully British HaikusDiana Henry - From the Oven to the TableDiana Henry - How to Eat a PeachClaudia Roden - Book of Middle Eastern FoodUrsula Sedgwick - My Fun To Cook BookPrue Leith - Entertaining With StyleLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the PrairieAlice Waters - Chez Panisse CookbookJane Grigson - Fruit BookMolly O’Neill - Well Seasoned AppetiteMary Berry - Hamlyn All Colour CookbookJulia Child - Mastering the Art of French CookingDiana Henry - Crazy Water Pickled LemonsDavid Sedaris - Santaland DiariesSybil Bedford - JigsawNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfeild - Bell FamilyClarissa Hyman - TomatoSamin Nosrat (Ed) - Best American Food Writing 2019Alison Roman - Nothing FancyHans Christian Anderson - Complete Fairy talesS Beltyukov - Leo Tolstoy's Family Recipe BookLeo Tolstoy - Anna KareninaCatherine Cheremeteff Jones - Year of Russian FeastsSeamus Heaney - NorthAD Miller - SnowdropsHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeRichard Yates - Revolutionary RoadRichard Ford - The SportswriterRichard Ford - Women With MenJane Smiley - A Thousand AcresNora Ephron - HeartburnMary Gaitskill - Bad BehaviourAnne Enright - The Green RoadBrian Moore - The Doctor’s Wife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are in glorious North London to meet picture book illustrator and kids book powerhouse Nadia Shireen! Nadia is the creator of the Billy book series and blockbusters such as The Bumblebear and The Cow Who Fell To Earth. She is also an ex-Smash Hits staffer - which may be mentioned in the course of the episode. We also talked to her about reading guilt, sort of stalking Paul Auster and the Pet Shop Boys.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDale Shaw - Painfully British HaikusNadia Shireen - Billy and the DragonDaphne Du Maurier - RebeccaCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreHubert Selby Jr - Last Exit to BrooklynDonald Sturrock - Life of Roald DahlRoald Dahl - The WitchesBenji Davis - Bizzy BearMarta Altes - The King CatChris Haughton - Goodnight EveryoneEd Vere - How to be a LionSophy Henn - Where Bear?Oliver Jeffers - The Day the Crayons QuitJohn Klassen - I Want My Hat BackStephen Fry - The LiarStephen Fry - PaperweightVarious - Amassed HysteriaTom Hibbert - Who The HellSmash Hits - Best ofJay McInerney - Story of My LifePaul Auster - Moon PalacePaul Auster - New York TrilogyPaul Auster - Mr VertigoPaul Auster - Hand to MouthTayari Jones - An American MarriageJudy Blume - Letters to JudyJudy Blume - SuperfudgeJudy Blume - Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingJudy Blume - Are You There God It’s Me MargaretJudy Blume - Then Again Maybe I Won’tJudy Blume - Iggie’s HouseJudy Blume - Otherwise Known as Sheila The GreatJudy Blume - DeenieJudy Blume - Tiger EyesJudy Blume - ForeverHanif Kureishi - Buddha of SuburbiaSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back in North London this week to meet the author and illustrator Flo Perry! Flo is the creative force behind the book How To Have Feminist Sex which covers everything from faking it to consent, stress to kink, and how losing your virginity isn't so different to eating your first chocolate croissant. We talked to her about sharing a kindle with your mum (former YB guest Phillipa Perry), early formative reads, the power of graphic novels and birdwatching.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDale Shaw - Painfully British HaikusFlo Perry - How to Have Feminist SexCacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan - Sex at DawnJulie Burchill - Sugar RushArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityRobert Galbraith - Casual VacancyBen Aaronovitch - Rivers of LondonMy Sister The Serial Killer - Oyinkan BraithwaiteSally Rooney - Normal PeopleSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsSara Pascoe - AnimalDrew Hayes - Super PoweredsRachel Kushner - The Mars RoomAlison Bechdel - Essential Dykes To Look Out ForPosy Simmonds - Tamara DreweArt Spiegelman - MausPhillipa Perry - Book You Wish Your Parents Had ReadJia Tolentino - Trick MirrorStuart Heritage - Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals Norman Arlott - Complete Guide to British WildlifeChris Packham - Fingers in the Sparkle JarBelinda Bauer - Snap Dave Eggers - The CircleRuby Tandoh - Eat UpFiona Beckett - Ultimate Student CookbookMiguel Barclay - £1 MealsRuby Tandoh - FlavourLindy West - ShrillHarper Lee - To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee - Go Set a WatchmanBernadine Evaristo - Mr LovermanBernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherMagda Gerber - Your Self Confident BabyJonathan Franklin - 438 DaysBlaine Harden - Escape from Camp 14Cheryl Strayed - WildPaula Hawkins - Girl on the TrainGeorge RR Martin - Game of ThronesGillian Flynn - Gone GirlJeffrey Eugenides - Marraiage PlotJeffrey Eugenides - Virgin SuicidesJeffrey Eugenides - MiddlesexMaria Semple - Where Did You Go Bernadette?EL James - 50 Shades of GreyLisa Taddeo - Three WomanBelle De Jour - Intimate Adventures of a London Call GirlSuzanne Collins - Hunger GamesAbba - Abba Annual 1979 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're travelling to lovely, leafy Henley-on-Thames (home of the great Bell Bookshop) for a very special episode live from the Henley Lit Fest, specifically the grand confines of the Town Hall. This week's guest is the historian, novelist, TV presenter and Celebrity Mastermind champion Professor Kate Williams! Kate has written four novels and nine history books and, as you will hear, has many more in the pipeline. We talked to her about erotic deaths, reading addictions, time travel and light library fraud.This episode is brought to you by Curzon Cinemas new film Non-Fiction.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDale Shaw - Painfully British HaikusKate Williams - Rival QueensJudy Blume - ForeverJudy Blume - Are You There God, It’s Me MargaretSamuel Richardson - ClarissaSamuel Richardson - PamelaSarah Moss - Ghost WallCao Xueqin - Story of the StoneMurasaki Shikibu - Tale of GenjiMargaret Atwood - The TestamentsElif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange WorldLucy Ellmann - Ducks, NewburyportEliza Haywood - FantominaEve Garnett - Family From One End StreetDiana Wynne Jones - Chrestomanci Eleanor H. Porter - PollyannaAgatha Christie - Murder is EasyAgatha Christie - Caribbean MysteryCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreKate Williams - England's MistressKate Williams - Becoming QueenKate Williams - JosephineKate Williams - Young ElizabethKate Williams - Pleasures of MenKate Williams - Storms of War Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're hotfooting it to Hampshire to visit the poet, storyteller, playwright and all-around inspiration Nikita Gill! Nikita is an acclaimed author with a slew of celebrity fans, hundreds of thousands of social media followers and devotees the world over. We talked to her about witches, conservation, goddesses, hedgehogs and, surprisingly, Jeffrey Archer.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodNikita Gill - Your Soul is a RiverNikita Gill - Wild EmbersNikita Gill - Fierce FairytalesNikita Gill - Great GoddessesAngela Carter - Fairy TalesAngela Carter - Bloody ChamberMadeline Miller - CirceStephen Fry - MythosStephen Fry - HeroesJoy Kenward - Joy of Mindful WritingArin Murphy-Hiscock - The House WitchArin Murphy-Hiscock - The Hedge WitchMargaret Atwood - PenelopiadMargaret Atwood - Blind AssassinJeanette Winterson - WeightJeffrey Archer - Collected StoriesJeffrey Archer - Red HerringsAlan Bennett - Untold StoriesMiranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than YouJhumpa Lahiri - Interpreter of MaladiesLissa Evans - Old BaggageElif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange WorldLucy Ellman - Ducks, NewburyportNikesh Shukla (Ed) - Good ImmigrantNikesh Shukla (Ed) - Good Immigrant USAPoorna Bell - In Search of SilenceBrian Bilston - Diary of a SomebodyVisnu Sarma - PanchatantraHomer - Odyssey Ovid - MetamorphosesAeschylus - Oresteia Apollodorus - Library of Greek MythologyNeil Philip - Illustrated Book of MythsMadeline Miller - Song of AchillesRobert Graves - Greek MythsPat Barker - Silence of the GirlsNatalie Haynes - A Thousand ShipsDevdutt Pattanaik - JayaBibek Debroy - Bhagavata PuranaAmish Tripathi - Immortals of MeluhaPam Ayres - The Last HedgehogAna Sampson (Ed) - She is FierceShivanee Ramlochan - Everyone Knows I am a HauntingRhik Samadder - I Never Said I Loved You Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are heading to beautiful Birmingham and visiting the home of politician, author and feminist superstar Jess Phillips! Jess is the MP for Birmingham Yardley, previously worked for Women's Aid and continues to campaign for equality and recognition on a vast array of issues. She's also the author of two books: Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth and Truth to Power: 7 Ways to Call Time on B.S. We talked to Jess about her adoration of Sue Townsend, misleading English lessons and the problems connected to buying books in the middle of the night.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodJess Phillips - EverywomanJess Phillips - Truth to PowerDouglas Coupland - All Families Are PsychoticLeo Tolstoy - War and PeaceMargaret Atwood - The TestamentsMargaret Atwood - The Handmaid’s TaleAldous Huxley - Brave New WorldSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleSue Townsend - The Queen and IGeorge Orwell - 1984Roald Dahl - The TwitsRoald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the WorldRoald Dahl - The Giraffe and the Pelly and MeRoald Dahl - BoyRoald Dahl - George’s Marvellous MedicineRoald Dahl - MatildaRoald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryPhilip Pullman - Amber SpyglassL. Frank Baum - The Wizard of OzPL Travers - Mary PoppinsJudy Blume - ForeverJudy Blume - Starring Sally J Freedman As HerselfSalman Rushdie - Satanic VersesMadonna - SexDH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s LoverThomas Hardy - Tess of the d'UrbervillesAda Calhoun - Wedding Toasts I’ll Never GiveCaitlin Moran - How To Be a WomanJohn Le Carre - Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyJohn Le Carre - Constant GardenerSally Rooney - Normal PeopleCaitlin Moran - How To Be FamousAnna Hope - ExpectationMarian Keyes - Sushi For Beginners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian, director, and author Richard Ayoade discusses his latest book about a rom-com, its deeper resonance on life, good plane reading, PG Wodehouse, and the emotional impact of Happy Eaters. They also touch on the importance of embracing imperfections in literature and life, childhood memories of fast food restaurants, and the impact of being observant on writing and directing.

This week we're travelling to South-East London and the lovely, award-winning home of writer, stand-up and podcast host Jenny Eclair! As well as being a legendary comedian and familiar face on our TV screens thanks to shows like Grumpy Old Women and Loose Women, Jenny is the author of many books including the novels Moving, Having a Lovely Time and, her latest, Inheritance. We talked to her about the joy of audiobooks, writing habits, sub-par city guides and comedy versus writing.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodJenny Eclair - InheritanceDavid Nicholls - Sweet SorrowAnna Hope - ExpectationTaffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman is in TroubleJohn Niven - Straight White MaleTayari Jones - An American MarriageClare Mackintosh - After The EndKat Gordon - An Unsuitable WomanCressida Connolly - After The PartyLynne Reid Banks - The L Shaped RoomNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveJane Gardam - Old FilthJenny Eclair - The Book of Bad BehaviourErin Kelly - Stone MothersErin Kelly - He Said She SaidJonathan Coe - What a Carve UpJonathan Coe - Middle EnglandAyisha Malik - This Green and Pleasant LandAlan Hollinghurst - The Line of BeautyAnna Burns - MilkmanTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixAndrea Lawlor - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlRaymond Chandler - Farewell My LovelyJenny Eclair - MovingSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleNina Stibbe - Love NinaJamie Oliver - 5 IngredientsYotam Ottolenghi - SimpleBarbara Kingsover - The LacunaBruno Vincent - Five Go ParentingJill Dawson - The Language of BirdsJill Dawson - Fred and EdieAlice Munro - Selected StoriesPhoebe Eclair-Powell - National Theatre ConnectionsJenny Eclair - Grumpy Old CouplesShappi Khorsandi - Nina is Not OKJennifer Egan - Visit From the Goon SquadJennifer Egan - Manhattan BeachMary Roach - BonkCharlotte Roche- WetlandsLeïla Slimani - AdeleLeïla Slimani- LullabyRobert Galbraith - Lethal WhiteJilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands JealousDavid Friend - Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.