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Today we travel to, appropriately enough, Reading to visit with the award-winning, multi-million-selling author Julie Cohen! Born in Maine (and yes, Stephen King looms large in her life) Julie cut her teeth writing Mills & Boon romances before constructing her critically acclaimed novels Dear Thing, Together and Louis and Louise. We discussed Irving, Vonnegut, New England, libraries, learning your craft, teaching and the troubles she faced with her book Together.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodAnna Hope - ExpectationJulie Cohen - TogetherJulie Cohen - Louis & LouiseStephen Wade - Conan Doyle & the Crimes ClubArthur Conan Doyle - Original Illustrated Sherlock HolmesRichard Adams - Watership DownArthur Conan Doyle - Complete Sherlock HolmesJudy Blume - ForeverVC Andrews - Flowers in the AtticWilliam March - The Bad SeedPhillip Roth - The BreastWilliam Peter Blatty. - The ExorcistStephen King - ElevationJulian Barnes - Arthur & GeorgeJohn Irving - Cider House RulesJohn Irving - A Prayer For Owen MeanyJody Picoult - A Spark of LightKurt Vonnegut - Cat’s CradleJulie Cohen - One Night StandJulie Cohen - Being a Bad GirlWilliam Goldman - Princess BrideJulie Cohen - Featured AttractionJulie Cohen - DeliciousJulie Cohen - Driving Him WildJulie Cohen - All Work and No PlayBarbara Sleigh - CarbonelJulie Cohen - Spirit Willing, Flesh WeakJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceThomas Hardy - Far From The Madding CrowdLouis Sachar - HolesEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsClare Mackintosh - I Let You GoAnn Rule - Stranger Beside MeHallie Rubenhold - The FiveHallie Rubenhold - Covent Garden LadiesRic Menck - Notorious Byrd BrothersRick Riordan - Percy JacksonGeorgette Heyer - The Grand SophySally Rooney - Normal PeopleJackie Collins - World is Full of Divorced WomenJackie Collins - ThrillTara Westover - EducatedAnne Fadiman - Spirit Catches You and You Fall DownAdam Kay - This is Going To Hurt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're visiting Erin Kelly, the critically acclaimed author adored by hundreds of thousands of readers – she’s been topping bestseller lists since the publication of her debut, The Poison Tree. Her latest novel, Stone Mothers, is an addictive story about love, lies and secrets. Erin is a reading addict and a true scholar of fiction. We talked about writing ambitions, failures that lead to success and being mentored by Ruth Rendell from beyond the grave.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodElaine Dundy - The Injured PartyErin Kelly - The Poison TreeErin Kelly - Stone MothersKerry Hudson - ThirstRuth Rendell - Make Death Love MeRuth Rendell - A Fatal InversionDonna Tartt - Secret HistoryEvelyn Waugh - Brideshead RevisitedDaphne Du Maurier - RebeccaCS Lewis - Chronicles of NarniaJeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy KidJacqueline Wilson - Tracy BeakerJacqueline Wilson - The Suitcase KidPaula Danziger - Cat Ate My GymsuitLois Duncan - Stranger With My FaceLois Duncan - I Know What You Did Last SummerStephen King - CarrieVirginia Andrews - Flowers in the AtticVirginia Andrews - Garden of ShadowsJD Salinger - Catcher in the RyeNorton Anthology of English LiteratureShelley Harris - VigilanteCarol Ann Duffy - Collected PoemsErin Kelly - He Said She SaidErin Kelly - The Burning AirGillian Flynn - Gone GirlSJ Watson - Before I Go To SleepPaula Hawkins - Girl On The TrainAndrea Newman - Bouquet of Barbed WireAndrea Newman - A Sense of GuiltAndrea Newman -Three Into Two Won’t GoAndrea Newman - A Share of the WorldDaisy Johnson - FenEley Williams - AttribHelen Simpson - CockfostersAnna Hope - ExpectationAnna Hope - The BallroomSally Rooney - Normal PeopleJT Leroy - SarahJT Leroy - Heart is Deceitful Above All ThingsHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryJilly Cooper - Rivals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're travelling to Dublin to meet the wonderful author, poet, journalist and podcaster Sarah Maria Griffin. Sarah's first book, Not Lost was an essay collection concerning a year spent in San Francisco. She then authored the critically acclaimed novels Spare and Found Parts and Other Words for Smoke. We talked to her about pilgrimages, the importance of helping others, video games and the amazing array of Irish women writers currently working.BOOK (CLICK ON TITLES FOR MORE)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodSarah Maria Griffin - Not LostSarah Maria Griffin - Found and Spare PartsSarah Maria Griffin - Other Words For SmokeAoife Dooley - How to Deal with Poxes Shanny Jean Maney - I Love ScienceAnthony Bourdain - Hungry GhostsAnthony Bourdain - Kitchen ConfidentialMFK Fisher - Consider the OysterErin Morgenstern - The Night CircusMaeve Higgins - Maeve in AmericaEmilie Pine - Notes to SelfSinead Gleeson - ConstellationsDeirdre Sullivan - Tangleweed and BrineMoira Fowley-Doyle - The Accident SeasonJune Caldwell - Little Town MooneLouise O’Neill - The Surface BreaksEimear McBride - A Girl Is a Half-formed ThingSara Baume - A Line Made by WalkingCaroline O’Donoghue - Promising Young WomenDorothy Macardle - The UninvitedTana French - In The WoodsLorrie Moore - Who Will Run The Frog HospitalBelinda McKeon - TenderBelinda McKeon - SolaceDave Rudden - 12 Angels WeepingSarah Davis Goff - Last Ones Left AliveDouglas Coupland - Life After GodDouglas Coupland - Bit RotDouglas Coupland - Generation XGlen David Gold - Carter Beats the DevilDouglas Coupland - MicroserfsJilly Cooper - RidersC. Spike Trotman - Smut PeddlerLuke Pearson - HildaNuala O’Connor - Becoming Belle Maggie Nelson - BluetsSarah Manguso - 300 ArgumentsEmer McLysaght and Sarah Breen - Oh My God, What a Complete AislingEmer McLysaght and Sarah Breen - The Importance of Being AislingMarian Keyes - Sushi for Beginners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are beyond excited and honoured to bring you this conversation with one of our all-time favourite authors Barbara Trapido! Barbara is the author of seven novels including Brother of the More Famous Jack, The Travelling Hornplayer and Frankie and Stankie. All are beautifully written, gloriously funny and incredibly moving. Barbara is a true marvel and we were thrilled to travel to her home in Oxford to talk about sex, feet, work habits and future projects.BOOKS (CLICK TITLES FOR MORE)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackBarbara Trapido - Noah’s ArkBarbara Trapido - JugglingBarbara Trapido - The Travelling HornplayerBarbara Trapido - Sex and StravinskyBarbara Trapido - Frankie and StankieJane Gardam - Queen of the TambourineJane Gardam - BilgewaterJane Gardam - A Long Way From VeronaJane Gardam - Crusoe's DaughterJane Gardam - Old FilthMary Wesley - Not That Sort of GirlJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceLorna Hill - A Dream of Sadlers Wells Noel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsKeith Gessen - A Terrible CountryIris Murdoch - Under The NetHeinrich Hoffmann - Der Struwwelpeter Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in WonderlandMark Twain - Huckleberry FinnCicely Mary Barker - Flower FairiesBeatrix Potter - Complete TalesLuis Coloma - Perez The MouseHenry James - Portrait of a LadyVirginia Woolf - To the LighthouseLucy Mair - WitchcraftMary Douglas - Leviticus as LiteratureFG Bailey - Gifts and PoisonsYasmin Khan - Zaitoun: Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian KitchenTessa Hadley - The PastDeborah Moggach - These Foolish Things Elaine Dundy - The Dud AvocadoNina Stibbe - Reasons To Be CheerfulJRR Tolkien - The HobbitPeter May - China ThrillersJames Joyce - UlyssesShena Mackay - Orchard on FireJilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands JealousJack Newnham - Kites To Make and FlyNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first ever live episode, from the London Book Fair, we are delighted to present the author and screenwriter Deborah Moggach. Deborah wrote the bestsellers The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever (made into a film of the same name), These Foolish Things (made into the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Heartbreak Hotel. She also adapted classics such as Pride and Prejudice and Love in a Cold Climate for the screen. Deborah discussed her mum's sex manual appearance, writers that make her sick and loving Just William.BOOKS (CLICK ON THE TITLES FOR MORE)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDeborah Moggach - The CarerDeborah Moggach - Tulip FeverDeborah Moggach - These Foolish ThingsTessa Hadley - Late in the DayE Griffith - Modern Marriage and Birth ControlBeatrix Potter - Tale of the Flopsy BunniesBeatrix Potter - Tale of Tom KittenJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceNancy Mitford - Love in a Cold ClimateNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveAnne Frank - Diary of a Young GirlEve Babitz - Black SwansTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and The SixRichmal Crompton - Just WilliamArnold Bennett - The Old Wives TaleAnne Tyler - The Accidental TouristArnold Bennett - Riceyman StepsDeborah Moggach - The Ex WivesSaul Bellow - HerzogDeborah Moggach - Changing BabiesJG Farrell - The Siege of KrishnapurGeorge Eliot - Middlemarch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our first INTERNATIONAL edition as we travel to Dublin to talk to author, journalist, poet and broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson. Sinéad is a powerhouse who has written essays and poems for a huge range of publications, edited various anthologies and hosted the Book Show on RTÉ Radio One. Her acclaimed new essay collection Constellations deals with the body in its various incarnations. We talked to Sinéad about poetry, horror, frogs and inappropriate literary crushes.BOOKS (CLICK TITLES FOR MORE)Paige Toon - If You Can Go AnywhereDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodSinéad Gleeson - ConstellationsNiven Govinden - This Brutal HouseNiven Govinden - Black Bread White BeerAgatha Christie - Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie - Murder on the LinksAgatha Christie - Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?Alfred Hitchcock - Bar the DoorsAlfred Hitchcock - Ghostly GalleryVarious - Irish Tales of TerrorEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsJudy Blume - ForeverEdna O’Brien - Country GirlsVarious - The Long Gaze BackNora Hoult - Cocktail BarDaphne Du Maurier - Don’t Look NowDaphne Du Maurier - House on the StrandDaphne Du Maurier - The BirdsJane Bowles - Two Serious LadiesEvie Wyld - After the Fire a Still Small VoiceEvie Wyld - All the Birds SingingKate Chopin - The AwakeningCharlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow WallpaperDaphne Du Maurier - RebeccaToni Morrison - BelovedNella Larsen - PassingZora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching GodZadie Smith - Feel FreeLorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog HospitalRobert Seethaler - A Whole LifePatrick deWitt - The Sisters BrothersNina Stibbe - Reasons To Be CheerfulEdna O’Brien - ParadiseSally Rooney - Mr SalaryDjuna Barnes - NightwoodSamuel Beckett - Dante and the LobsterJon Day - CyclogeographyDarryl Jones - Sleeping With the Lights OnJoanna Walsh - HotelAN Devers - TrainsLeslie Jamison - Empathy ExamsRoxanne Gay - HungerSarah Davis-Goff - Last Ones Left AliveAnne Boyer - Garments Against WomenOlivia Sudjic - SympathyOlivia Sudjic - ExposureMartina Evans - We Can Talk Openly About MenLiz Berry - Republic of Motherhood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're in a converted school in London to meet with author, journalist and broadcaster Christina Patterson. Christina's memoir The Art of Not Falling Apart is a remarkable and moving look at our emotional relationship with work and expectation. As both a book lover and a book reviewer, Christina might hold the record for You're Booked guest with the largest library. We talked to her about sex, death, poetry and Enid Blyton.BOOKS (CLICK ON THE TITLES FOR MORE)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodChristina Patterson - The Art of Not Falling ApartNick Hornby - How To Be GoodEnid Blyton - Malory TowersDH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s LoverJilly Cooper - ImogenBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchLaurence Sterne - Tristram ShandyLeo Tolstoy - War and PeaceJames Joyce - Finnegans WakeLeo Tolstoy - Anna KareninaElizabeth Strout - Anything is PossibleElizabeth Strout - My Name is Lucy BartonElizabeth Strout - Olive KitteridgeMiriam Toews - All My Puny SorrowsJonathan Coe - Middle EnglandJonathan Coe - The House of SleepJonathan Coe - What a Carve UpIris Murdoch - Sacred & Profane Love MachineIris Murdoch - The Sea The SeaPatricia Volk - The Art of Being a WomanAL Kennedy - The Little SnakeDoris Lessing - The Golden NotebookDoris Lessing - Martha QuestJohn Burnside - A Summer of DrowningJohn Burnside - The Mercy BoysJohn Burnside - The Locust RoomJohn Burnside - Burning ElvisCandace Bushnell - Sex and the CityCandace Bushnell - 1 Fifth AvenueMary Dearborn - Ernest Hemingway: A BiographyErnest Hemingway - Old Man and The SeaRoland Barthes - Image Music TextVarious - Every Woman’s Book of Health and BeautyNora Ephron - I Remember NothingRaymond Carver - All of UsWendy Cope - Two Cures for LoveJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceEmily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're jetting off to sun-kissed St Albans to meet crime writer, journalist, former fashionista, broadcaster, playwright, screenwriter and campaigner Angela Clarke. Angela attracted a gaggle of devoted fans with her Social Media Murder series of books. Her highly-anticipated new thriller On My Life has just been released. We talked to her about loving Marple, being haunted by Chandler, the filth in John Donne and getting gooey over Irvine Welsh.BOOKS (CLICK TITLES FOR MORE)Joseph Mitchell - McSorley’s Wonderful SaloonDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodAngela Clarke - On My LifeAngela Clarke - Follow MeAngela Clarke - Watch MeAngela Clarke - Trust MeRoald Dahl - Cruelty/Madness/LustSteve Cavanagh - TwistedAlan Partridge - NomadArtemis Cooper - Elizabeth Jane Howard: Dangerous InnocenceClaire McGowan - Dead GroundClaire McGowan - Savage HungerClaire McGowan - Silent DeadDorothy L Sayers - Lord Peter Wimsey StoriesDorothy L Sayers - Strong PoisonEnid Blyton - Malory TowersLouisa M Alcott - Little WomenAgatha Christie - 4.50 From PaddingtonAgatha Christie - Sleeping MurderAgatha Christie - CurtainNikita Gill - Fierce FairytalesJohn Donne - Selected PoemsErnest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell TollsGeorge Orwell - 1984Bret Easton Ellis - American PsychoJudy Blume - ForeverJilly Cooper - RidersShirley Conran - LaceSusan Meredith - Usborne Facts of Life, Growing UpIrvine Welsh - TrainspottingNaomi Wood - Mrs HemingwayCarl E. Rollyson - Martha Gellhorn: Beautiful ExileManolo Blahnik - Fleeting Gestures and ObsessionsStephan P Clarke - The Lord Peter Wimsey CompanionLuke Jennings - Codename VillanelleLauren Bravo - What Would the Spice Girls DoJohn Curran - Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret NotebooksAgatha Christie - An AutobiographyWilliam Goldman - Adventures in the Screen TradeGeorgette Heyer - Christmas PartyElizabeth Gilbert - Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray Love Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daisy has a new book out! The Sisterhood: A Love Letter to the Women Who Have Shaped Me is out right now. 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.' It’s a tender, feisty memoir that explores family relationships, female friendship and the intimacy and clashes that occur between women, viewed through the lens of her own relationship with her five younger sisters, as they move from girlhood to adulthood. In this special bonus episode, Daisy talks about her inspiration for writing the book and also reveals her favourite books that feature sisters.Get your copy here from themargatebookshop.comDAISY'S FAVOURITE BOOKS ABOUT SISTERS:Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love Noel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesCeleste Ng - Little Fires EverywhereJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceCurtis Sittenfeld - SisterlandJessica Knoll - The Favourite SisterMarian Keyes - WatermelonNina Stibbe - Man at the HelmSophie Mackintosh - The Water CureLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenBeverly Cleary - Beezus and RamonaNaomi Jackson - The Star Side of Bird Hill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're heading to North London to meet the author, broadcaster, journalist and psychotherapist Philippa Perry. As we met in Philippa's kitchen, it seemed only fair that she baked us a delicious vegetable pie as a treat. In between furtive strokes of Kevin the cat, we talked about falling out of love with Jane Austen, holiday reading, family dramas and wrangling with a Kindle.BOOKS (Click on the titles for more)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodPhilippa Perry - The Book You Wish Your Parents Had ReadJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesJane Austen - PersuasionJane Austen - Mansfield ParkKerry Hudson - LowbornKerry Hudson - Tony Hogan Bought Ae an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My MaKerry Hudson - ThirstBernardine Evaristo - Mr LovermanDamian Barr - You Will Be Safe HereDamian Barr - Maggie and MeRobert Galbraith - Lethal WhiteXiaolu Guo - A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For LoversRachel Edwards - DarlingMin Jin Lee - Free Food for MillionairesEric Morecambe - Mr LonelyJonathan Safran Foer - Everything is IlluminatedWill Self - UmbrellaDeborah Orr - MotherwellPhilippa Perry - Couch FictionHarvey Pekar - American SplendorMarilynne Robinson - LilaMarilynne Robinson - GileadMarilynne Robinson - HousekeepingAnne Tyler - Spool of Blue ThreadArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityArmistead Maupin - Further Tales of the CityMark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Viv Groskop - How To Own the RoomDavid F. Lancy - The Anthropology of ChildhoodCarmel Schrire - Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer StudiesDave Eggers - The CircleJane Harper - The DryEM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.