You're Booked

Here's a bonus treat! And what a treat! To celebrate the release of Daisy's brand new book Pity Party, here's a very special live edition of You're Booked recorded at the glorious Bath Assembly Halls. Three returning champions - Nikki May, AJ Pearce and Andrew Hunter Murray - talk about their favourite Persephone Books in front of an audience of rabid Persephone fans, at the recent Persephone Festival, celebrating 25 years of the UK's premier publishing house. Each author picked and discussed their Persephone faves, plus other Persephones they love, consider the books they'd love to reissue and reveal the influence that authors such as Dorothy Whipple, RC Sherriff, Winifred Watson and DE Stevenson have had on their writing. Be warned - this episode will add many tomes to your TBR pile.Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...BOOKSNikki May - WahalaNikki May - This Motherless LandAJ Pearce - Dear Mrs BirdAJ Pearce - Yours CheerfullyAJ Pearce - Mrs Porter CallingAndrew Hunter Murray - A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and EnteringAndrew Hunter Murray - The SanctuaryDE Stevenson - Miss Buncle's BookRC Sherriff - Fortnight in SeptemberWinifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a DayRC Sherriff - The Hopkins ManuscriptBill Bryson - Notes From a Small IslandDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableDorothy Whipple - High WagesLauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears PradaDorothy Whipple - Somewhere at a DistanceAndy McNabb - Bravo Two ZeroJane Austen - Mansfield ParkElizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazelet ChroniclesDE Stevenson - The Two Mrs AbbotsDorothy Whipple - Random CommentaryRC Sherriff - GreengatesRC Sherriff - Journey's EndEleanor Graham - The Children Who Live in a BarnE Nesbit - The LarkMichelle Magorian - A Little Love SongDorothy Whipple - Short StoriesRF Kuang - YellowfacePercival Everett - ErasureMarghanita Laski - To Bed With Grand MusicRachel Ferguson - Alas Poor LadyVere Hodgson - Few Eggs and No OrangesMollie Panter-Downes - War NotesNoel Streatfeild - SaplingsDE Stevenson - Miss Buncle MarriedMonica Dickens - MariannaGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchRichmal Crompton - Family RoundaboutPD James - Children of MenMollie Panter-Downes - Good Evening Mrs CravenDorothy Whipple - They Knew Mr KnightMary Wesley - Harnessing PeacocksSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MolePauline Burgess - Pony PartyRuby Ferguson - Jill's GymkhanaEmily St John Mandel - Station 11Virginia Graham - Consider the YearsGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowMarian Keyes - My Favourite MistakeDorothy Whipple - Young AnneDorothy Whipple - They Were Sisters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The series 15 litany of legends continues with the man commonly known as Dr Buckles - yes, it's Adam Buxton! As you are all aware, Adam is a writer, comedian, massively successful podcast host, Bowie aficionado and the author of the bestselling memoir Ramble Book (with the sequel on its way - as you will hear). He's also responsible for You're Booked, as the podcast was 'inspired' by the Vinyl Justice segment of The Adam and Joe Show. We talked to him about Bowie book choices, trying to sleep with Edgar Allen Poe, funny books and saucy dreams involving June Whitfield. Find a full list of the books Adam mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyAdam Buxton - Ramble BookNina Stibbe - Went to London, Took the DogNina Stibbe - Love NinaUmberto Eco - The Name of the RosePatrick O'Brian - Master and CommanderRoger Hargreaves - Mister MenEnid Blyton - Magic Faraway TreeCS Lewis - The Lion, The Witch and the WardrobeRoald Dahl - James and the Giant PeachMajor P R Reid - ColditzMR James - Ghost StoriesEdgar Allen Poe - The Black CatEdgar Allen Poe - Pit and the PendulumGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchThomas Hardy - Mayor of CasterbridgeVirginia Woolf - To The LighthouseJD Salinger - Catcher in the RyeDavid Bowie's Top 100 Favourite BooksCharles Baudelaire - Flowers of EvilVance Packard - The Hidden PersuadersNeil Postman - Amusing Ourselves To DeathGeorge Orwell - 1984Vladimir Nabokov - LolitaColin Wilson - The OutsiderNik Cohn -Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomSarah Waters - FingersmithCraig Marks & Rob Tannenbaum - I Want My MTVZadie Smith - Feel FreeAdam Gopnik - A Thousand Small SanitiesFrederick Douglass - Narrative of Frederick DouglassBayard Rustin - Time on Two CrossesMichel De Montaigne - Complete EssaysWinifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a DayR.C. Sherriff - Fortnight in SeptemberDE Stevenson - Miss Buncle's BookTessa Norton & Bob Stanley - Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The FallDavid Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimFran Lebowitz - The Fran Lebowitz ReaderSteve Martin - Born Standing UpTim Key - He Used Thought For a WifeTim Key - Here We Go Round the Mulberry BushDaniil Kharms - Russian AbsurdJulian Fellowes - SnobsSusan Sontag - On PhotographyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyBenjamin Moser - SontagJudith Schalansky - An Inventory of LossesSloan Crossley - Grief is for PeopleJarvis Cocker - Good Pop Bad Pop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our series of legends continues with the novelist, short story writer, playwright and podcaster Irenosen Okojie MBE! Irenosen's debut, Butterfly Fish, won the Betty Trask Award and her short story collection, Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Her collection Nudibranch was selected as one of the best books of the year in the Guardian. She was a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2023 and in 2021 she was awarded an MBE For Services to Literature. Her latest work is the highly anticipated novel Curandera. We talked to her about poetry, charity shop finds, inspirational short stories and the inside scoop on the Women's Prize Whatsapp group. Find a full list of the books Irenosen mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSIrenosen Okojie - CuranderaIrenosen Okojie - NudibranchRachel Ingalls - Mrs CalibanJune Jordan - EssentialLemn Sissay - Let the Light Pour InSylvia Plath - CollectedKatherine May - WinteringMaggie O'Farrell - I Am I Am I AmSinead Gleason - HagstoneMargaret Atwood - Cat's EyeJamaica Kincaid - At the Bottom of the RiverLauren Groff - MatrixToni Morrison - BelovedJackie Collins - The StudMaggie Nelson - BluetsMaggie Nelson - ArgonautsDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDavid Nicholls - UsKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeCarol Shields - Larry's PartyLaline Paull - PodCamilla Grudova - Doll's AlphabetCamilla Grudova - Coiled SerpentJacqueline Crooks - Fire RushBarbara Kingsolver - Demon CopperheadLauren Bravo - Probably NothingChimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow SonTorrey Peters - Detransition BabyAndrea Lawlor - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlOctavia Butler - Parable of the SowerOctavia Butler - Wild SeedMiranda July - Nobody Belongs Here More Than YouDeborah Levy - Black VodkaRachel Ingalls - No Love LostLeone Ross - Come Let Us Sing AnywayLeone Ross - This One Sky DayDenis Johnson - Jesus' SonPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainJ. California Cooper - Some Love, Some Pain, SometimeRaymond Carver - CathedralTawseef Khan - DeterminationVictoria Kennefick - Egg/Shell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're delighted to share a conversation with an absolute legend, the punk singer, writer, artist, activist and all-around inspiration Kathleen Hanna! Kathleen is the iconic front-woman of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre and the inspiration behind of the clothing company tees4togo which benefits the Peace Sisters charity. Kathleen has just released her memoir Rebel Girl which became an instant New York Times bestseller. We talked to her about the brilliance of Viv Albertine, the genius of Gabor Maté and the formative influence of Lyle, Lyle Crocodile. Find a full list of the books Fearne mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSKathleen Hanna - Rebel GirlViv Albertine - Clothes, Music, BoysViv Albertine - To Throw Away UnopenedTiffany Haddish - The Last Black UnicornChris L. Terry & James Spooner (Editors) - Black Punk NowJeffrey Gibson (Editor) - An Indigenous PresentSarah Schulman - Conflict is Not AbuseSarah Hoagland - Lesbian EthicsAnn Morgan - Reading the WorldGabor Maté - The Myth of NormalStephanie Foo - What My Bones KnowJennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious ThingsANN M Martin - Babysitter's ClubFrancine Pascal - Sweet Valley HighSarah J Maas - A Court of Thorns and RosesDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyJudy Blume - Are You There God, It's Me MargaretBernard Waber - Lyle, Lyle, CrocodileDon Freeman - CorduroyLouise Fitzhugh - Harriet the SpyDonald J. Sobol - Encyclopedia Brown, Boy DetectiveCarolyn Keene - Nancy DrewRoger Steffens - So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob MarleyArthur Ashe - Days of GraceSarah Royal - A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille BallTina Turner - My Love StoryHanif Abdurraqib - There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back! And we are starting the new series off with a bang! It's the legendary broadcaster, podcaster, author and now novelist Fearne Cotton! Fearne is the host of the massively successful Happy Place podcast and the author of many books including Sunday Times bestsellers Happy, Cook Eat Love, Speak Your Truth, Bigger Than Us and many more. She has just released her first novel: Scripted. We talked to her about inspirational reading, classic rock biographies, generating confidence, Californian literary road trips and tortoises. Find a full list of the books Fearne mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sposored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSFearne Cotton - HappyFearne Cotton - ScriptedSue Perkins - SpectaclesPaloma Faith - MILFKatherine May - The Electricity of Every Living ThingKatherine May - WinteringJilly Cooper - RivalsPriscilla Presley - Elvis and MeRita Marley - No Woman No CryPamela Des Barres - I'm With the BandAnjelica Huston - A Story Lately ToldAnjelica Huston - Watch MeRupert Everett - Red Carpets and Other Banana SkinsRupert Everett - Vanished YearsZandra Rhodes - Iconic: My Life in Fashion in 50 ObjectsTina Brown - The Vanity Fair DiariesAlan Rickman - Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman DiariesElton John - MeDebbie Harry - Face ItPamela Des Barres - Take Another Little Piece of my HeartPamela Des Barres - Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and SupergroupiesEve Babitz - Eve's HollywoodTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixBrian Hiatt - Springsteen: Stories Behind the SongsMiki Berenyi - Fingers CrossedLucy Vine - Date with DestinyDiana Cooper - A New Light on AngelsAgatha Christie - And Then There Were NoneFrancine Pascal - Sweet Valley HighEnid Blyton - The Magic Faraway TreeBrene Brown - Gifts of ImperfectionDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDon Miguel Ruiz - The Four AgreementsErling Kagge - SilenceTaylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is BackYungblud - You Need to ExistHelene Hanff - Letter from New YorkMatt Haig - Impossible LifeLisa Taddeo - Three Women Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're delving back into the archives and bringing you another of our favourite episodes. This week we're visiting the beautiful home (including glorious bookshelves with a library ladder that made us green with envy) of Elif Shafak. Elif is a celebrated and award-winning novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She has published many books including the bestselling Island of Missing Trees, The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Three Daughters of Eve and the critically acclaimed 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World. Her new book There Are Rivers in the Sky is released on 8th August. Elif is also an activist advocating for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech. We talked to her about baklava, politics, Death Metal and stationery obsessions. Find a full list of the books Elif mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodElif Shafak - 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World Elif Shafak - Three Daughters of EveMarco Pierre White - The Devil in the KitchenSamin Nosrat - Salt Fat Acid HeatJason Goodwin - Yashim Cooks IstanbulCharles Dickens - A Tale of Two CitiesVirginia Woolf - OrlandoRowan Coleman - We Are All Made of StarsElena Ferrante - My Brilliant FriendThomas Page McBee - AmateurElif Shafak - HonourDonna Tartt - The Secret HistoryEsquire - Oral History of BenningtonBret Easton Ellis - Rules of AttractionDavid Sedaris - CalypsoLaura Esquivel - Like Water For ChocolateRumi - Selected PoemsHilary Mantel - Wolf HallMatthew Sperling - AstroturfOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationSarah Krasnostein - The Trauma CleanerWill Eaves - MurmurCervantes - Don QuixoteMarian Keyes - The Break Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld discusses writing from Hilary Clinton's perspective in 'Rodham', childhood book favorites, storytelling techniques, personal struggles, and dynamics of reader interpretation. The podcast explores nuances in storytelling, book preferences, and public critique.

While we're taking a little break, we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from previous series. This week, it's the amazing stand-up, author, actor and all around inspiration Sara Pascoe! Sara is one of the most heralded comedians working today and the immensely talented author of the books Animal, Sex Power Money and the novel Weirdo. We talked to her about reading habits during quarantine (the episode was recorded during lockdown), big lies involving hamsters, unspeakable acts committed against libraries and the saddest book she has ever read. Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our Bookshop.Org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableSara Pascoe - AnimalSara Pascoe - Sex Money PowerBernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherAnbara Salam - BelladonnaHilary Mantel - The Mirror and the LightLynne Reid Banks - I HoudiniKathy Reichs - The Bone CollectionRobert Sapolsky - BehaveHarriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom’s CabinJeanine Cummins - American DirtDH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s LoverKate Elizabeth Russell - My Dark VanessaLisa Taddeo - Three WomenAlissa Nutting - TampaSally Rooney - Normal PeopleGraham Greene - End of the AffairAndrew Sean Greer - LessJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDodie Smith - I Capture The CastleLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenHaruki Murakami - Norwegian WoodJackie Collins - The StudJD Salinger - Catcher in the RyeHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesGeorge Orwell - Keep The Aspidistra FlyingTruman Capote - Breakfast at TiffanysSarra Manning - UnstickyMarian Keyes - Grown Ups Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we take a little break, we're sharing just a few of our favourite ever episodes from the archives. This week we're with the author who has probably been discussed on the show more than any other and one of our favourite writers of all time - the legendary Marian Keyes! Marian is one of the most successful Irish novelists of all time, selling over 30 million books in 33 different languages. When we chatted to Marian, she was about to release the brilliant, chart-topping Grown Ups. Since then we've seen a sequel to Rachel's Holiday, Again Rachel and her latest My Favourite Mistake. We talked to Marian about the pleasures of reading, the joys of Jilly Cooper, why she's craving fictional glamour and struggling with Jane Austen. And as this episode was released on the week Daisy's novel Insatiable was launched, there's a bonus, exclusive (and steamy!) clip from the audiobook. Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our Bookshop.Org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableMarian Keyes - Rachel's HolidayEva Ibbotson - Secret CountessMarian Keyes - Grown UpsMarian Keyes - The BreakMargaret Mitchell - Gone With the WindTruman Capote - In Cold BloodJoseph Heller - Catch 22Jilly Cooper - OctaviaJane Austen - PersuasionJilly Cooper - RidersJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands JealousJilly Cooper - PoloShirley Conran - LaceFiona Walker - French RelationsRaven Leilani - LusterKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, MellowTaffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman Is in TroubleElinor Lipman - Good RiiddanceElinor Lipman - On Turpentine LaneLaurie Graham - Ten O’Clock HorsesGlennon Doyle - UntamedAnne Lamott - Bird By BirdAnne Lamott - Almost EverythingTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the 6Eve Babitz - Slow Days Fast CompanyEve Babitz - Eve’s HollywoodBarbara Trapido - Travelling HornplayerBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackLee Tulloch - Fabulous NobodiesBarbara Vine - Fatal InversionTana French - In the WoodsTana French - The LikenessJane Harper - The DryTana French - The SearcherDebra Dean - Madonnas of LeningradJaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the ThingLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeLily King - Writers and LoversLily King - EuphoriaNaoise Dolan - Exciting TimesCharlotte Wood - The WeekendBernardine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherAnn Cleeves - Telling TalesPhilippa Gregory - Dark TidesFrances Cha - If I Had Your FaceLouise O’Neill - After the SilenceSarah Hilary - Fragile Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're heading back into the extensive YB archives to bring you one of our favourite episodes from yesteryear. This week we’re in Central London – home of some of the greatest shops in the world and our guest, the multimillion selling superstar novelist Sophie Kinsella! Sophie is the author of over 30 books, including novels, children’s books and her hit Shopaholic series, and she’s as prolific a reader as she is a writer. Her latest is massive bestseller The Burnout. We talked to Sophie about PG Wodehouse, Jilly Cooper, sex, jokes, bums and why she ended up buying four copies of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. (And, as you'll hear, it was our first introduction to the brilliant (and later YB guest) Katherine Heiny! Find a full list of the books Sophie mentioned at our Bookshop.Org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...BOOKSSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicSophie Kinsella - I Owe You OneNorman Hunter - The Dribblesome TeapotsDorothy Edwards - My Naughty Little SisterBeverly Cleary - RamonaNick Hornby - High FidelityPG Wodehouse - The Code of the WoostersPG Wodehouse - BlandingsSophie Kinsella - Undomesticated GoddessJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - ImogenJilly Cooper - HarrietJilly Cooper - RidersShirley Conran - LaceSophie Kinsella - Can You Keep a SecretDonna Tartt - The GoldfinchJG Links - Venice For PleasureLeila Slimani - AdeleGeorge & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyEM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial LadyKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationPhillip Pullman - Northern LightsMichael Grant - GoneEF Benson - Mapp and LuciaJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJoan Didion - Slouching Towards BethlehemSarra Manning - Rise and Fall of Becky SharpLilly Singh - How To Be a BawseDave Eggers - The CircleSophie Kinsella - Finding AudreyNoel Streatfeild - A Vicarage FamilyNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfeild - White Boots Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.