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This week, we are delving back into the archive to revisit our series 5 trip to America in the company of the incredible Taylor Jenkins Reid! When we met Taylor in 2019, Daisy Jones and the Six had just been released. It went on to be a global smash with a recent, lauded Amazon adaptation and in this episode Taylor discusses many of the books that inspired the novel. Her other books, including The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising and Carrie Soto is Back, have all been celebrated best-sellers. We met Taylor in West Hollywood, LA and the delightful confines of the great Book Soup bookstore and talked to her about rock memoirs, Bridget Jones, gift giving, influential reads and the delights of seeing your own book in the book shop.BOOKSTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixAllie Rowbottom - Jello GirlsRebecca Makkai - Great BelieversSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsBessel van der Kolk - Body Keeps the ScoreByron Lane - A Star is BoredTom Shales, James Andrew Miller - Live From New YorkJames Andrew Miller - PowerhouseLegs McNeil, Gillian McCain - Please Kill MeMatt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall - Soprano SessionsEmily Nussbaum - I Like To WatchBlake Snyder - Save the CatAllen Rucker - Sopranos Family CookbookJann Wenner - Rolling Stones InterviewsMichael Walker - Laurel CanyonKeith Richards - LifeBruce Springsteen - Born to RunBrian Hiatt - Springsteen: Stories Behind the SongsKathy Iandoli - God Save the QueensRamin Setoodeh - Ladies Who PunchSally Field - In PiecesScotty Bowers - Full Service Taylor Jenkins Reid - 7 Husbands of Evelyn HugoVarious - Little People Big DreamsJudith Kerr - Tiger Who Came To TeaJudith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink RabbitSarah Jane Hinder - Yoga BearJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryLauren Bravo - How To Break Up With Fast FashionDr Seuss - Oh The Places You’ll GoLisa Taddeo - Three WomenRebecca Traister - Good and MadEve Babitz - I Used To Be CharmingJoan Didion - White AlbumTruman Capote - In Cold BloodTerry Newman - Legendary Authors and the Clothes They WoreLaura Thompson - Take Six GirlsJacqueline Susan - Valley of the DollsMohsin Hamid - Exit WestAlex Michaelides - Silent PatientNina Freudenberger - BibliostyleThatcher Wine - For The Love of BooksSilvia Moreno-Garcia - Gods of Jade & ShadowSally Rooney - Normal PeopleEtaf Rum - A Woman is No ManSalman Rushdie - QuichotteAlexi Zentner - CopperheadTana French - Wych ElmMadeline Miller - Song of AchillesMadeline Miller - CirceKatherine Dunn - On CussingMark Manson - Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we're taking a little break, we're revisiting just a few of our favourite ever You're Booked interviews. We're travelling all the way back to our first ever series for this chat with author, journalist and podcast supremo Elizabeth Day. Elizabeth is the author of five novels including Magpie and The Party plus her memoir, based on her massively successful podcast How To Fail and her most book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict. While snooping around her (small but perfectly formed) flat, we discussed being nosey, literary heroines, EM Forster related tattoos and learning the facts of life from The Thorn Birds. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting the You're Booked page at Bookshop.org.BOOKSElizabeth Day - The PartyElizabeth Day - How To FailElizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalet ChroniclesElizabeth Jane Howard - The Sea ChangeElizabeth Jane Howard - After JuliusElizabeth Jane Howard - The Long ViewElizabeth Day - Scissors, Paper, StoneJudy Blume - ForeverJudy Blume - DeenieElizabeth Day - Home FiresVirginia Woolf - Mrs DallowayTC Boyle - The TerranautsNeel Mukherjee - The Lives of OthersAlasdair Gray - LanarkMuriel Spark - Momento MoriMuriel Spark - The Girls of Slender MeansAldous Huxley - Beyond the Mexique BayAldous Huxley - Two or Three GracesTara Westover - EducatedSimon Reid-Henry - Fidel & CheSally Field - In PiecesSophie Mackintosh - The Water CureLily Allen - My Thoughts ExactlyJames O'Brien - How To Be RightDamian Dibben - TomorrowLeila Slimani - AdeleColleen McCullough - The Thorn BirdsBarbara Taylor Bradford - A Woman of SubstanceJohn Banville - The SeaBarbara Kingsolver - Unsheltered Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we're taking a little break, we're revisiting just a few of our favourite ever You're Booked interviews. We're kicking off in style with this wonderful conversation with David Nicholls from season 4 in his beautiful North London home. At the time, David had just released his wonderful novel Sweet Sorrow. His new book, You Are Here, is out soon, while the brand new adaptation of One Day has just hit Netflix. We spoke to David about being an understudy, Dickens, Moomins, movies, adaptation and Billy Wilder. Find out more about all the books mentioned at our Bookshop.org.uk Store.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDavid Nicholls - One DayDavid Nicholls - Starter For TenDavid Nicholls - The UnderstudyDavid Nicholls - UsDavid Nicholls - Sweet SorrowJean De Brunhoff - Colourful World of BabarDaniel Rosenthal - National Theatre StoryTobias Wolff - Stories ofEdward St Aubyn - Never MindRoald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the WorldFord Maddox Ford - The Good SoldierPatrick Hamilton - Hangover SquareMuriel Spark - Girls of Slender MeansMuriel Spark - Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel Spark - The Driver’s SeatCharles Dickens - Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens - David CopperfieldCharles Dickens - Oliver TwistCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseCharles Dickens - Our Mutual FriendLucia Berlin - Evening in ParadiseLucia Berlin - Manual For Cleaning WomenNell Zink - The WallcreeperNell Zink - MislaidKen Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s NestJohn Cheever - StoriesF. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the NightF. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great GatsbyThomas Hardy - Tess of the d'UbervillesPhillip Larkin - A Girl in WinterPhillip Larkin - JillMilan Kundera - Book of Laughter and ForgettingMilan Kundera - Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera - Life is ElsewhereAlan Hollinghurst - Line of BeautyEM Forster - Howards EndHelen Garner - The Spare RoomHelen Garner - The Children’s BachPenelope Lively - Heat WavePenelope Fitzgerald - At Freddie’sChoderlos de Laclos - Les Liaisons DangereusesMichael Ondaatje - The ConversationsCameron Crowe - Conversations With WilderFrancois Truffaut - HitchcockElif Bautman - The IdiotTove Jansson - Moominvalley in NovemberLorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?Lorrie Moore - Collected StoriesZadie Smith - Feel FreePhilip Gourevitch - Paris Review InterviewsJoan Didion - Play It As It Lays Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surprise! We are back for a very special edition of YB. To celebrate the publication of Limelight in paperback, we're chatting to the winner of the YB Limelight competition Kezia Venner! As you will hear, Kezia is a woman of many talents. She's a lingerie designer, a writer, a former bookseller and a voracious reader, with excellent taste in books. We talked to her about her family's literary connections, the book that kicked off her reading journey, her bookshop buying techniques, her love of YA, her favourite authors and the person who gives her the best reading recommendations. Limelight is out now in paperback - signed copies can be ordered and shipped nationwide from The Margate Bookshop. Find out more about all the books Kezia mentioned at our shop on Bookshop.org.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightDonna Tartt - Secret HistoryEmily Henry - Beach ReadEmily Henry - Happy PlaceClaire Daverley - Talking at NightAnnie Lord - Notes on HeartbreakStephenie Meyer - TwilightPatrick Ness - The Knife of Never Letting GoBeth O'Leary - The Flat ShareDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableLisa Taddeo - AnimalNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveLauren Bravo - PrelovedDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleAnnie MacManus - The Mess We're InDarren Coffield - Tales From the Colony RoomHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeAM Homes - May We Be ForgivenAM Homes - This Book Will Save Your LifeSue Miller - MonogamyClaire Powell - At the TableEmma Jane Unsworth - AnimalsAndy Hussey, Rosie Venner -There's No Deer Around HereAndy Hussey, Rosie Venner - Any Trout About?Peter Bently - The Great Dog Bottom SwapNora Ephron - HeartburnNick Hornby - High FidelityCatherine Newman - We All Want Impossible ThingsAbigail Bergstrom - What a Shame Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes! It's finally happened! After 5 years and over 150 episodes, we have finally lured Jilly Cooper onto the podcast! Jilly is the author most discussed, swooned over and beatified on the show, so we are beyond delighted to sit down and talk to her. Jilly is the internationally bestselling author of iconic novels such as Riders, Rivals and The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous and her latest release Tackle! We talked to her about poetry, Nancy Mitford, jumpsuits, Penelope Keith, memorable villains, romance and football.More information about Daisy's Limelight launch at The Yard is HERE! 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/bookedBOOKSJilly Cooper - TackleJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - How To Stay MarriedJilly Cooper - Imogen Jilly Cooper - HarrietDaisy Buchanan - CareeringGeorgette Heyer - Devil's CubJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenFederico Garcia Lorca - Selected PoemsGeorge Crabbe - Collected PoemsJilly Cooper - MountRichard Osman - Thursday Murder ClubGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchWalter Emanuel - A Dog DayBeatrix Potter - Tale of Mr Jeremy FisherBeatrix Potter - Tailor of GloucesterBeatrix Potter - Peter RabbitBeatrix Potter - Tom KittenRudyard Kipling - Just So StoriesRudyard Kipling - Cat That Walked by HimselfAnna Sewell - Black BeautyWilliam Boyd - Any Human HeartEM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial LadyAnthony Powell - A Question of UpbringingMarcel Proust - Remembrance of Things PastDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableMarquess of Anglesey - History of the British CavalryJilly Cooper - RidersJilly Cooper - Between the CoversBarbara Pym - Jane and PrudenceAndre Leon Talley - Chiffon TrenchesWilliam Wordsworth - Collected PoemsThomas Harding - The MaverickVladimir Nabokov - LolitaMary McCarthy - The GroupSimone De Beauvoir - The Second SexDiana Athill - StetJean Rhys - Wide Sargasso SeaJean Rhys - Good Morning MidnightJean Rhys - Voyage in the DarkKatherine May - Electricity of Every Living ThingGill Sims - Why Mummy DrinksGill Sims - Why Mummy Drinks at ChristmasJilly Cooper - How To Survive ChristmasJane Austen - EmmaWH Auden - RimbaudNick Hornby - Fever PitchJilly Cooper - WickedElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet ChroniclesKingsley Amis - Lucky JimMartin Amis - MoneyIan Herbert - TinseltownDaisy Buchanan - How To Be a Grown UpJack London - White Fang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back at this year's Margate Bookie for a fun, frank and freewheeling conversation with three brilliant authors: Lucy Vine, Yomi Adegoke and Laura Kay! Lucy Vine is a journalist and author of five novels including Hot Mess, Are We Nearly There Yet, What Fresh Hell, Bad Choices and her latest, the critically acclaimed Seven Exes. Yomi Adegoke is a journalist, podcaster and author, co-writing Slay in Your Lane with Elizabeth Uviebinené before releasing the bestselling, critically lauded novel The List. Laura Kay is a journalist and author of the much-loved novels Tell Me Everything, The Split and her latest Wild Things. We talked to them about alternative romance, star signs, writing routines, favourite reads and the genius of Sophie Kinsella.Katie Clapham's book recommendation Substack is HERE. 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/bookedBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightLucy Vine - Seven ExesYomi Adegoke - The ListLaura Kay - Wild ThingsLaura Kay - Tell Me EverythingMalinda Lo - Last Night at the Telegraph ClubJodie Chapman - Oh SisterHarriet Gibsone - Is This OkRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceLisa Jewell - The Family UpstairsBess Kalb - Nobody Will Tell You This But MeYomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uvibene - Slay in Your LaneKate Young - ExperiencedKate Young - The Little Library CookbookLucy Vine - Date With DestinyMargaret Atwood - The Handmaid's TaleJilly Cooper - RivalsDanielle Steele - JewelsJackie Collins - The World is Full of Married MenLisa Jewell - Ralph's PartySophie Kinsella - The Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicMarian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/bookedBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightOttessa Moshfegh - EileenOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationOttessa Moshfegh - Homesick For Another WorldLuke Goebel - Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are YoursElfriede Jelinek - The Piano TeacherJoAnna Novak - Contradiction DaysBret Easton Ellis - American PsychoBret Easton Ellis - The ShardsBen Ehrenreich - The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in PalestineGuy de Maupassant - The Necklace and Other StoriesRosamond Lehmann - Invitation to the WaltzKen Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestLawrence Ferlinghetti - Pictures of a Gone WorldDiane di Prima - Selected PoemsRoss Gay - Book of DelightsAbbott Kahler - Where You EndMargery Higdon - Alien Abduction of The Wyoming HunterWhitley Strieber - CommunionSimone de Beauvoir - The Second SexEdith Wharton - House of MirthHenry 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/bookedBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightLou Sanders - What's That Lady Doing?Andi Osho - Tough CrowdAndi Osho - Asking For a FriendCurtis Sittenfeld - Romantic ComedyDolly Alderton - Good MaterialBarbara Payton - I am Not AshamedJada Pinkett Smith - WorthyMargaret Atwood - Cat's EyeWIll Smith - WillElizabeth Gilbert - Big MagicRosie 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/bookedBOOKSNaomi Klein - No LogoNaomi Klein - DopplegangerDeborah Levy - August BlueOtto Rank - The DoubleSigmund Freud - The UncannyFrancine Pascal - Sweet Valley HighJames Baldwin - The Fire Next TimePhilip Roth - Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth - Goodbye ColumbusPhilip Roth - Professor of DesireThomas Gordon - Parent Effectiveness TrainingJoseph Heller - Catch 22Bret Easton Ellis - American PsychoArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityJohn Updike - CouplesNaomi Klein - Shock DoctrineEddie Glaude - James Baldwin: To Begin AgainZadie Smith - Feel FreePhilip Roth - Operation ShylockGraham Greene - Collected EssaysLisa Jones - Bulletproof DivaNora Ephron - Crazy SaladNora Ephron - Scribble ScribbleNora Ephron - Wallflower at the OrgyOriana Fallaci - Interviews with History and PowerMolly Ivins - Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. BushNina Stibbe - Went to London Took the DogSusan Mulcahy - My Lips are SealedEduardo Galeano - Open Veins of Latin AmericanYomi Adegoke - The ListYomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinene - Slay in Your LaneMarge Piercy - Made in DetroitSusan Griffin - Bending HomeMaya Angelou - The Complete PoetryJorie Graham - To 2040Ross Gay - The Book of DelightsKyo Maclear - Birds Art LifeKyo Maclear - UnearthingBarbara Kingsolver - Demon CopperheadKatrina Diamond - The SilenceAdania 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/bookedBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightIan Rankin - The RiseMuriel Spark - Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel Spark - Hothouse by the East RiverAlain Robbe-Grillet - Last Year at MarienbadMuriel Spark - The Drivers SeatMuriel Spark - Girls of Slender MeansMuriel Spark - Loitering With IntentReginald Hill - Asking Fo the MoonGillian Flynn - Gone GirlRobert Louis Stevenson - Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeAnbara Salam - Hazardous SpiritsEvelyn Waugh - Vile BodiesMuriel Spark - The BachelorsArthur Conan Doyle - Complete Sherlock HolmesJames Hogg - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerAnthony Burgess - A Clockwork OrangeJoseph Heller - Catch 22Mario Puzo - The GodfatherKen Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestRobin Moore - The French ConnectionWilliam Peter Blatty - The ExorcistDorothy Whipple - Someone at a DistanceIan Rankin - The FloodIan Rankin - Knots and CrossesIan Rankin - WatchmanGraham Greene - Human FactorIan Rankin - WestwindMichael Connelly - Desert StarJames Ellroy - LA ConfedentialLawrence Block - A Drop of the Hard StuffWilliam McIlvanney - LaidlawDenise Mina - The Long DropAnita Nair - Cut Like WoundThomas Pynchon - Short StoriesStieg Larsson - Girl with the Dragon TattooHenning Mankell - Faceless KillersJo Nesbo - The SnowmanHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeAlasdair Gray - Poor ThingsAlasdair Gray - LanarkJohn Niven - Oh BrotherJilly Cooper - Tackle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.