Our spectacular series of literary legends continues with the bestselling crime master Peter James! Peter has written 19 Sunday Times number 1's, selling over 21 million books worldwide, with his Roy Grace series of books, including Want You Dead and Picture You Dead, turned into a hit ITV drama starring John Simm. His latest novel is Stop Them Dead. We talked to him about cleaning for Orson Welles, calling Kurt Vonnegut out of the blue, the scariest book he's ever read and writing to Enid Blyton about her characters' toilet habits!Daisy will be at the Margate Bookie at the end of October with former podcast guests Lou Sanders, Andi Osho, Yomi Adegoke, Lucy Vine and many more. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to:  FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookedBOOKSPeter James - Stop them DeadDaisy Buchanan - LimelightRL Stine - GoosebumpsRoald Dahl - The TwitsEnid Blyton - Five on a Treasure IslandPeter James - Dead Letter DropElizabeth Buchan - The New Mrs CliftonGraham Greene - Brighton RockKurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse FiveElspeth Barker - O CaledoniaDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleShirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the CastleSylvia Townsend Warner - Lolly WillowesJohn Marrs - The OneMW Craven - The BotanistJilly Cooper - TackleHenry Williamson - Tarka the OttterAnna Sewell - Black BeautyKenneth Grahame - Wind in the WillowsStuart McBride - The Dead of WinterThomas Harris - Silence of the LambsPeter James - Dead SimpleNatalie Tambini - The Nail SalonNatalie Tambini - The PublicistRutger Bregman - HumankindWilliam Golding - Lord of the FliesE Nesbit - The LarkE Nesbit - Five Children and It Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our series of LEGENDS continues with the absolute legend that is Lou Sanders! Lou is a brilliant stand-up comedian, star of Taskmaster, co-host of Unforgivable alongside former YB guest Mel Giedroyc, podcaster and now the author of the unforgettable memoir What's That Lady Doing?: False Starts and Happy Endings. We talked to Lou about the genius of Deborah Levy, early spiritual dabblings, potential screen adaptations and the joy and pain of writing memoir.Daisy will be at Henley Literary Festival in early October and at the Margate Bookie at the end of October. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to:  FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookedBOOKSLou Sanders - What's That Lady Doing?Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your LifeDaisy Buchanan - LimelightEmma Gannon - The Success MythJames McNicholas - Champ and the ChumpSteven Pressfield - The War of ArtEckhart Tolle - Power of NowNeale Donald Walsch - Conversations With GodPam Grout - Course in MiraclesJulia Cameron - Write for LifeMartha Wainwright - Stories I Might Regret Telling YouRegena Thomashauer - Pussy: A ReclamationCharlotte Roche - WetlandsSally Rooney - Normal PeopleDeborah Levy - The Cost of LivingDeborah Levy - Things I Don't Want To KnowDeborah Levy - Hot MilkDeborah Levy - Real EstateMichelle Gallen - Factory GirlsNina Stibbe - Love NinaNina Stibbe - Went To London Took the DogMarian Keyes - The BreakJulia Cameron - The Artist's WayDBC Pierre - Vernon God LittleDBC Pierre - Big Snake Little SnakeJilly Cooper - RivalsPG Wodehouse - The Code of the WoostersGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchLucy-Anne Holmes - Don't Hold My Head DownDolly Alderton - Everything I Know About LoveMiki Berenyi - Fingers CrossedNell Frizzell - Square OneKiley Reid - Such a Fun AgeJeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be NormalBessel van der Kolk - Body Keeps the ScoreNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveMarian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our season of the stars continues with a genuine literary legend. It's Ken Follett! Ken is one of the world’s most successful authors, selling over 188 million copies of his books. He's the creator of Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Never and his latest The Armour of Light. He recently launched an online course on Writing Bestselling Fiction with BBC Maestro. We talked to him about his formative reads, relishing Proust, creating believable villains and his appearance in the Alan Rickman Diaries.Daisy will be at Henley Literary Festival in early October and at the Margate Bookie at the end of October. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to:  FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookedBOOKSAnthony Trollope - The WardenKen Follett - The Pillars of the EarthThomas Harris - The Silence of the LambsCharles Dickens - Oliver TwistRichard Osman - Thursday Murder ClubKen Follett - The Eye of the NeedleKen Follett - World Without EndKen Follett - Column of FireIan Fleming - Live and Let DieJohn Steinbeck - Tortilla FlatJRR Tolkien - Lord of the RingsMarcel Proust - Remembrance of Things PastLucy Ellmann - Ducks, NewburyportKarl Ove Knausgaard - My StruggleDH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's LoverDH Lawrence - Collected PoemsMary McCarthy - The GroupElizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalet ChroniclesEdward Albee - Who's Afraid of Virginia WoolfAsh Carter and Sam Kashner  - Mike Nichols: Life Isn't EverythingWilliam Shakespeare - HamletAlan Rickman - DiariesKen Follett - NeverErskine Childers - The Riddle of the SandsJohn Buchan - The 39 StepsBret Easton Ellis - American PsychoIrvine Welsh - TrainspottingAgatha Christie - Complete PoirotLisa Jewell - The Night She DisappearedMarcel Proust - 75 FoliosMarcel Proust - Swann in LoveAnthony Trollope - Orley Farm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a way to start a new series! It's the author, classicist, broadcaster and bone fide National Treasure Dame Mary Beard. We were lucky enough to speak to Mary during the Jaiphur Literary Festival at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. Mary is the author of many books about the ancient world including the global bestsellers Women & Power, SPQR and her latest Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World. We talked to her about ancient Roman jokes, brutal writing advice, fearing fiction and the pros and cons of archaeology.Daisy will be at Henley Literary Festival in early October and at the Margate Bookie at the end of October. Details of Daisy's How To Be a Grown Up event with Sarah Knight are available HERE. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to:  FurtherReading.Substack.com. Find out more about all the books mentioned on the episode by visiting https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bookedBOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightDaisy Buchanan - How To Be a Grown UpMary Beard - Women & PowerMary Beard - Emperor of RomeCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreJenny Diski - Stranger on a TrainRobert Graves - I, ClaudiusMargaret Drabble - The MillstoneMargaret Drabble - The Garrick YearRobert Harris - PompeiiHeinrich Schliemann - Ilios, the City and Country of the TrojansLindsey Davis - The Silver PigsMary Renault - The King Must DiePeter Frankopan - The Silk RoadKim Gordon, Sinead Gleason (Eds) - This Woman's WorkSophocles - AntigoneMary Beard - Roman LaughterSeneca the Younger - ApocolocyntosisCassius Dio - The Roman HistoryTom Holland - Slave of my ThirstTom Holland - RubiconGavanndra Hodge - The Consequences of LoveGeorge Orwell - Coming Up For AirLaura Cumming - On Chapel SandsCraig Brown - Maam DarlingCurtis Sittenfeld - RodhamHilary Clinton - State of TerrorTacitus - AnnalsPrince Harry - Spare Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hurrah! We are very excited to bring you a guest we've being trying to get on the podcast for flipping ages. It's the wonderful Yomi Adegoke! Yomi is a podcaster, broadcaster, multi-award winning journalist and the author of Slay in Your Lane (with former YB guest Elizabeth Uviebinené) and The Offline Diaries (also with Elizabeth). Yomi's debut novel is the hotly anticipated The List, described as 'the book of the Summer' by Vogue and currently in development for TV. We talked to her about the icon that is Jackie Collins, books so good they make you want to give up, the joy of Jacqueline Wilson and the genius of Peep Show. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to:  FurtherReading.Substack.com.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightYomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené - Slay in Your LaneYomi Adegoke - The ListJackie Collins - The World is Full of Divorced WomenJackie Collins - LuckyOmar Tyree - Flyy GirlEric Jerome Dickey - Milk in My CoffeeJaqueline Wilson - The Story of Tracy BeakerYomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené - Offline DiariesJaqueline Wilson - Dustbin BabyJaqueline Wilson - The Illustrated MumRobert Swindells - Brother in the LandRobert C O'Brien - Z for ZachiariahJudy Blume - Are You There God It's Me MargaretMalorie Blackman - Pig Heart BoyMalorie Blackman - Noughts and CrossesMalorie Blackman - Just Sayin'Tayari Jones - An American MarriageMargaret Atwood - Handmaid's TaleRaven Leilani - LusterJenny Diski - Stranger on a TrainNaoise Dolan - Exciting TimesNaoise Dolan - Happy CoupleKiley Reid - Such a Fun AgeRebecca F Kuang - YellowfaceKiley Reid - Come and Get ItHarriet Gibsone - Is This Ok?Katie Price - Being JordanJodie Marsh - Keeping It RealBarack Obama - Promised LandMichelle Obama - BecomingNelson Mandela - Long Walk To FreedomJodie Chapman - Oh SisterFern Brady - Strong Female CharacterEliza Clark - PenanceEliza Clark - Boy PartsMegan Nolan - Ordinary Human FailingsMegan Nolan - Acts of DesperationLisa Jewell - Ralph's PartyRebecca F Kuang - BabelDaisy Buchanan - Careering Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are delighted to invite one of our all-time favourite authors to the podcast this week. It's the sensational Lisa Jewell! Lisa is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of twenty novels, which have sold over 10 million copies internationally and translated into 29 languages. Her debut (and YB fave) was Ralph's Party and subsequent releases include The Family Upstairs, Then She Was Gone, Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her latest is the eagerly anticipated None of This is True. We talked to her about her shelf of joy, curating your holiday read selection, 90s/Noughties favourites, the books that made her want to write and formative reads.Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com.BOOKSLisa Jewell - None of This is TrueAshley Audrain - The PushNick Hornby - High FidelityLisa Jewell - Ralph's PartyGeoff Dyer - The Colour of MemoryAgatha Christie - Murder of Roger AckroydAngela Banner - Ant and BeeSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicPatricia Highsmith - Talented Mr RipleyJohn Fowles - The CollectorBret Easton Ellis - American PsychoCarla McGuire - Perfect VictimBrian Greenaway - Hell's AngelsGeorge Orwell - Coming Up For AirBret Easton Ellis - Imperial BedroomsRebecca F. Kuang - YellowfaceCaroline O'Donoghue - Rachel IncidentColin Walsh - KalaKia Abdullah - Next of KinFern Brady - Strong Female CharacterBonnie Garmus - Lesson in ChemistryGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowIsabelle Broom - The Beach HolidayCandace Bushnell - Four BlondesAnouchka Grose Forrester - Darling DaisyJane Owen - Camden GirlsAlain de Botton - Essays in LoveDolly Alderton - Everything I Know About LoveJulie Myerson - The Stopped HeartAlex Garland - The BeachLouise Doughty - Apple Tree YardHarriet Lane - Alys AlwaysDavid Nicholls - One DayAmy Jenkins - HoneymoonWilliam Sutcliffe - Are You ExperiencedAndrea Levy - Small IslandJosie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees - Come TogetherKate Hamer - A Girl in the Red CoatPaula Yates - The AutobiographyCaroline Kepnes - YouLisa Jewell - Before I Met YouDaisy Buchanan - CareeringSabine Durrant - Lie With MeKatherine Heiny - Games and RitualsKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationAmanda Jennings - The Judas TreeTammy Cohen - The Wedding Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian. Podcaster. Actor. Author. Is there anything that this woman can't do? Yes, we're welcoming the amazing Andi Osho to YB Towers this week. Andi is a talented stand-up, has starred or been involved with such TV and movie favourties as Line of Duty, Death In Paradise, Holby, I May Destroy You, Breeders, Good Omens and her own sketch show The Andi O Show. She hosts the Creative Sauce podcast and her debut novel Asking For a Friend was a bestseller! Her second novel is the highly anticipated Tough Crowd, set in the world of stand up. We talked to her about funny books, reading slump revitalisers, self-help, movie adaptations and how her mum is a creative inspiration. Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour and the Ty the Beach Hut Guy Limelight competition on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightAndi Osho - Tough CrowdAndi Osho - Asking For a FriendDouglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide To The GalaxyTerry Pratchett - The Colour of MagicTerry Pratchett - The Light FantasticBrit Bennett - Vanishing HalfTayari Jones - American MarriageJesse Q. Sutanto - Dial A For AuntiesLucy Vine - Seven ExesBalli Kaur Jaswal - Now You See UsJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDavid Nicholls - UsDavid Nicholls - One DayDolly Alderton - Good MaterialDaisy Buchanan - CareeringMark Manson - Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**kM Scott Peck - Road Less TravelledSarah Knight - The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**kSarah Knight - Grow the F**k UpSusan Jeffers - Feel the FearDeepak Chopra - Seven Laws of Spiritual SuccessJulia Cameron - Artists WayBetty Herbert - 52 SeductionsAnne Lamott - Bird by BirdElizabeth Gilbert - Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray LoveWill Smith - WillBlake Snyder - Save the CatTembe Denton-Hurst - HomebodiesCandice Carty-Williams - QueenieZadie Smith - White TeethDiana Evans - 26aZadie Smith - Feel Free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back at the Jaipur Literature Festival at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives for this freewheeling conversation with the legend that is DBC Pierre! Pierre's debut novel Vernon God Little was the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award. He followed this with a series of acclaimed works in fiction and non-fiction including Ludmila's Broken English, Breakfast with the Borgias, Release the Bats and his latest Big Snake, Little Snake which is a meditation on fate, risk and luck. We talked to him about illicit reading in the barber's chair, writing tips and routines, hopeful books, debauchery, decadence and the necessary joy of plodding.Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour and the Ty the Beach Hut Guy Limelight competition on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack and her Summer School Writing Course HERE or email: creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com.BOOKSDBC Pierre - Vernon God LittleDBC Pierre -Big Snake Little SnakeWilliam Golding - Lord of the FliesJames Michener - The DriftersNaguib Mahfouz - Adrift on the NilePeter Frankopan - The Silk RoadsWilliam Dalrymple - The AnarchyEvelyn Waugh - Decline and FallJames Salter - A Sport and a PastimeMarquis De Sade - 120 Days of SodomMarquis De Sade - JulietteHenri Charrière - PapillionDBC Pierre - Release the BatsSarah Knight - Grow the F*** UpStephen King - On WritingStephen King - Dolores ClaiborneAnne Lamott - Bird By BirdViv Albertine - Clothes, Music, BoysAlejandro Zambra - My DocumentsIsabel Allende - House of the SpiritsJulio Cortazar - HopscotchJames Joyce - UlyssesGrigor Narekatsi - The Book of SadnessKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserJoris-Karl Huysmans - Against NatureJack Kerouac - Big Sur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are beyond honoured and excited to bring you this conversation with the legendary Christina Lamb OBE. Christina is the chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times and during her illustrious career she's reported from hot spots and war zones including Afghanistan, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and currently Ukraine. She's been named Foreign Correspondent of the Year on five occasions and winner of Europe’s top war reporting prize, the Prix Bayeux. She is the bestselling, acclaimed author of 10 books including Our Bodies Their Battlefield, House of Stone, The Africa House, The Sewing Circles of Herat and co-writer of the global phenomenon I Am Malala. Her latest book, The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless, looked at the pandemic response in the UK. Our interview with Christina took place during the Jaipur Literature Festival at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives and covers the joy of discovering new foreign authors, the wonders of poetry, books you can't put down and the importance of literature in a war zone.Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com.BOOKSChristina Lamb - The Prince Rupert Hotel for the HomelessChristina Lamb - The Africa HouseChristina Lamb - The Sewing Circles of HeratMalala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb - I am MalalaChristina Lamb - Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to WomenDennis Wheatley - The Devil Rides OutFyodor Dostoevsky - Brothers KaramazovEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsTove Jansson - Tales From MoominvalleyVarious - The Fireside BookWisława Szymborska - View With a Grain of SandJonny Steinberg - Winnie and NelsonRyszard Kapuściński - The Soccer WarSvetlana Alexievich - The Unwomanly Face of WarErnest Hemingway - A Farewell To ArmsHaruki Murakami - Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami - Norwegian WoodAndrey Kurkov - Death and the PeguinAnn Patchett - The Dutch HouseClaire Dederer - Love and TroubleVirginia Woolf - OrlandoAlexander Pushkin - Eugene OneginNadia Anjuman - Gule DudiFarzana Marie (Editor) - Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan Claire Dederer - MonstersWilliam Boyd - The RomanticPeter Frankopan - The Earth TransformedWilliam Boyd - Any Human HeartBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryScholastique Mukasonga - Barefoot Woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our love of Jane Austen should be painfully aware. But this week's guest might put our devotion to shame. The brilliant Andrew Hunter Murray hosts two hit podcasts: No Such Thing as a Fish (Andrew is also a QI Elf) and Page 94: A Private Eye Podcast (Andrew also writes for the magazine). He was also part of the UK's premier (and possibly only) Jane Austen based comedy improv group Austentatious - so his devotion to the beloved author is assured. Andrew is also a bestselling author, his first novel The Last Day, was a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, and one of the top 10 fiction debuts of 2020. His new book The Sanctuary has been described as 'A brilliantly clever thriller' by Richard Osman. We talked to Andrew about Douglas Adams, fabulous first editions, the brilliance of Persephone books, rewriting classics, sex and science and, of course, Jane Austen. Find out more about Andrew's picks at our Bookshop.org store.Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page @TheDaisyBee. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack HERE. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.com.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - LimelightAndrew Hunter Murray - The SanctuaryAndrew Hunter Murray - The Last DayJohn Wyndham - Day of the TriffidsGeorge Orwell - Coming Up For AirJane Austen - EmmaJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen - PersuasionJane Austen - Mansfield ParkDouglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyWendy Cooling - Puffin Book of Stories for Eight-year-oldsKen Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseHerman Melville - Moby DickCervantes - Don QuixoteDorothy Whipple - The Other DayDorothy Whipple - High WagesDorothy Whipple - Random CommentaryDorothy Whipple - They Knew Mr KnightElizabeth Taylor - AngelDH Lawrence - Lady's Chatterley's LoverWinifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a DayLucy Vine - Seven ExesAmor Towles - A Gentleman in MoscowNora Ephron - Crazy SaladDouglas Adams - So Long and Thanks For All the FishMary Roach - StiffMary Roach - BonkMary Roach - Animals, Vegetable, CriminalEvelyn Waugh - Sword of HonourEvelyn Waugh - Vile BodiesEvelyn Waugh - ScoopEvelyn Waugh - Decline and FallAmanda Craig - Three GracesSimon Raven - The Rich Pay LateEvelyn Waugh - Handful of DustNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeFrank Herbert - DunePD James - Death Comes to PemberleyEdith Wharton - House of Mirth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.