This week we are honoured to talk to globally acclaimed author, poet, screenwriter and Booker prize winner Ben Okri OBE! Ben has won numerous awards and honorary doctorates for his fiction and poetry and is considered one of the foremost African authors of the modern era. We talked to Ben about the meaning of being, the character of Walt Whitman, the idea of comfort reading and the importance of reading to our humanity.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy Buchanan - CareeringBen Okri - The Famished RoadBen Okri - Every Leaf a HallelujahMarcel Proust - Swann’s WayMarcel Proust - In the Shadow of Young Girls in FlowerMarcel Proust - The Guermantes WayMarcel Proust - Sodom and GomorrahMarcel Proust - The PrisonerMarcel Proust - The FugitiveMarcel Proust - Time RegainedPlato - The RepublicAristotle - Complete WorksHomer - The OdysseyHomer - The IliadAna Sampson (Ed) - WonderStendahl - La Chartreuse de ParmePaul Zweig - Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman - Leaves of GrassOlivia Laing - The Lonely CityTS Eliot - The Waste LandAlbert Camus - The Plague See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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We preparing a brand new season of YB - but as a delicious taster, enjoy this wonderful conversation with avid reader, book blogger and lover of all things literary Tilly Fitzgerald AKA TillyLovesBooks (on all branches of social media). we were delighted when Tilly got involved with out Books to Nourish auction, raising funds for Fareshare, a charity fighting hunger and food waste - if you can, please do contribute to this fantastic cause at fareshare.org.uk. We talked to Tilly about antipodean authors, books that make you cry, great books for kids and tackling the TBR pile.BOOKSMaggie O’Farrell - HamnetClare Chambers - Small PleasuresCharlotte Wood - The WeekendAnna Hope - ExpectationEva Carter - How To Save a LifeLucy Ellmann - Ducks, NewburyportHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeAbi Dare - Girl With the Louding VoicePeace Adzo Medie - His Only WifeCathy Rentzenbrink - Everyone is Still AliveElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet ChroniclesMarian Keyes - Rachel’s HolidayMarian Keyes - Again RachelFiona Scarlett - Boys Don’t CryArmistead Maupin - Days of Anna MadrigalLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeSarah Winman - Still LifeSarah Winman - Tin ManJohn Boyne - Heart’s Invisible FuriesJohn Boyne - Echo ChamberSally Rooney - Normal PeopleSally Rooney - Beautiful World Where Are YouTiffany McDaniel - BettyJanice Hallett - The AppealCatriona Ward - Last House on Needless StreetFran Lebowitz - Reader See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This week we are beyond delighted to welcome the brilliant and hilarious Isy Suttie to You’re Booked towers! Isy is a comedian, actor and the author of a memoir The Actual One and the wonderful novel Jane is Trying. We talked to her about eating mince, thriller addiction, the pain of rereading and getting a boy to buy you Forever.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableIsy Suttie - Jane is TryingIsy Suttie - The Actual OneSara Pascoe - AnimalSue Miller - The Good MotherBev Thomas - A Good Enough MotherLouise Doughty - Apple Tree YardSteig Larsson - Girl With the Dragon TattooErin Kelly - He Said She SaidLiz Nugent - Skin DeepErin Kelly - Burning AirRuth Rendell - Judgement in StoneWill Dean - Last Thing To BurnJohn Yorke - Into The Woods Libbie Hawker - Take Off Your Pants!Lisa Jewell - Ralph’s PartyFiona Walker - French RelationsLisa Jewell - Family UpstairsShari Lapena - Couple Next DoorJudy Blume - Then Again Maybe I Won’tJohn Fowles - The MagusSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveF Scott Fitzgerald - Great GatsbyF Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the NightDavid Nicholls - UsDavid Nicholls - One DayTheodore Dreiser - Sister CarrieRachel Edwards - LuckyJudy Blume - ForeverJudy Blume - Are You There God It’s Me MargaretJoseph Heller - Catch 22Nina Stibbe - Love NinaSharon Osbourne - UnbreakableEL James - 50 Shades of GreyEnid Blyton - Malory TowersEnid Blyton - Enchanted WoodKaty Wix - DelicacyLucy Vine - Bad Choices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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For our series finale, we are thrilled to present this conversation with author, podcaster and all-round inspiration Otegha Uwagba! Otegha is the author of the bestselling career guide Little Black Book and the essay collection Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods which was picked as one of the Guardian’s Books of The Year. Her latest book is the memoir We Need To Talk About Money. We talked to her about Enid Blyton deep cuts, books about families, jumping aboard the Ferrante bandwagon and why some books are like catnip.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableOtegha Uwagba - Little Black BookOtegha Uwagba - Whites: On Race and Other FalsehoodsOtegha Uwagba - We Need To Talk About MoneyJodi Kantor and Megan Twohey - She SaidEnid Blyton - Famous FiveEnid Blyton - Secret SevenEnid Blyton - Five Find-OutersCS Lewis - Chronicles of NarniaJK Rowling - Harry PotterMary Wesley - Sensible LifeElena Ferrante - Lying Life of AdultsElena Ferrante - Neapolitan QuartetGerald Durrell - My Family and Other AnimalsElaine Castillo - America is Not the HeartJulian Fellowes - SnobsKatherine Heiny - Single Carefree MellowDolly Alderton - Everything I Know About LoveMeg Mason - Sorrow and BlissMeg Wolitzer - The InterestingsMeg Wolitzer - The Female PersuasionDeborah Levy - Real EstateDeborah Levy - Cost of LivingLisa Taddeo - Three WomenAlain de Botton - Course of LoveAda Calhoun - Wedding Toasts I’ll Never GiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie - AmericanahTorrey Peters - Detransition Baby  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This week we welcome a genuine literary legend to YB: Nick Hornby! Nick is the bestselling author of eight novels, including High Fidelity, About a Boy and, most recently, Just Like You. He’s also published non-fiction such as Fever Pitch, and has written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and Love Nina. We talked to him about Rin Tin Tin, the pain of rereading, the definition of a classic and why his dad kept Fanny Hill in his boot.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableNick Hornby- Just Like YouMarilynne Robinson - GileadMarilynne Robinson - HousekeepingLucy Ellmann - Ducks NewburyportGeoffrey Willans - Compleet MolesworthSue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian MoleAlbert Camus - The StrangerZadie Smith - White TeethMartin Amis - MoneyNick Hornby - Fever PitchEM Forster - Passage To IndiaGeorge Orwell - EssaysCharles Dickens - David CopperfieldCharles Dickens - Great ExpectationsJoseph Heller - Catch 22Nina Stibbe - Love NinaPaul Ewen - Francis PlugGeorge & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyAuberon Waugh - Diaries 72-76Nick Hornby - Stuff I’ve Been ReadingDavid Kynaston - Austerity BritainPG Wodehouse - LettersAngus Calder - Myth of the BlitzRickie Lee Jones - Last Chance TexacoJane Allen - I Lost My Childish LaughterMark Harris - Mike NicholsCarter & Kashner - Mike Nichols: Life Isn't EverythingNora Ephron - Crazy SaladMark Harris - 

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This week we are thrilled to present an illuminating chat with one of our favourite all-time writers: Olivia Laing! Olivia is the author of To the River, The Trip to Echo Spring, The Lonely City and Funny Weather. Her novel Crudo was a Sunday Times bestseller, a New York Times notable book, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths and Gordon Burn Prizes and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her latest book is Everybody: A Book About Freedom. We talked to her about Warhol’s wigs, Kathy Acker as a teenage totem, Jilly Cooper revelations and a Henry James slam courtesy of John Cheever.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableOlivia Laing - Lonely CityOlivia Laing - Funny WeatherOlivia Laing - CrudoOlivia Laing - EverybodyCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchJilly Cooper - ImogenJilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands JealousJane Austen - PersuasionJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreWilliam Burroughs - The Cat InsideKathy Acker - Great ExpectationsJD Salinger - Nine StoriesTH White - Once and Future KingSiri Hustvedt - What I LovedDerek Jarman - Modern NatureDerek Jarman - ChromaPatricia Highsmith - Talented Mr RipleyPatricia Highsmith - Ripley Under GroundOlivia Laing - Trip to Echo SpringJessica Anya Blau - Mary JaneTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the SixHermione Lee - Virginia WoolfAndy Warhol - DiariesTina Brown - DiariesLinda Rosenkrantz - TalkAndy Warhol - 

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This week we’re delighted to welcome the author of one of our favourite novels of recent times Clare Chambers! Clare’s novel Small Pleasures was a Women’s Prize nominee and a book of the Year in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Metro and many more and beloved over here at You’re Booked towers. We talked to her about Katherine Heiny, out of print revelations, slow reading and using Nina Stibbe as a friendship barometer.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableClare Chambers - Small PleasuresAmor Towles - Gentleman in MoscowAnn Patchett - Bel CantoTara Westover - EducatedJeannette Walls - Glass CastleGerald Durrell - My Family and Other AnimalsNina Stibbe - Love NinaLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the PrairieJane Austen - Northanger AbbeyCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreAlexander Dumas - Count of Monte ChristoThomas Hardy - Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy - Return of the NativeThomas Hardy - Tess of the d’UrbervillesThomas Hardy - Far From the Madding CrowdAlain-Fournier - Grand Meaulnes Jane Austen - PersuasionPaulette Jiles - News of the WorldTayari Jones - American MarriageTayari Jones - Silver SparrowCharles Palliser - Quincunx Katherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationWinifred Holtby - South RidingJosephine Tey - Franchise AffairJosephine Tey - Brat FarrarElizabeth Jane Howard - Mr WrongIngrid Persaud - Love After LoveZoe Pilger - 

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This week, we're delighted to sit down and chat with the multi-award winning author, speaker, podcaster and Financial Times columnist Elizabeth Uviebinené! Elizabeth's first book was the groundbreaking Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible, co-written with her best friend Yomi Adegoke. She also co-edited Loud Black Girls with Yomi and co-presented Slay in Your Lane: The Podcast. Her latest book is The Reset, a fundamental rethink of how we work and live. We talked to her about the genius of Jacqueline Wilson, the fun of delving into awkward subjects and reading Danielle Steel on the bus.BOOKSElizabeth Uviebinené - The ResetElizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke - Slay In Your LaneElizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke - Loud Black GirlsSheryl Sandberg - Lean InCaleb Azumah Nelson - Open WaterJacqueline Wilson - Dustbin BabyJacqueline Wilson - Suitcase KidDanielle Steel - The PromiseTasmina Perry - Gold DiggersTasmina Perry - Daddy's GirlsTasmina Perry - Guilty PleasuresLouise Bagshawe - Career GirlsTilly Bagshawe - AdoredJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJonathan Coe - House of SleepSophie Kinsella - Undomestic GoddessMalcolm Gladwell - OutliersMalcolm Gladwell - Tipping PointMalcolm Gladwell - BlinkJilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands JealousSophie Mort - Manual For Being HumanOtegha Uwagba - We Need to Talk About MoneyClare Seal - Real Life Money  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This week we're delighted to welcome the legendary novelist, playwright, performer, journalist and teacher Esther Freud to You're Booked. Esther is the author of nine novels, her first Hideous Kinky was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys prize and turned into a hit film starring Kate Winslet. Her latest is the captivating I Couldn't Love You More. We talked to her about the pain of book gifting, the genius of Jean Rhys, the power of poetry and the hilarity of Maria Semple.BOOKSEsther Freud - Hideous KinkyEsther Freud - I Couldn’t Love You MoreElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet ChroniclesElizabeth Jane Howard - SlipstreamLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big WoodsLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the PrairieTracy Chevalier - Girl With a Pearl EarringJean Rhys - Voyage in the DarkJean Rhys - Wide Sargasso SeaGeorge Orwell - EssaysCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreNicole Krauss - To Be a ManNicole Krauss - History of LoveSylvia Townsend Warner - English ClimateElizabeth Bowen - Collected StoriesTessa Hadley - Bad DreamsDavid Szalay - TurbulenceLucia Berlin - Manual for Cleaning WomenMhairi McFarlane - Here’s Looking at YouJane Ions - Domestic Bliss and Other DisastersLeo Tolstoy - Anna KareninaJon McGregor - Reservoir 13Andrew Sean Greer - LessEvelyn Waugh - Handful of DustEvelyn Waugh - Vile BodiesNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveMaria Semple - Where'd You Go BernadetteLouisa May Alcott - 

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We are so excited to welcome one of our favourite ever authors to the You're Booked airwaves this week. Katherine Heiny is the author of the novels Standard Deviation and Early Morning Riser, plus the short story collection Single, Carefree, Mellow. Her books are funny, moving, wise and just fantastic. We talked to her about rice pudding, espionage, the pain of dinner parties, unnerving Judy Blume and rereading Nora Ephron.BOOKSKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Single Carefree MellowKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserAlice Thomas Ellis - Other Side of the FireAlice Thomas Ellis - Summer HouseAlice Thomas Ellis - Unexplained LaughterStella Gibbons - Cold Comfort FarmLaurie Colwin - Home CookingNigella Lawson - FeastNora Ephron - HeartburnNora Ephron - Most of...Nell Zink - MislaidThomas Harris - Silence of the LambsThomas Harris - Red DragonStephen King - CarrieDorothy Parker - Complete StoriesBarbara Trapido - Noah’s ArkLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the PrairieLacy Crawford - Notes on a SilencingNaoise Dolan - Exciting TimesElif Batuman - The IdiotCarmen Maria Machado - In The Dream HouseNina Renata Aron - Good Morning Destroyer of Men’s SoulsDeborah Kay Davies - True Things About MeHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryNick Hornby - High FidelityMargaret Mitchell - Gone With the WindF Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the NightF Scott Fitzgerald - Great GatsbyLeo Tolstoy - 

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This week we are delighted to welcome author, award-winner and Books to Nourish auction victor Emma Batchelor! Emma’s debut book, Now That I See You, is an acclaimed love story, told through letters and diary entries, reflecting Emma’s own experience of identity, gender and grief. The book won the Vogel Literary Award, Australia's most prestigious prize for an unpublished manuscript. We talked to her about great Australian literature, lady detectives, eroticism in Jane Austen and the genius of Nina Stibbe. For more on Books to Nourish visit bookstonourish.wordpress.com/ and discover more about FareShare at fareshare.org.BOOKSEmma Batchelor - Now That I See YouTorrey Peters - Detransition BabyAlexandra Heminsley - Some Body To LoveKerry Greenwood - Phryne Fisher MysteriesJoan Lindsay - Picnic at Hanging RockRuth Park - Harp in the SouthMelina Marchetta - Looking for AlibrandiJessie Tu - Lonely Girl is a Dangerous ThingDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableNaoise Dolan - Exciting TimesKabi Nagata - My Lesbian Year of LonelinessSophie Kinsella - Undomestic GoddessSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicJane Austen - EmmaJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceHelen Halstead - A Private PerformanceElla Baxter - New AnimalNancy Mitford - Pursuit of LoveSheila Heti - MotherhoodNell Frizzell - Panic YearsEmma Jane Unsworth - AdultsHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryRuby Tandoh - Eat UpLaurie Colwin - Home CookingNina Stibbe - 

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This week we welcome a true publishing legend to the show. Judy Piatkus founded Piatkus Books from her Essex bedroom in 1979. She went on to release books by globally bestselling authors such as Danielle Steel, VC Andrews, Mary Berry and Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. Now Judy has released her own memoir, Ahead of Her Time. We talked to her about her glittering publishing career, the books that got away, the genius of Ann Patchett and the power of Feng Shui. BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableJudy Piatkus - Ahead of Her TimeHeather Morris - Tattooist of AuschwitzJoseph Kanon - DefectorsAnn Cleeves - Hidden DepthsAnn Cleeves - Raven BlackDanielle Steel - The PromiseCynthia Freeman - No Time For TearsVC Andrews - Flowers in the AtticLinda Grant - A Stranger CityTessa Hadley - Late in the DayVC Andrews - My Sweet AudrinaMargaret Mitchell - Gone With the WindVC Andrews - Petals on the WindJudy Blume - ForeverElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet ChroniclesJames Redfield - Celestine ProphecyHarville Hendrix - Getting the Love You WantSusan Jeffers - Feel the Fear and Do It AnywayHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryKaren Kingston - Clear Your Clutter With Feng ShuiMarie Kondo - Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpBenjamin Moser - SontagNevil Shute - On The BeachAlistair MacLean - Ice Station ZebraMary Renault - King Must DieLeon Uris - ExodusLissa Evans - V For VictoryAnne Tyler - 

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This week we are delighted to present a funny, freewheeling conversation with author, actor, podcaster and comedy legend Charlie Higson! As well as co-creating The Fast Show and Down the Line, adapting Marple and Jekyll and Hyde for TV, hosting the Charlie Higson & Friends podcast and popping up in Broadchurch, he's the author of many books including the hugely successful Young Bond and The Enemy series. His latest is the sweet and hilarious kids book Worst Holiday Ever. We talked to him about Fungus, Octopi, Bond, diaries and Samuel Beckett’s influence on the Fast Show.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableCharlie Higson - Young BondCharlie Higson - The EnemyCharlie Higson - Worst Holiday EverElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet ChroniclesGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchIan Fleming - ThunderballCervantes - Don QuixoteHerman Melville - Moby DickSamuel Beckett - Three NovelsSamuel Beckett - Krapps Last TapeSteve Martin - Born Standing UpMichael Palin - DiariesAndy Warhol - DiariesEB White - LettersRichard Burton - DiariesHenry 'Chips' Channon - DiariesNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveChris Kraus - I Love DickPeter Godfrey-Smith - Other MindsMerlin Sheldrake - Entangled LifeGiulia Enders - GutWill Storr - Status GameWill Storr - Science of StorytellingFriends on the Shelf magazine  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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What a great way to start a new series! The brilliant Emma Jane Unsworth joins us down the line from Brighton. Emma is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hungry, the Stars and Everything, Adults and Animals, which was turned into a lauded film. Her latest work is a memoir about motherhood: After the Storm. We talked to her about werewolves, living in Jane Eyre's world, dirty girl gangs and the redemptive qualities of Carrie Fisher.BOOKSEmma Jane Unsworth - AnimalsEmma Jane Unsworth - AdultsEmma Jane Unsworth - After The StormCharlotte Bronte - Jane EyreAgatha Christie - CollectionCarrie Fisher - Postcards From the EdgeMarian Keyes - Rachel’s HolidayEdward St Aubyn - Bad NewsCalla Henkel - Other People’s ClothesEmer McLysaght & Sarah Breen - Oh My God What a Complete AislingNikesh Shukla - Brown BabyCandice Brathwaite - I Am Not Your Baby MotherSigrid Nunez - The FriendGayl Jones - CorregidoraCandice Carty-Williams - QueenieRaven Leilani - LusterKristen Roupenian - You Know You Want ThisGlen Duncan - Last WerewolfJilly Cooper - RivalsGustave Flaubert - Madame BovaryMaggie Nelson - ArgonautsSinead Gleeson - ConstellationsMaggie O’Farrell - I Am I Am I AmLynn Enright - VaginaKirstin Innes - Scabby QueenJenn Ashworth - Ghosted: A Love StoryJenni Fagan - Luckenbooth Jenni Fagan -The Panopticon Katherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserKatherine Heiny - 

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This week's guest is a full-blown National Treasure. Mel Giedroyc is a versatile presenter, actor and comedian, who formed a formidable comedy partnership with Sue Perkins, hosted the iconic Great British Bake Off and has starred in West End musicals. And now Mel can add novelist to her list of achievements with her critically acclaimed debut The Best Things already topping the charts. We talked to her about her ferocious devotion to Jean Valjean, the funny book she always gives as a gift and the book so scary she'd only read it when other people were in the room.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableMel Giedroyc - The Best Things Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the WindJane Austen - PersuasionVictor Hugo - Les MiserablesEmily Bronte - Wuthering HeightsNigel Planer & Christopher Douglas - I an ActorThomas Harris - Silence of the LambsRobert Goddard - Past CaringRobert Goddard - The Fine Art of Invisible DetectionAlice Thomas Ellis - Unexplained LaughterCharles Dickens - Nicholas NickelbyCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseLaurie Colwin - Home CookingLaurie Colwin - More Home CookingLaurie Colwin - Happy All The TimeElena Ferrante - Lying Life of AdultsElena Ferrante - Neapolitan QuartetEvelyn Waugh - Vile BodiesLissa Evans - V For VictoryMary Wesley - Sensible LifeMary Welsley - Camomile LawnZadie Smith - Swing TimeDonatella Di Pietrantonio - A Girl ReturnedDante - InfernoGeorgia Pritchett - My Mess is a Bit of a LifeNina Stibbe - Reasons To Be CheerfulFanny Craddock - Fanny Craddock Invites  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Welcome to You’re Booked, the podcast for literary nosy parkers who would like the chance to snoop around their favourite authors’ bookshelves.I’m Daisy Buchanan, your Book Inspector, and I’ll be asking our guests all about the first forbidden books they read under the covers, the beloved books they have borrowed, and never given back, and those impressive heavyweight hardbacks that make them look like intellectual giants – even though they couldn’t get beyond the first twenty pages.We’ll also be talking about what makes readers into writers, how our guests became book lovers and their favourite reading memories, all with a dash of intelligence and a dollop of irreverence. Our guests include Dolly Alderton, Nina Stibbe, Nikesh Shukla, and many more favourites from our own bookshelves.

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