{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/88c77d59-05df-402d-8195-2dfc83d7a3e9/6484727fe432cf0010270438?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Balli Kaur Jaswal - You're Booked","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ef0dd159ecdb1bc24de1e2/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Now this is a treat! Get ready for a fun, frank and fascinating conversation with the great <a href=\"https://www.ballijaswal.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Balli Kaur Jaswal</strong></a><strong>!</strong> Balli is the author of five award-wining, bestselling novels, translated into fifteen languages. <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9780008209919\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows</strong></a>&nbsp;was picked by Reese Witherspoon for her book club, <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781912098668\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sugarbread</strong></a>&nbsp;was&nbsp;a finalist for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize and the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize and her new novel <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9780008433741\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Now You See Us</strong></a><strong> </strong>has just been released to international acclaim. We talked to her about formative reading adventures in Russia, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines, stories of female solidarity, the book that made her want to build worlds and the unfortunate consequences of starting your own detective club.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Find out about Daisy's Limelight book tour on her Instagram page <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thedaisybee/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@TheDaisyBee</a>. Find out more about Daisy's Creative Confidence Substack<a href=\"https://creativeconfidenceclinic.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&nbsp;HERE</strong></a>. And sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to:<a href=\"https://furtherreading.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&nbsp;FurtherReading.Substack.com</strong></a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS</strong></p><p>Daisy Buchanan - Limelight</p><p>Balli Kaur Jaswal - Now You See Us</p><p>Balli Kaur Jaswal - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows</p><p>Roald Dahl - The Twits</p><p>Roald Dahl - The Witches</p><p>Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley Twins</p><p>Judy Blume - Forever</p><p>Beverly Cleary - Ramona Forever</p><p>Beverly Cleary - Fifteen</p><p>Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie</p><p>Various - The Bookworm Club</p><p>Various - The Bookworm Gang</p><p>RL Stein - Goosebumps</p><p>Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable</p><p>RL Stein - Fear Street</p><p>Judith Krantz - Scruples</p><p>Shirley Conran - Lace</p><p>Samantha Irby - Quietly Hostile</p><p>Avni Doshi - Burnt Sugar</p><p>Abigail Burdess - Mother's Day</p><p>Tayari Jones - Silver Sparrow</p><p>Tayari Jones - An American Marriage</p><p>Elizabeth Gilbert - City of Girls</p><p>Kent Haruf - Plainsong</p><p>Coco Mellors - Cleo and Frankenstein</p><p>Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life</p><p>Patrick deWitt - French Exit</p><p>Ann M. Martin - Babysitter's Club</p><p>Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility</p><p>Kayla Rae Whitaker - The Animators</p><p>Louise Bagshawe - Career Girls</p><p>Daisy Buchanan - Careering</p><p>Hema Sukumar - Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments</p><p>Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead</p><p>Charles Dickens - David Copperfield</p><p>Abi Dare - Girl With the Louding Voice</p><p>Madhuri Vijay - The Far Field</p>","author_name":"Daisy Buchanan"}