You're Booked

This week on the podcast, we visit the home of one of our favourite authors and favourite people, the brilliant Ericka Waller! Ericka is an award-winning columnist and the author of the acclaimed novels Dogs Days and Goodbye Birdie Greenwing. And, as you will hear, she is a voracious reader. We talked to her about filthy books, snacks in kids books and the genius of John Shuttleworth. Find out more about the books Ericka mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Order Daisy's new novel Pity Party HERE. More about the London Writer's Salon Podcast HERE.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyEricka Waller - Dog DaysEricka Waller - Goodbye Birdie GreenwingCathy Rentzenbrink - Everyone is Still AliveV. V. Ganeshananthan - Brotherless NightAnn Morgan - Reading the WorldKristin Hannah - The WomenIsabella Hammad - Enter GhostSarah Moss - The Good Bright WolfSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesHans Christian Andersen - Matchstick GirlJoanna Quinn - Whalebone TheatreMichelle Magorian - Back HomeMichelle Magorian - A Little Love SongTayari Jones - An American MarriageAnn Patchett - State of WonderEva Ibbotson - Journey To the River SeaAnne Tyler - Accidental TouristKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserRebecca Makkai - The Great BelieversRuth Coker Burks - All the Young MenArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityArmistead Maupin - Logical FamilyEmma Donoghue - The Pull of the StarsJerry Zucker - True Story of Airplane!Maeve Binchy - Scarlet FeatherMaeve Binchy - Circle of FriendsMaeve Binchy - Evening ClassMaeve Binchy - The Return JourneyColm Toibin - BrooklynColm Toibin - Long IslandTommy Cooper - Joke BookJohn Shuttleworth - Two MargarinesEL James - 50 Shades of GreyRachel Ingalls - Mrs CalibanMelissa Broder - The PiscesCrystal Jeans - The InvertsPaullina Simons - Bronze HorsemanPaullina Simons - Girl in Times SquareMarian Keyes - My Favourite MistakeMarian Keyes - Sushi For BeginnersDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableNathan Hill - WellnessPierre Choderlos de Laclos - Liaisons DangereusePhilippe Djian - Betty BluePenelope Douglas - BullyLJ Shen - HunterSebastian Faulks - BirdsongAli Hazelwood - Love HypothesisSally Thorne - Hating GameLindsey Kelk - Love StoryEmily Henry - Beach ReadCasey McQuiston - Red White and Royal BlueAnthony Doerr - Cloud Cuckoo LandAnthony Doerr - All The Light...Claire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever HadClaire Lombardo - Same As It Ever WasCatherine Newman - We All Want...Tish Delaney - Before My Actual Heart BreaksMiriam Toews - Fight NightMhairi McFarlane - Between UsJane Green - Jemima JFreya North - SallyAndy Weir - Project Hail MaryLouise Beech - Lion Tamer Who LostEmma Jane Kirby - Optician of LampedusaHarriet F Townson - D is for DeathCoco Mellors - Blue SistersBrianna Labuskes - Librarian of Burned BooksLiz Hyder - The IllusionsJoseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea

Our series 15 cavalcade of champions continues with the wonderful Catherine Gray! Catherine is an award-winning author, editor and podcaster whose writing has been seen in the Guardian, Stylist, Telegraph, Grazia and Stella. Catherine's hit debut book, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, became a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, followed by the acclaimed The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary, The Unexpected Joy of Being Single and Sunshine Warm Sober. Her debut novel Versions of a Girl has just been released. We talked to her about sobriety memoirs, formative reads, historical troublemakers, David Sedaris writing advice and more on the often fraught Fanny Price debate.Find out more about all the books Catherine mentioned by visiting 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...BOOKSCatherine Gray - Versions of a GirlCatherine Gray - The Unexpected Joy of Being SoberDaphne Du Maurier - RebeccaAugusten Burroughs - DrySarah Hepola - BlackoutMark Williams and Denny Penman - MindfulnessSasha Scoblic - UnwastedRolad Dahl - James and the Giant PeachLois Lowry - Anastasia KrupnikThe School of Life - How To Overcome Your ChildhoodJilly Cooper - RivalsPhilip Pullman - Northern LightsAnne Helen Petersen - Can't Even Vendela Veda - We Run the TidesCatherine Newman - SandwichCeleste Ng - Little Fires EverywhereCoco Mellors - Blue SistersKiley Reid - Come and Get itJane Austen - Mansfield ParkJane Austen - EmmaNikki May - WahalaNikki May - This Motherless LandJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceSylvia Townsend Warner - Lolly WillowesKatherine May - The Electricity of Every Living ThingElspeth Barker - O CaledoniaGail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's DiaryDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableJean Rhys - Good Morning Midnight Jay McInerney - Bright Lights Big CityJay McInerney - The Story of My LifeGeorge Eliot - MiddlemarchKatherine Heiny - Early Morning RiserCatherine Newman - We All Want Impossible ThingsGabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowCurtis Sittenfeld - American WifeDavid Sedaris - The Best of MeDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyJudith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink RabbitJoan Didion - Let Me Tell You What I MeanClare Keegan - FosterFrances Quinn - That Bone Setter WomanJodi Picoult - By Any Other NameBonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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

We're diving into the archives while we're on a little break and this week it's the novelist, essayist and New York Times Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld! Curtis is the author of the YB faves Prep, Eligible, American Wife, Romantic Comedy and a fictional look at Hilary Clinton: Rodham. We talked to her about First Ladies, short stories, writing like there's nobody watching and trying to make your kids like Laura Ingalls Wilder. Find a full list of the books Curtis 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 - InsatiableCurtis Sittenfeld - RodhamCurtis Sittenfeld - The NomineeHilary Clinton - Living HistoryCurtis Sittenfeld - American WifeEmily Gould - Perfect TunesEmily Gould - And the Heart Says WhateverLily King - Writers & LoversLily King - EuphoriaSusan Choi - Trust ExerciseLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Carol Ryrie Brink - Caddie WoodlawnGertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar ChildrenEL Konigsburg - From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank WeilerBecky Albertalli - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaCurtis Sittenfeld - You Think It I’ll Say ItElizabeth Strout - Olive KitteridgeAlice Munro - Selected StoriesTessa Hadley - The PastSusanna Daniel - StiltsvilleSusanna Daniel - Sea CreaturesMarisa Meltzer - This is BigSue Miller - MonogamySally Rooney - Normal PeopleSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsCurtis Sittenfeld - EligibleJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDemi Moore - Inside OutCurtis Sittenfeld - PrepRebecca Lee - BobcatJoseph O’Neill - Good TroubleLaura van den Berg - I Hold a Wolf by the EarsAli Smith - How To Be BothRaymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From