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While we're taking a little break, we're sharing some of our favourite episodes from previous series. This week, it's the amazing stand-up, author, actor and all around inspiration Sara Pascoe! Sara is one of the most heralded comedians working today and the immensely talented author of the books Animal, Sex Power Money and the novel Weirdo. We talked to her about reading habits during quarantine (the episode was recorded during lockdown), big lies involving hamsters, unspeakable acts committed against libraries and the saddest book she has ever read. Find a full list of the books Sophie 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 - InsatiableSara Pascoe - AnimalSara Pascoe - Sex Money PowerBernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherAnbara Salam - BelladonnaHilary Mantel - The Mirror and the LightLynne Reid Banks - I HoudiniKathy Reichs - The Bone CollectionRobert Sapolsky - BehaveHarriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom’s CabinJeanine Cummins - American DirtDH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s LoverKate Elizabeth Russell - My Dark VanessaLisa Taddeo - Three WomenAlissa Nutting - TampaSally Rooney - Normal PeopleGraham Greene - End of the AffairAndrew Sean Greer - LessJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDodie Smith - I Capture The CastleLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenHaruki Murakami - Norwegian WoodJackie Collins - The StudJD Salinger - Catcher in the RyeHanya Yanagihara - A Little LifeNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesGeorge Orwell - Keep The Aspidistra FlyingTruman Capote - Breakfast at TiffanysSarra Manning - UnstickyMarian Keyes - Grown Ups

While we take a little break, we're sharing just a few of our favourite ever episodes from the archives. This week we're with the author who has probably been discussed on the show more than any other and one of our favourite writers of all time - the legendary Marian Keyes! Marian is one of the most successful Irish novelists of all time, selling over 30 million books in 33 different languages. When we chatted to Marian, she was about to release the brilliant, chart-topping Grown Ups. Since then we've seen a sequel to Rachel's Holiday, Again Rachel and her latest My Favourite Mistake. We talked to Marian about the pleasures of reading, the joys of Jilly Cooper, why she's craving fictional glamour and struggling with Jane Austen. And as this episode was released on the week Daisy's novel Insatiable was launched, there's a bonus, exclusive (and steamy!) clip from the audiobook. Find a full list of the books Sophie 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 - InsatiableMarian Keyes - Rachel's HolidayEva Ibbotson - Secret CountessMarian Keyes - Grown UpsMarian Keyes - The BreakMargaret Mitchell - Gone With the WindTruman Capote - In Cold BloodJoseph Heller - Catch 22Jilly Cooper - OctaviaJane Austen - PersuasionJilly Cooper - RidersJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands JealousJilly Cooper - PoloShirley Conran - LaceFiona Walker - French RelationsRaven Leilani - LusterKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, MellowTaffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman Is in TroubleElinor Lipman - Good RiiddanceElinor Lipman - On Turpentine LaneLaurie Graham - Ten O’Clock HorsesGlennon Doyle - UntamedAnne Lamott - Bird By BirdAnne Lamott - Almost EverythingTaylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the 6Eve Babitz - Slow Days Fast CompanyEve Babitz - Eve’s HollywoodBarbara Trapido - Travelling HornplayerBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackLee Tulloch - Fabulous NobodiesBarbara Vine - Fatal InversionTana French - In the WoodsTana French - The LikenessJane Harper - The DryTana French - The SearcherDebra Dean - Madonnas of LeningradJaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the ThingLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeLily King - Writers and LoversLily King - EuphoriaNaoise Dolan - Exciting TimesCharlotte Wood - The WeekendBernardine Evaristo - Girl Woman OtherAnn Cleeves - Telling TalesPhilippa Gregory - Dark TidesFrances Cha - If I Had Your FaceLouise O’Neill - After the SilenceSarah Hilary - Fragile

We're heading back into the extensive YB archives to bring you one of our favourite episodes from yesteryear. This week we’re in Central London – home of some of the greatest shops in the world and our guest, the multimillion selling superstar novelist Sophie Kinsella! Sophie is the author of over 30 books, including novels, children’s books and her hit Shopaholic series, and she’s as prolific a reader as she is a writer. Her latest is massive bestseller The Burnout. We talked to Sophie about PG Wodehouse, Jilly Cooper, sex, jokes, bums and why she ended up buying four copies of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. (And, as you'll hear, it was our first introduction to the brilliant (and later YB guest) Katherine Heiny! Find a full list of the books Sophie 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...BOOKSSophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicSophie Kinsella - I Owe You OneNorman Hunter - The Dribblesome TeapotsDorothy Edwards - My Naughty Little SisterBeverly Cleary - RamonaNick Hornby - High FidelityPG Wodehouse - The Code of the WoostersPG Wodehouse - BlandingsSophie Kinsella - Undomesticated GoddessJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - ImogenJilly Cooper - HarrietJilly Cooper - RidersShirley Conran - LaceSophie Kinsella - Can You Keep a SecretDonna Tartt - The GoldfinchJG Links - Venice For PleasureLeila Slimani - AdeleGeorge & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyEM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial LadyKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationPhillip Pullman - Northern LightsMichael Grant - GoneEF Benson - Mapp and LuciaJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJoan Didion - Slouching Towards BethlehemSarra Manning - Rise and Fall of Becky SharpLilly Singh - How To Be a BawseDave Eggers - The CircleSophie Kinsella - Finding AudreyNoel Streatfeild - A Vicarage FamilyNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfeild - White Boots

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

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

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

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

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

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