We are so delighted to bring you this nourishing, fascinating and frequently hilarious conversation with comedian, podcaster, Taskmaster alumnus and now memoirist Fern Brady! Fern is an acclaimed and celebrated stand-up (currently on tour around the UK), co-hosted the BBC podcast Wheel of Misfortune with Alison Spittle and has just released the remarkable memoir Strong Female Character which covers autism, stripping and Catholicism. It's very funny. We talked to Fern about Jean Rhys, her obsession with Jeanette Winterson, memoir qualms and why teenage boys don't eat vegetables. For your chance to appear on the podcast, pre-order Daisy's next book Limelight from Bookshop.org.
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Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Daisy Buchanan - Careering Diablo Cody - Candy Girl Lisa Alther - Kinflicks Holly Smales - The Cassandra Complex Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar Jeanette Winterson - Oranges are Not the Only Fruit Joanne Limburg - Letters to My Weird Sisters Jeanette McCurdy - I'm Glad My Mom Died Katy Wix - Delicacy Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep Jean Rhys - Good Morning Midnight Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea Diana Athill - Stet Diana Athill - Don't Look at Me Like That Caroline Corcoran - What Happened on Floor 34 Lucy Easthope - When the Dust Settles Augusten Burroughs - Dry Augusten Burroughs - Running With Scissors Mary Karr - Art of Memoir Miki Berenyi - Fingers Crossed Marise Gaughan - Trouble Irvine Welsh - Porno Rebecca Ray - A Certain Age DH Lawrence - Women in Love F Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the Night Charles Dickens - Bleak House Decca Aitkenhead - All at Sea James Joyce - Ulysses Bee Wilson - First Bite Andrea Ashworth - Once in a House on Fire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fern Brady - You're Booked

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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...
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Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood
Elif Shafak - 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World 
Elif Shafak - Three Daughters of Eve
Marco Pierre White - The Devil in the Kitchen
Samin Nosrat - Salt Fat Acid Heat
Jason Goodwin - Yashim Cooks Istanbul
Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
Virginia Woolf - Orlando
Rowan Coleman - We Are All Made of Stars
Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend
Thomas Page McBee - Amateur
Elif Shafak - Honour
Donna Tartt - The Secret History
Esquire - Oral History of Bennington
Bret Easton Ellis - Rules of Attraction
David Sedaris - Calypso
Laura Esquivel - Like Water For Chocolate
Rumi - Selected Poems
Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall
Matthew Sperling - Astroturf
Ottessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Sarah Krasnostein - The Trauma Cleaner
Will Eaves - Murmur
Cervantes - Don Quixote
Marian Keyes - The Break Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elif Shafak - You're Booked Archive All-Stars

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...    
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Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld - The Nominee Hilary Clinton - Living History Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife Emily Gould - Perfect Tunes Emily Gould - And the Heart Says Whatever Lily King - Writers & Lovers Lily King - Euphoria Susan Choi - Trust Exercise Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie  Carol Ryrie Brink - Caddie Woodlawn Gertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar Children EL Konigsburg - From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank Weiler Becky Albertalli - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Curtis Sittenfeld - You Think It I’ll Say It Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge Alice Munro - Selected Stories Tessa Hadley - The Past Susanna Daniel - Stiltsville Susanna Daniel - Sea Creatures Marisa Meltzer - This is Big Sue Miller - Monogamy Sally Rooney - Normal People Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Demi Moore - Inside Out Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep Rebecca Lee - Bobcat Joseph O’Neill - Good Trouble Laura van den Berg - I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Ali Smith - How To Be Both Raymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curtis Sittenfeld - You're Booked Archive All-Stars

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...
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Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Sara Pascoe - Animal Sara Pascoe - Sex Money Power Bernadine Evaristo - Girl Woman Other Anbara Salam - Belladonna Hilary Mantel - The Mirror and the Light Lynne Reid Banks - I Houdini Kathy Reichs - The Bone Collection Robert Sapolsky - Behave Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Jeanine Cummins - American Dirt DH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s Lover Kate Elizabeth Russell - My Dark Vanessa Lisa Taddeo - Three Women Alissa Nutting - Tampa Sally Rooney - Normal People Graham Greene - End of the Affair Andrew Sean Greer - Less Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Dodie Smith - I Capture The Castle Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood Jackie Collins - The Stud JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes George Orwell - Keep The Aspidistra Flying Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys Sarra Manning - Unsticky Marian Keyes - Grown Ups Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Pascoe - You're Booked Archive All-Stars

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...
BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Eva Ibbotson - Secret Countess Marian Keyes - Grown Ups Marian Keyes - The Break Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind Truman Capote - In Cold Blood Joseph Heller - Catch 22 Jilly Cooper - Octavia Jane Austen - Persuasion Jilly Cooper - Riders Jilly Cooper - Rivals Jilly Cooper - Man Who Made Husbands Jealous Jilly Cooper - Polo Shirley Conran - Lace Fiona Walker - French Relations Raven Leilani - Luster Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny - Single, Carefree, Mellow Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Fleishman Is in Trouble Elinor Lipman - Good Riiddance Elinor Lipman - On Turpentine Lane Laurie Graham - Ten O’Clock Horses Glennon Doyle - Untamed Anne Lamott - Bird By Bird Anne Lamott - Almost Everything Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones and the 6 Eve Babitz - Slow Days Fast Company Eve Babitz - Eve’s Hollywood Barbara Trapido - Travelling Hornplayer Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Lee Tulloch - Fabulous Nobodies Barbara Vine - Fatal Inversion Tana French - In the Woods Tana French - The Likeness Jane Harper - The Dry Tana French - The Searcher Debra Dean - Madonnas of Leningrad Jaclyn Moriarty - Gravity is the Thing Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Lily King - Writers and Lovers Lily King - Euphoria Naoise Dolan - Exciting Times Charlotte Wood - The Weekend Bernardine Evaristo - Girl Woman Other Ann Cleeves - Telling Tales Philippa Gregory - Dark Tides Frances Cha - If I Had Your Face Louise O’Neill - After the Silence Sarah Hilary - Fragile Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marian Keyes - You're Booked Archive All-Stars

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...
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Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella - I Owe You One Norman Hunter - The Dribblesome Teapots Dorothy Edwards - My Naughty Little Sister Beverly Cleary - Ramona Nick Hornby - High Fidelity PG Wodehouse - The Code of the Woosters PG Wodehouse - Blandings Sophie Kinsella - Undomesticated Goddess Jilly Cooper - Rivals Jilly Cooper - Imogen Jilly Cooper - Harriet Jilly Cooper - Riders Shirley Conran - Lace Sophie Kinsella - Can You Keep a Secret Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch JG Links - Venice For Pleasure Leila Slimani - Adele George & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a Nobody EM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Phillip Pullman - Northern Lights Michael Grant - Gone EF Benson - Mapp and Lucia Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Joan Didion - Slouching Towards Bethlehem Sarra Manning - Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp Lilly Singh - How To Be a Bawse Dave Eggers - The Circle Sophie Kinsella - Finding Audrey Noel Streatfeild - A Vicarage Family Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild - White Boots Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fern Brady - You're Booked

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