We're venturing deep into East London this week to peruse the library of journalist and author Lauren Bravo. Lauren recently released What Would The Spice Girls Do? a joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. A wide ranging discussion covered the use of wee in James Joyce, Colin Firth in your pencil case, upsetting Ali Smith and an extraordinarily accurate Psammead impression.

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Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood

Lauren Bravo - What Would The Spice Girls Do?

Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen - Oh My God What a Complete Aisling

Nora Ephron - Wallflower at the Orgy

Gabrielle Fernie - Lush

Tara Westover - Educated

James Joyce - Ulysses

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love

EF Benson - Mapp and Lucia

Barbara Pym - Excellent Women

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Judy Blume - Forever

Judy Blume - Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself

Judy Blume - Deenie

Viv Albertine - To Throw Away Unopened

Noel Streatfeild - Party Frock

Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes

Noel Streatfeild - The Bell Family

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s Diary

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones Edge of Reason

Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Baby

Helen Fielding - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination

Ruby Ferguson - Jill’s Pony Trek

Jane Shaw - Susan at School

Jane Shaw - Susan Rushes In

Jane Shaw - Susan’s Helping Hand

Lucy Mangan - Bookworm

Enid Blyton - Malory Towers

Anne Digby - First Term at Trebizon

Ana Sampson - She is Fierce

Nina Stibbe - Love Nina

Nina Stibbe - Paradise Lodge

Nina Stibbe - Man at the Helm

Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend

Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens - Bleak House

Various - Norton Anthology of Poetry

Ovid - Metamorphosis

Jilly Cooper - Mount

Geoffrey Chaucer - The Riverside Chaucer

Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver - The Lacuna

Donna Tartt - The Little Friend

Olivia Laing - Crudo

Meena Kandasamy - When I Hit You

Ali Smith - How To Be Both

Carson McCullers - The Member of the Wedding

Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Francoise Sagan - Bonjour Tristesse

Toni Morrison - Jazz

Isabel Allende - House of the Spirits

Toni Morrison - Beloved

Heather Havrilesky - How to be a Person in the World

Sloan Crosley - I Was Told There’d be Cake

Helen MacDonald - H is For Hawk

Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack

Barbara Trapido - Frankie and Stankie

Barbara Trapido - Temples of Delight

Barbara Trapido - Juggling

E Nesbit - Five Children and It

E Nesbit - The Story of the Treasure Seekers

George & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a Nobody

Rebecca Reid - Perfect Liars

Louise Rennison - Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

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