Lucy Easthope - You're Booked

You are in for a treat! As stated during the show, this week's guest is the 'platonic ideal of a You're Booked guest'. Lucy Easthope is one of the UK's leading authorities on emergency planning, a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard, co-founder of the After Disaster Network and has advised on nearly every major disaster of the past two decades, including 9/11, the 7/7 bombings, Grenfell and the Covid-19 pandemic. Her book When the Dust Settles is a Sunday Times bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. As well as taking the reader behind the scenes of disaster planning and reaction, it's also a funny and painfully moving memoir about Lucy's life. And, as you'll hear, Lucy is an absolute delight to spend some time with. Everything from Judy Blume to Louise Bagshawe are discussed, via Charles Dickens, Willy Russell, Caitlin Moran and the disaster management credentials of Enid Blyton. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - Careering Lucy Easthope - When the Dust Settles Alan Cumming - Baggage Minnie Driver - Managing Expectations Gavin Francis - Recovery Jasper Rees - Victoria Wood: Let's Do It Myleene Klass - They Don't Teach This at School Caitlin Moran - How To Be a Woman Caitlin Moran - How To Be a Girl Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Francis Hodgson Burnett - A Little Princess Judy Blume - Forever Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol Charles Dickens - David Copperfield Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Charles Dickens - Bleak House Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Enid Blyton - Famous Five Enid Blyton - Secret Seven Enid Blyton - Brer Rabbit Brian Jacques - Redwall Willy Russell - Our Day Out Willy Russell - Blood Brothers Judy Blume - Tiger Eyes Beverly Cleary - Ramona Elizabeth Laird - Red Sky in the Morning Patricia Cornwell - From Potter's Field Jane Austen - Collected Works Jacqueline Wilson - The Story of Tracey Beaker Francesca Simon - Horrid Henry Jane Fallon - Just Got Real Melanie Rice - Pompeii: the Day a City Was Buried Ian Schott - World Famous Dictators Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Sue Townsend - The Queen and I Daisy Buchanan - Burn Before Reading Sheryl Sandberg - Lean In Sheryl Sandberg - Option B Jade Goody - Forever in My Heart Ilan Kelman - Disaster By Choice Samantha Montano - Disasterology Gill Kernick - Catastrophe and Systemic Change Cathy Rentzenbrink - Write It All Down Louise Bagshawe - Career Girls Maeve Binchy - Collection Cathy Rentzenbrink - A Manual For Heartache Val McDermid - Christmas is Murder Andrew Doig - This Mortal Coil Richard E Grant - A Pocketful of Happiness Matthew Perry - Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing Alan Rickman - Diaries Anna Kent - Frontline Midwife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.