Malorie Blackman - You're Booked

National treasure alert! We are so, so honoured to bring you this conversation with legendary author, scriptwriter, multi-award winner and former children's laureate Malorie Blackman OBE. Malorie is one of Britain's best and most beloved children's authors who has written over 70 books including the acclaimed Noughts & Crosses series, which was recently turned into a hit TV series. Malorie has just released her autobiography, Just Sayin', which is wise, wonderful, distressing, hilarious and completely engrossing. Her enthusiasm for books and reading shines through this interview, as she discusses her formative years at the library, beating writers block, her love of poetry and the genius of short stories. Prepare to be inspired. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - Careering Malorie Blackman - Just Sayin' Alan Moore - V for Vendetta Charles Dickens - Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Charles Dickens - David Copperfield Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca William Shakespeare - Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare - Othello Alice Walker - The Colour Purple Yann Martel - Life of Pi Ovid - Metamorphosis Felix Guirand (Ed) - New Larousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology John Wyndham - Chocky Daphne Du Maurier - The Blue Lenses Stephen King - Needful Things Stephen King - Four Past midnight Stephen King - Carrie Stephen King - Misery Charles Burns - Black Hole Hans Christian Anderson - Little Mermaid Holly Williams - What Time is Love Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass Hilaire Belloc - Cautionary Verses Gavin Ewart (Ed) - Penguin Book of Light Verse Ogden Nash - Golden Trashery of Ogden Nashery JM Cohen (Ed) - A Choice of Comic and Curious Verse Paula Burnett (Ed) - Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse Maya Angelou - Complete Poetry Wendy Cope - Two Cures for Love Sarah Crossan - One Dean Atta - Black Flamingo Malorie Blackman - Cloud Busting Malorie Blackman - Hackers Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Various - Marple Toni Morrison - The Bluest Eye Isaac Asimov - I Robot Gloria Naylor - Women of Brewster Place Homer - The Odyssey Isaac Asimov - Tales of Black Widowers Daisy Buchanan - Burn After Reading Malorie Blackman - Noughts and Crosses Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time RJ Palacio - Wonder Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Anne Frank - Diary Malorie Blackman - Pig Heart Boy Art Spiegelman - Maus Louis Sachar - Holes Susan Varley - Badger's Parting Gifts Garth Ennis - The Boys Garth Ennis - Preacher Hayley Campbell - All the Living and the Dead Rosa Parks - My Story Paterson Joseph - The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.