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We are ending series 15 in style with one of our all-time favourite authors Catherine Newman! Catherine wrote the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, novel for kids One Mixed-Up Night, craft book Stitch Camp and the acclaimed novels We All Want Impossible Things and Sandwich. We talked to her about food in books, Laurie Colwin, disaster reading, the importance of pretension and reading the Ikea catalogue for fun. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy. This week's Steal of the Week is sponsored by Action Tutoring - to find out more at: https://actiontutoring.org.uk/ Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Catherine Newman - We All Want Impossible Things  Catherine Newman - Sandwich Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Laurie Colwin - Home Cooking Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Laurie Colwin - Shine On Bright and Dangerous Object Nora Ephron - Most of Nora Ephron Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder - Farmer Boy Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby Kristi Coulter - Nothing Good... Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in Battersea Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase Madeleine L'engle  - Wrinkle in Time Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach Anne Lamott - Almost Everything JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Enid Blyton - Naughtiest Girl in the School William Golding - Lord of the Flies Arthur Ramsome - Swallows and Amazons E Nesbit - The Lark Michelle Magorian - A Little Love Song Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom Eva Ibbotson - Dragonfly Pool
 Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea Roald Dahl - Henry Sugar Miye Lee - DallerGut Dream Department Store Stephen King - Carrie Stephen King - The Shining Lily King - Writers & Lovers Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Nina Stibbe - Went To London Took the Dog Samantha Irby - Wow, No Thank You James Joyce - Ulysses Milan Kundera - Unbearable Lightness of Being Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths Italio Calvino - If On a Winter's Night... Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Carol Shields - Larry's Party Sue Miller - Monogamy Tessa Hadley - After the Funeral Tessa Hadley - Free Love Miriam Toews - Fight Night Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows Alison Espach - The Wedding People Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Donna Freitas - Wishful Thinking Rufi Thorpe - Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe - The Knockout Queen Nussaibah Younis - Fundamentally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are so, so excited about this one. Abi Daré wrote one of our favourite books of all time, the unforgettable novel The Girl with the Louding Voice. She has just released a sequel And So I Roar, which is just as compelling and delightful as the original. In a fascinating, revealing conversation, Abi discusses the contents of her 'Do Not Delete' folder, the importance of showing up for work, the power of the Famous Five, inspirational re-reads and the happiness experienced when a character's voice returns to you. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Abi Daré - The Girl with the Louding Voice Abi Daré - And So I Roar Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Zadie Smith - White Teeth Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge Enid Blyton - Famous Five Sidney Sheldon - The Other Side of Midnight Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Enid Blyton - Mallory Towers James Patterson - Roses Are Red John Grisham - The Rainmaker Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister the Serial Killer Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns Alice Walker - Colour Purple Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle Tara Westover - Educated Nadia Owusu - Aftershocks Safiya Sinclair - How To Say Babylon Ocean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry Emily St John Mandel - Station 11 Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles Catherine Newman - Sandwich Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Balli Kaur Jaswal - Now You See Us William Boyd - Mirror and the Road William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach William Boyd - Any Human Heart Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Daisy Buchanan - Careering Charmaine Wilkerson - Good Dirt Foluso Agbaje - Parlour Wife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are entertaining crime writing royalty on the podcast as we welcome the legend that is Dr Kathy Reichs! Kathy is a forensic anthropologist and academic who, amongst many other things, taught FBI agents how to detect and recover human remains. She used her forensic knowledge to create the character Temperance Brennan and the first Temperance book, Deja Dead, won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Many other novels followed including Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, Monday Mourning and many more. She also co-authored the Virals young adult series with her son, Brendan Reichs. Her latest thriller is Fire and Bones. Kathy also produced and wrote the hit TV series, Bones, which is based on her work and her novels. We talked to her about the mystery of the mobile library, the joy of audio books and the best forensic science books for kids! Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Kathy Reichs - Fire and Bones Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead Ian Rankin - A Heart Full of Headstones Michael Connelly - Desert Star Karin Slaughter - Pieces of Her Dennis Lehane - Small Mercies Kathy Reichs - Virals Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Howard Pyle - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Michael Connelly - Concrete Blond Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved Douglas P. Lyle - Forensics For Dummies Chris Cooper - Forensic Science Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes HA Rey - Curious George JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem Erik Larson - Devil in the White City Erik Larson - Isaac's Strom Truman Capote - In Cold Blood Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's Brene Brown - Daring Greatly Kathy Reichs - Death Du Jour Jacqueline Winspear - The Comfort of Ghosts Alex Finlay - The Night Shift Joseph Finder - Oligarch's Daughter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we're delighted to present the legend that is Robin Ince! Robin is an acclaimed stand-up, star of Infinite Monkey Cage, podcast host and the author of Importance of Being Interested, I'm a Joke, Bibliomaniac and more! We talked to him outside the Tom Thumb Theatre in Margate (sorry about the extraneous noise) about obsessive book collecting, Kurt Vonnegut's library, the importance of art and what to say when you meet Patti Smith. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack... BOOKS Robin Ince - Bibliomaniac Rosie Dixon - Confessions from a Package Tour Rosie Dixon - Confessions of a Physical WRAC Jeremy Cooper - Brian Geoff Dyer - Zona Geoff Dyer - Colour of Memory Geoff Dyer - But Beautiful Lisa Jewell - Ralph's Party Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Roadside Picnic Geoff Dyer - Broadsword Calling Danny Boy Various - For Ian Charleson: A Tribute Nancy Friday - My Secret Garden Margaret Rutherford - Autobiography Margaret Rutherford - A Blithe Spirit Robert Helpmann - Album Kenneth Williams - Diaries William Hughes - Performance Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter Josie Long - Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't Fern Brady - Strong Female Character Katherine May - Wintering Jean Rhys - Good Morning Midnight Sinead O Connor - Rememberings Diana Athill - Stet Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea Miranda Seymour - Haunted Life of Jean Rhys Jean Rhys - Letters Camilla Grudova - Children of Paradise Camilla Grudova - Dolls Alphabet Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower Toni Morrison - Beloved Margaret Atwood - Handmaid's Tale Lewis Hancox - Welcome To St Hell Natasha Walter - Living Dolls Natasha Walter - Before the Light Fades The Cut - Assisted Suicide... Miranda July - All Fours Laura Bates - Men Who Hate Women Natalie Haynes - Divine Might Sam Hunter - Robert Rauschenberg Olivia Laing - Funny Weather John Updike - More Matter William Burroughs - Junky Alexander Trocchi - Cain's Book Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude Michael Blair & Joe Bucciero - Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth Martin Ed Myrone - Gothic Reader Colin MacInnes - Absolute Beginners Sinead Gleason & Kim Gordon - This Woman's Work Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith - Price of Salt Arundhati Roy - AZADI Alan Moore - Lost Girls John Hegley - New & Selected Potatoes John Le Carre - Letters Polly Barton - Fifty Sounds Polly Barton - Porn Ronan Hession - Leonard & Hungry Paul Maggie Nelson - Bluets Edna O'Brien - Country Girls Claire Keegan - Foster Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast, we visit the home of one of our favourite authors and favourite people, the brilliant Ericka Waller! Ericka is an award-winning columnist and the author of the acclaimed novels Dogs Days and Goodbye Birdie Greenwing. And, as you will hear, she is a voracious reader. We talked to her about filthy books, snacks in kids books and the genius of John Shuttleworth. Find out more about the books Ericka mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Order Daisy's new novel Pity Party HERE. More about the London Writer's Salon Podcast HERE. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Ericka Waller - Dog Days Ericka Waller - Goodbye Birdie Greenwing Cathy Rentzenbrink - Everyone is Still Alive V. V. Ganeshananthan - Brotherless Night Ann Morgan - Reading the World Kristin Hannah - The Women Isabella Hammad - Enter Ghost Sarah Moss - The Good Bright Wolf Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Hans Christian Andersen - Matchstick Girl Joanna Quinn - Whalebone Theatre Michelle Magorian - Back Home Michelle Magorian - A Little Love Song Tayari Jones - An American Marriage Ann Patchett - State of Wonder Eva Ibbotson - Journey To the River Sea Anne Tyler - Accidental Tourist Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Rebecca Makkai - The Great Believers Ruth Coker Burks - All the Young Men Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Armistead Maupin - Logical Family Emma Donoghue - The Pull of the Stars Jerry Zucker - True Story of Airplane! Maeve Binchy - Scarlet Feather Maeve Binchy - Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy - Evening Class Maeve Binchy - The Return Journey Colm Toibin - Brooklyn Colm Toibin - Long Island Tommy Cooper - Joke Book John Shuttleworth - Two Margarines EL James - 50 Shades of Grey Rachel Ingalls - Mrs Caliban Melissa Broder - The Pisces Crystal Jeans - The Inverts Paullina Simons - Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons - Girl in Times Square Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes - Sushi For Beginners Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Nathan Hill - Wellness Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - Liaisons Dangereuse Philippe Djian - Betty Blue Penelope Douglas - Bully LJ Shen - Hunter Sebastian Faulks - Birdsong Ali Hazelwood - Love Hypothesis Sally Thorne - Hating Game Lindsey Kelk - Love Story Emily Henry - Beach Read Casey McQuiston - Red White and Royal Blue Anthony Doerr - Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr - All The Light... Claire Lombardo - Most Fun We Ever Had Claire Lombardo - Same As It Ever Was Catherine Newman - We All Want... Tish Delaney - Before My Actual Heart Breaks Miriam Toews - Fight Night Mhairi McFarlane - Between Us Jane Green - Jemima J Freya North - Sally Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary Louise Beech - Lion Tamer Who Lost Emma Jane Kirby - Optician of Lampedusa Harriet F Townson - D is for Death Coco Mellors - Blue Sisters Brianna Labuskes - Librarian of Burned Books Liz Hyder - The Illusions Joseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.