You're Booked

Daisy Buchanan
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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.

  1. 03/11/2025

    Rachel Parris - You're Booked

    It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author Rachel Parris! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group Austentatious, alongside former YB guests Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter Murray, her first novel, Introducing Mrs Collins, is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up Rachel Parris - Introducing Mrs Collins Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen - Persuasion Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Monique Roffey - Mermaid of Black Conch Jennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious Things Ambrose Parry - The Way of all Flesh: A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1 George Eliot - Middlemarch Julie Owen Moylan - Elizabeth and Marilyn Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Jilly Cooper - Rivals Jackie Collins - Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day Nikki May - This Motherless Land Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife Graydon Carter - When the Going Was Good Tina Brown - The Vanity Fair Diaries Andrew O'Hagan - Caledonian Road Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead Louise Candlish - Our House Adele Parks - Just Between Us Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - S Janet and Allan Ahlberg - The Jolly Postman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min

  2. 11/08/2025

    Daisy's Beach Reads: I Cried on my Sunlounger

    It's the final episode of our Beach Reads series and we're finishing style... and snot. As this week Daisy has selected a collection of books designed to have you blubbing in your deckchair and drying your tears with a towel. These are titles with a passionate edge, a tragic element or just a feeling of sheer joy that will have you reaching for your hankie as fellow beachgoers worry about your emotional state. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Jack London - Call of the Wild Emily Henry - Beach Read AJ Pearce - Dear Mrs Bird Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

  3. 04/08/2025

    Daisy's Beach Reads: Raunchy Reads

    We're turning up the heat for this week's selection of beach reads! Daisy has selected some holiday books with a distinct side of raunch. These are titles to make you blush, gasp and get even hotter under the collar (if your swimsuit happens to have a collar). There are books with an erotic edge, and some that are flat out filth. But which one has a character that makes 'Christian Grey look like Dougal from Father Ted'? You'll have to listen to find out. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our Bookshop.org shop. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Tom Bissell and Greg Sestero - The Disaster Artist Susi Wyss - Guess Who is the Happiest Girl in Town Balli Kaur Jaswal - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Jilly Cooper - Polo Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

  4. 28/07/2025

    Daisy's Beach Reads: Holiday Escapism

    It's holiday time! And over the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of dreamy, memorable adventures as we experience some Holiday Escapism. Sit by the pool and let your mind travel to some extraordinary locations. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Emma Forrest - Cherries in the Snow Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere Georgina Moore - River of Stars Nikki May - This Motherless Land Marian Keyes - My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There Ingrid Persaud - Love After Love Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

  5. 21/07/2025

    Daisy's Beach Reads: Perfect Places

    For the next few weeks Daisy is curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease back into a reading habit, if you've had some time away from your bookshelves, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of exciting, far-flung exotic locales (and Cornwall) as we explore some literary Perfect Places. These are books that help you travel to incredible landscapes, both real and imaginary. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club Rebecca F Kuang - Yellowface Maeve Binchy - Evening Class Shirley Conran - Lace Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia Sarah Winman - Tin Man David Nicholls - Us Jess Walter - Beautiful Ruins Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Margaret Kennedy - The Feast Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    6 min

  6. 14/07/2025

    Daisy's Beach Reads: Heatwave Crimewave

    We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. This week's selection involves a collection of thrilling, gripping crime-related greats. Books that will have you on the edge of your seat, or possibly your sun lounger. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Lauren Groff - The Vaster Wilds Laurie Colwin - Happy All the Time Julia Raeside - Don't Make Me Laugh Kate Weston - How To Make a Killing Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train Elizabeth Bowen - The Heat of the Day Caroline Corcoran - Tiny Daggers Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    8 min

  7. 07/07/2025

    Daisy's Beach Reads: Summer Loving

    We're doing something a little different this summer. For the next few weeks Daisy will be curating a selection of the perfect beach reads, designed to delightfully compliment your summer getaway. As well as some tips to help you ease into a reading habit, if you've had some time away, each week there'll be a themed collection of wondrous books. We're kicking off with some saucy, spicy, swooning romantic favourites to slip into your luggage. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Lucy Vine - Book Boyfriend Freya North - Fen Lauren Bravo - Probably Nothing Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Jojo Moyes - We All Live Here Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

  8. 30/06/2025

    Donna Freitas and Daisy Buchanan - You're Booked Live at Backstory

    You're Booked is on its travels! Here's a very special live episode recorded at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona with with the wonderful Donna Freitas! Donna resides in Barcelona and is the author of many books including Stefi and the Spanish Prince (set in the city), The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano and Wishful Thinking. She interviewed Daisy to celebrate the release of Read Yourself Happy and they discussed conquering difficult reads, childhood library etiquette and we discover what books the residents of Barcelona can't live without. Thanks to the Grand Hotel Central for hosting us during our stay. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her Creative Confidence Clinic. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - Read Yourself Happy Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party Donna Freitas - Wishful Thinking Donna Freitas - The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano Donna Freitas - Stefi and the Spanish Prince Daisy Buchanan - Limelight Ann M Martin - Babysitters Club Francine Pascal - Sweet Valley High Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Enid Blyton - Famous Five Dick King Smith - The Sheep Pig Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew Mysteries Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events Beverley Cleary - Beezus and Ramona Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild - Curtain Up Samuel Richardson - Pamela Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Jilly Cooper - Rivals Laurent de Brunhoff - Babar's World Tour Nikki May - Wahala Nikki May - This Motherless Land Jane Austen - Mansfield Park Min Jin Lee - Pachinko Alexander Chee - Queen of the Night Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Alberto Moravia - Contempt Alberto Moravia - Time of Indifference Ann Morgan - Reading the World Ann Morgan - Unlearning to Read David Whitehouse - Saltwater Mansions Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels Joyce Carol Oates - Book of American Martyrs F Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby Chris Whitaker - All The Colours of the Dark Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind Natasha Lunn - Conversations on Love Niall Williams - This is Happiness Olga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Henri Cole - Orphic Paris Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere Samantha Harvey - Orbital Alice Winn - In Memoriam Daisy Buchanan - All Grown Up Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Susan Morrison - Lorne Nancy Mitford - Pursuit of Love Charles Baudelaire - Collected Poems Rebecca Stead - When You Reach Me Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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.

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  • Creator
    Daisy Buchanan
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    217
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    You're Booked

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