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To celebrate the release of Daisy's new novel, a modern retelling of the classic Little Women entitled All Grown Up, here's an exclusive reading from the first chapter from the author herself! After thirty long years, Louisa’s daughters can finally look after themselves… or so she thinks. Because suddenly, they’re back – apparently for good. Meg’s second-guessing her marriage. Jo’s career hangs in the balance. Amy has inexplicably quit university. None of them empty the dishwasher. Louisa knows it’s time for some life lessons. She adores her girls, but if she’s ever going to get her (sex) life back, they’ll have to grow up – and go. But maybe they’re not the only ones with lessons to learn… And Louisa might just discover that her daughters have something to teach her about being an adult too. All Grown Up is out on June 4th and available from Bookshop.org, Waterstones, and wherever great books are sold. The audio version of the books features Harriet Kemsley, Isy Suttie, Stevie Martin and Helen Bauer is available from Audible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the paperback release of Daisy's new book Read Yourself Happy: How a Book Habit Can Make You Feel Better, here's an exclusive extract just for you! In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Read Yourself Happy offers the perfect source of anti-anxiety, inviting you to discover the literary worlds that have helped and inspired Daisy. As well as interviews with authors (and YB favourites) like David Nicholls and Emma Gannon, Daisy provides personally curated reading lists and over 200 book recommendations to help you process your emotions and find more peace with every page. Read Yourself Happy is out now and available from Bookshop.org, Waterstones, Audible and wherever great books are sold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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
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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
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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
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