All July, we’re talking about books all about food! Grab a snack, sit down, and have a listen!

2018 Newbery Medal: Hello, Universe, written by Erin Entrada Kelly, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersKamila Shamsie Wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Home FireGolden Man Booker AwardWomen Writers Series, Curated by Kamila Shamsie and Penelope Livley

Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen (Amazon Publishing/New Harvest)Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble by Nora Ephron (Vintage)My Life in France by Julia Child (Knopf)Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee (Warner/Hachette)

Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want by Ruby Tandoh (Serpent’s Tail)Big Bones by Laura Dockrill (Hot Key Books)

Florida by Lauren Groff (Riverhead)Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard (HMH)

Lauren and the Books | Lauren runs a BookTube channel where she shares her favourites reads as well as making videos with a focus on cruelty free beauty, feminism and plus size fashion. She lives in Kent, in the UK, with her boyfriend David and their cat-daughter Minnie.

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