You’re Booked

Hosted ByDaisy Buchanan

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.


All Episodes

Sarra Manning – Shelf Isolation

We couldn’t be happier to be Shelf Isolating with this week’s guest – author, journalist and all around book guru Sarra Manning! Sarra is one of our favourite people on the planet as well as a brilliant former guest who has impeccable book ta…

Clare Mackintosh – Shelf Isolation

It’s another Shelf Isolation bonus episode this week, where we peruse the bookshelves of a favourite author from a safe distance. This week it’s a ridiculously entertaining chat with the wonderful Clare Mackintosh. Clare is the bestselling an…

Louise Doughty – Shelf Isolation

We are still somewhat locked down this week, but rather than binge watching old episodes of Keeping Up Appearances we are talking to out nearest and dearest about literary life in quarantine. This week it’s the mega-selling author and critic Louis…

Curtis Sittenfeld – You’re Booked

We are beyond excited to bring you this week’s very, very special guest. An individual whose work we adore and consume with gusto; the novelist, essayist and New York Times Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld! Curtis is the author of six novels a…

Lauren Bravo – Shelf Isolation

We are Shelf Isolating once again this week, where we talk to some of our favourite former guests, friends of the YB family and people we adore about how books and reading are helping them get through the lockdown. This week’s guest falls into all…

Sara Pascoe – Shelf Isolation

As the current situation is keeping us away from people’s bookshelves (and people in general) we’re launching a You’re Booked mini spin off called Shelf Isolation where we talk to (remotely) some of our beloved former guests, friends of …

Lissa Evans – You’re Booked

As a special treat, here’s our interview with the fabulous Lissa Evans, which we were planning to be the first episode in our sixth season, but that might have to wait for a while. But we didn’t dare sit on this any longer as it’s such a…

Isabel Allende – You’re Booked

For the grand finale of our fifth season American adventure (and our 50th episode!), we find ourselves in… Bloomsbury. But we are there for a wonderful reason. To meet the legendary novelist, feminist, and philanthropist Isabel Allende! Isabel is the…

Ada Calhoun – You’re Booked

This week we are heading to Brooklyn and the home of Award-winning journalistandNew York Timesbestselling author Ada Calhoun! Ada wrote the fantastic history of New York St Marks is Dead and the hugely popular memoir Weddi…

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