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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.