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Jessica Rose Williams is a minimalist lifestyle and travel blogger living in the Yorkshire Dales (near Chatsworth, the inspiration for Austen’s Pemberley). Website  // Instagram // Twitter Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodePride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Summer Sisters by Judy BlumeBlack Beauty by Anna SewellWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeownLullaby by Leïla Slimani Adele by Leïla Slimani The Wife by Meg Wolitzer How to be Parisian by Anne Berest and Audrey DiwanTiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur Nobody Told Me by Hollie McNish A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Swing Time by Zadie Smith The Fifty Shade Series by E.L. James Wild by Cheryl Strayed Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Riders by Jilly CooperRivals by Jilly CooperPandora by Jilly Cooper The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer The Chamomile Lawn by Mary WesleyAny Human Heart by William Boyd Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond LehmannAnimal Farm by George Orwell The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng On Writing by Stephen King On Photography by Susan SontagOther Things we Discussed In defence of “book selfies” by Sara Tasker The Guardian article on bookstagram The Vulture article on bookstagram Walk the Line The Willoughby Book Club Interview with Jilly Cooper - The TimesInterview with Jilly Cooper - Desert Island Discs Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Last November, I was invited to chair an event at Waterstones in Leeds - An Evening of Gothic Mystery with Laura Purcell and Stuart Turton. They were kind enough to sit down with me to record an episode of the podcast before the event, and this is it! It was very auspicious, because I was halfway through Laura’s first (very scary) book, The Silent Companions, when the email dropped into my inbox - very mysterious indeed. Laura is also the author of The Corset, a gothic chiller featuring a murderous seamstress and a woman who’s obsessed with phrenology - and which I finished in two days flat because it was so compelling. Stuart is the author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which he explains in the podcast better than I probably can, but which is absolutely one of the best books I read last year, and I think about it often. Laura’s Website // Laura’s Twitter // Stuart’s Twitter Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeThe Salmon of Doubt by Douglas AdamsMansfield Park by Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen The Long Walk by Stephen King Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stein One Day at Horrorland by R. L. Stein The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Affinity by Sarah WatersPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie Circe by Madeleine Miller The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller The Wych Elm by Tana French Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller Pure by Andrew Miller The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton Other Authors We Mentioned Agatha Christie Terry PratchettThomas Hardy Karen Maitland Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Photo by Brandi Redd on UnsplashI’m flying solo this week to share my favourite books of 2018 and giving a sneak peek of what I’m excited about for 2019. Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeEverything I Know About Love by Dolly AldertonThe Last Romeo by Justin Myers Why I’ll No Longer be Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Educated by Tara Westover The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Corset by Laura Purcell The Governess Game by Tessa Dare Dark Pines by Will Dean The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill On the Come Up by Angie Thomas The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Witches are Coming by Lindy West Shrill by Lindy West 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne The Hating Game by Sally Thorne The Testaments by Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Furies by Katie LoweThe Wych Elm by Tana French My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinakan BraithwaiteDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Bronte Huskinson, probably better known as Bookish Bronte is a content creator, story teller and bookstagrammer who takes the most beautiful photos, all centred around books. Website  // Instagram Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeShiver by Maggie StiefvaterDivergent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Maze Runner by James DashnerRed Queen by Victoria Aveyard The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDanielBeast of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie LangIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally NichollsTo Die For by Lucy SiegleKilling Commendatore by Haruki Murakami Books I'm Reading Right NowThe Hating Game by Sally Thorne Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Emma-Louise Trotter is a freelance creative consultant and general haver of opinions, as well as one of my very good friends. We drank some wine, ate some Thai food and then talked all about Emma’s favourite (and least favourite) books! Website // Twitter // Instagram Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeBeowulf by Seamus Heaney The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton The Twits by Roald Dahl The Witches by Roald Dahl The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J R R Tolkien The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. MartinTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Why Not Me? by Mindy KalingIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy KalingThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonThe Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon RonsonThe Surface Breaks by Louise O’NeillA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James American Queen by Sierra SimoneAmerican Prince by Sierra SimoneAmerican King by Sierra SimoneEverything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton The F Word by Lily Pebbles This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam KayHow to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Quiet by Susan Cain Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah KnightThe Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck by Sarah Knight The Life Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie KondoThe Pocket Cheerleader: A Positive Guide to the Life Changing Power of Movement by Muireann Carey-Campbell (aka Bangs & a Bun) From the Corner of the Oval Office by Beck Dorey-SteinBooks I'm Reading Right NowThe Proposal by Jasmine Guillory The Corset by Laura Purcell The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Fiona Barrows is a brand storyteller, who quit her job at a literary agency to travel the world before settling in Frome, Somerset and starting her own business (and her own excellent podcast). Website // Twitter // Instagram Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeThe Dating Detox by Gemma BurgessA Girl Like You by Gemma Burgess My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian Back Home by Michelle MagorianCuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Daughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeChocolat by Joanne Harris Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha PulleyThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha PulleyThe Miniaturist by Jessie BurtonHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Paradise Lost by John Milton The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman Home Fire by Kamila ShamsieA God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonLife After Life by Kate Atkinson NW by Zadie Smith White Teeth by Zadie Smith On Beauty by Zadie Smith Swing Time by Zadie Smith Educated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThis Really Isn’t About You by Jean Hannah EdelsteinTranscription by Kate AtkinsonThe Burning Chambers by Kate MosseThe President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton Other Things We Talked About#createnotconsumeThe Baileys Prize for FictionOn Marionette Theatre by Heinrich von Kleist Books I'm Reading Right NowThe Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp by Sara ManningEducated by Tara WestoverThe Silent Companions by Laura Purcell Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Lizzie is a teacher and blogger living in Farnham, Surrey. We met years ago when we took part in a book swap, so it seemed natural that I ask her to be on the podcast! We chat about our feelings about A Little Life, the ups and downs of book club and her newfound love of feminist non-fiction. Website // Twitter // Instagram Listen HereApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeA Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara The Other Side of the World by Stephanie BishopLila by Marilynne RobinsonThe Cows by Dawn O’Porter Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O’PorterThe Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin DannEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Slay in Your Lane by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth UviebinenéThe Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesElizabeth is Missing by Emma HealeyThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Thread by Victoria HislopThe Island by Victoria Hislop Postcards from Greece by Victoria Hislop The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgOther Things We Talked AboutLucy Daniels Bookworm: The Travelling Edition - Blog Post Oxfam Books BBC Documentary on Germaine Greer Man Booker PrizeBooks I'm Reading Right NowEducated by Tara WestoverDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Fiona Longmuir is a storyteller, originally from Glasgow, and one of my favourite people to follow on Twitter. She is entirely charming, and her taste for adventure stories with a touch of magic will definitely inspire you! I’m already waiting with interest for her first published book… Website // Twitter // Instagram Listen HereApple PodcastsStitcherAcast5 Books to Read in AutumnRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Secret History by Donna Tartt Bird Box by Josh Mallerman Affinity by Sarah Waters (hat-tip to Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters, too) The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Books From This EpisodeDanny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye The Witches by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlMatilda by Roald Dahl Pirates! by Celia Rees The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Chocolat by Joanne HarrisThe Lollipop Shoes by Joanne HarrisPeaches for Father Francis by Joanne Harris Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanCatcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMy Salinger Year Joanna RakoffThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry She Was Aye Workin’ by Helen Clark Up Oor Close: Memories of Domestic Life in Glasgow Tenements by Jean Faley Other Things We Talked AboutNational Novel Writing MonthBath Children’s Novel Award Books I'm Reading Right NowMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier War Storm by Victoria Aveyard Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Elly Snare is a performance poet, writer and artist and probably the most interesting person I know in real life. We chatted Elly about Terry Pratchett, the books that changed her life and why she doesn’t like Harry Potter (she has good reasons, don’t worry!). This episode is a little bit longer than usual, but believe me it is worth it! Website // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube Listen HereApple PodcastsStitcherAcastBooks From This EpisodeHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Odyssey by Homer Cops and Robbers by Janet and Allan AhlbergEach Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan AhlbergThere’s An Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighbourhood by Colin McNaughtonFunnybones by Janet and Allan AhlbergThe Discworld Series by Terry PratchettJingo by Terry PratchettInteresting Times by Terry PratchettThe Colour of Magic by Terry PratchettComing Down the Wye by Robert Gibbings Sweet Thames Run Softly by Robert Gibbings Three Men on a Boat by Jerome K Jerome The Blazing World by Siri HustvedtFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Women Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésThe Joyous Cosmology by Alan WattsNature, Man and Woman by Alan WattsNonviolent Communication by Marshall B. RosenbergBolder and Wiser by Sarah DaleMrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Other Things We Talked AboutA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Paul Kidby Dear Prudence PodcastOh Witch Please - Harry Potter and the Brand of LoyaltyDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Amanda Dales is a lifestyle blogger and doula who lives in York (via New Mexico!), who writes about slow living, travel and the many, many books that she reads! She also has an adorable little dog called Harold, who, luckily for me, features a lot on her Instagram! Website // Twitter // Instagram // Goodreads  Listen HereApple PodcastsStitcherAcast5 of my Favourite Banned Books The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLolita by Vladimir NabokovAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise RennisonFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyBooks From This EpisodeThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Harry Potter Series by J.K. RowlingElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathNine Stories by J D SalingerWomen Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésDracula by Bram StokerThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosLike Water For Chocolate by Laura EsquivalTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeStranger Things Happen by Kelly LinkGo Set a Watchman by Harper LeeThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertEat, Pray, Love Made Me Do It by Various & Elizabeth GilbertEat Up by Ruby TandohHome Fire by Kamilla ShamsieAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Heart Goes Last by Margaret AtwoodHag-seed by Margaret AtwoodThe Tempest by William ShakespeareCirce by Madeline MillerThe Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica TownsendRed Queen by Victoria AveyardOther Things We Talked AboutBanned Books WeekThe Hate U Give Movie TrailerIsabel AllendeOverdriveBooks I'm Reading Right NowA Princess in Theory by Alyssa ColeA Duke by Default by Alyssa ColeVox by Christina DalcherDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running! 

Sophie Cliff is a lifestyle & travel blogger who lives in Leeds and is on a mission to squeeze every bit of happiness and adventure out of life as she can (and I'd say she's doing a pretty good job of it!). And that includes reading as many books as possible, right? Website // Twitter // Instagram // Goodreads  Listen HereApple PodcastsStitcherAcast5 Books Published In September 2018Life Honestly: Strong Opinions from Smart Women by The PoolRage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya ChemalyThe Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalised the World by Sarah WeinmanNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThe Towering Sky by Katharine McGeeBooks From This EpisodeThe BFG by Roald DahlBridget Jones' Diary by Helen FieldingBridget Jones' Baby by Helen FieldingWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 by Sue TownsendThe Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel LevyBecoming: Sex, Second Chances and Finding Out Who The Hell I Am by Laura Jane WilliamsEverything I Know About Love by Dolly AldertonThe Harry Potter Series by J.K. RowlingThe Last Act of Love by Cathy RentzenbrinkA Manual for Heart Ache by Cathy RentzenbrinkEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanPlaying Big by Tara MohrShrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy WestMotherhood by Sheila HetiNotes on a Nervous Planet by Matt HaigOther Things We Talked About Unpopped, Bridget Jones and the Status of ComedyThe World's Largest Independent BookstoreThe Little Bookshop in Chapel Allerton, LeedsBooks I'm Reading Right Now Lullaby by Leila SlimaniSuicide Club by Rachel HenDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you click through and purchase something, I'll receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for keeping this podcast running!