The Literary Edit Podcast

For the sixth episode of the second season of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by the wonderful Joanne Harris. You can read her list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Myths of the Norsemen by H.A. Guerber Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Les Misérables by Victor Hugo R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Perfumes, the Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez   Other books we spoke about included Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel, Joanne's Chocolat series, The Night at the Circus by Angela Carter, and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit Joanne Harris   Instagram @the_litedit @joannechocolat   Twitter @thelitedit @joannechocolat

For the fifth episode of the second season of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by the gorgeous Jane Green. You can read her list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin Bilgewater by Jane Gardam On Writing by Stephen King Great Expectations by Charles Dickens May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Holmes   Other books we spoke about included Jane's newest novel, Sister Stardust, The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit Jane Green   Instagram @the_litedit @janegreenauthor   Twitter @thelitedit @JaneGreen    

For the fourth episode of the second season of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by the wonderful Will Dean. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   The Road by Cormac McCarthy A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Underland by Robert Mcfarlane My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal Under the Skin by Michael Faber Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg   Other books we spoke about included Will's newest novel, First Born, Trainspotting, H is for Hawk, Frankenstein, On Writing and Danny the Champion of the World.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit @willrdean   Twitter @thelitedit @willrdean    

For the third episode of the second season of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by the wonderful Justin Myers. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin The Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley The Stud by Jackie Collins   Other books we spoke about included Justin's newest novel, The Fake-Up, The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and Lucky by Jackie Collins.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit @theguyliner   Twitter @thelitedit @theguyliner    

For the second episode of the second season of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by the utterly divine Cressida Connolly. You can read her list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov Bleak House by Charles Dickens All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes by Maya Angelou The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald Personality Types by Don Richardson Riso and Russ Hudson The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Friends & Relations by Elizabeth Bowen Poems of Wang Wei translated by G W Robinson   Other books we spoke about included Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier and Alice Munroe's short stories.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit @cressidaconnolly   Twitter @thelitedit    

For the first episode of the second season of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by the utterly divine Markus Zusak. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton The Imaginary Girlfriend by John Irving The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Night Train by Thom Jones Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger City of God by Paulo Lins   Other books we spoke about included A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze By Clayton Zane Comber and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit @markuszusak   Twitter @thelitedit  

For the twenty-fifth episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by London-based author and writer, Robyn Donaldson. You can read her list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   The Odyssey by Homer Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore by Lorrie Moore A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway   Other books we spoke about included The Bricks that Built the Houses, All That Man is and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit @around.robyn   Twitter @thelitedit @robyndonaldson

For the twenty-fourth episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by Namibia-based author, writer and all-round legend, Femi Kayode. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt A Son of the Circus by John Irving We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Razorblade Tears by S. A. Crosby Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra The Tradition by Jericho Brown   Other books we spoke about included A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Great Gatsby, Beloved and Harlem Shuffle.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit   Twitter @thelitedit @FemiKay_Author

For the twenty-third episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by US-based author and professor, Ali Hazelwood. You can read her list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are: Land of the Beautiful Dead by R Lee Smith The Spare by Carolyn Jewel Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg Other books we spoke about included Emma, Persuasion and The Love Hypothesis. If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. Facebook The Literary Edit Instagram @the_litedit @alihazelwood Twitter @thelitedit @eversoali

For the twenty-second episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by Sydney-based writer and author, Andrew Pippos. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Radetzky March by Joseph Roth The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal George Mills by Stanley Elkin Praise and 1988 by Andrew McGahan The Collected Poems of Riussell Edson Collected Fictions by Jorges Louis Borges Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson   Other books we spoke about included Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, White Teeth by Zadie Smith and The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit @andrewpippos   Twitter @thelitedit @andrewpippos

For the twenty-first episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by poet, writer and author, JJ Bola. I absolutely adored my conversation with JJ, and of all the guests I've had on my podcast, speaking to him about not only his love of books – but the stories behind them - really reminded me of why I started my podcast in the first place. You can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Season of Migration to the North by Tayib Saleh We Real Cool and Will to Change by bell hooks The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some Songs from Under the River by Anis Mojgani Basketball (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano Two Thousand Seasons by Ayi Kwei Armah   Other books we spoke about included Behold the Dreamers by Imbole Mbue and A Little Life by Hanya Yanigaraha.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit JJ Bola   Instagram @the_litedit @jj_bola   Twitter @thelitedit @JJ_Bola

For the twentieth episode of The Literary Edit podcast, I was joined by Sylvester Onwordi, the son of the late, great Buchi Emecheta. A psychologist, medical anthropologist and publisher, you can read his list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in the episode are:   Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Nightwood by Djuna Barnes 2001 Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Fictions by Jorges Louis Borges   Other books we spoke about included Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country.   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram @the_litedit   Twitter @thelitedit

For the nineteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by Australian author, journalist and activist Bri Lee, whose books Eggshell Skull, Beauty and Who Gets to Be Smart are among my favourite non-fiction reads. You can read about Bri's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are: The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling The Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk The Secret History by Donna Tartt Superior by Angela Saini Orchid & the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani Less by Andrew Sean Greer The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Other books we spoke about included Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and Flames by Robbie Arnott. If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created for Bri on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @bri.e.lee   Twitter: @thelitedit @bri_lee_writer  

For the eighteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by travel blogger, writer and author Phil Rosen, whose debut novel, Everywhere But Home, was an Amazon bestseller.   You can read about Phil's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   East of Eden by John Steinbeck Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Wild by Cheryl Strayed Island by Aldous Huxley All the Light We Cannot See The Plague by Albert Camus The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham   Other books we spoke about included On Writing by Stephen King, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck and Dune by Frank Herbert. For those interested in John Steinbeck's Sag harbour home that Phil and I discussed, you can have a look at it here. Le swoon.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @philrosenn   Twitter: @thelitedit @philrosenn

For the seventeenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author Chibundu Onuzo, whose debut novel, The Spider King's Daughter, was the winner of a Betty Trask Award, shorted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Etisalat Literature Prize.   You can read about Chibundu's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta The Earth Sea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin The First Woman by Jennifer Makumbi Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Ake by Wole Soyinka Outline Series by Rachel Cusk The Horse and His Boy by C.S Lewis Segu by Maryse Conde   Other books we spoke about included Chibundu's books, Sankofa and The Spider King's Daughter, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend series.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @chibundu.onuzo   Twitter: @thelitedit @chibunduonuzo  

For the sixteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author and editor Tobias Madden, who's debut novel, Anything But Fine, was released on Tuesday.   You can read about Tobias's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend The Magician King by Lev Grossman A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara   Other books we spoke about included Still Life by Sarah Winman, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and On Beauty by Zadie Smith.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @tobias_madden   Twitter: @thelitedit @tobias_madden    

For the fifteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author and journalist Sophie Heawood, who's debut memoir, The Hungover Games is one of my all-time favourite books.   You can read about Sophie's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara A Journey Around My Room by Xavier de Maistre The Rules Do Not Apply by Andrea Levy My Wild and Sleepless Nights by Clover Stroud Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud Freaky Dancin' by Bez Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Christmas in Exeter Street   Other books we spoke about included Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne, The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy, I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud and The Wild Other by Clover Stroud.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @heawood   Twitter: @thelitedit @heawood    

For the fourteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author Jyoti Patel, winner of the second #Merky Books New Writers Prize, for her forthcoming novel, Six of One. She also wrote short story Break for We Transfer's Literally platform.   You can read about Jyoti's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Emergency Kit: Poems For Strange Times, edited by Jo Shapcott & Matthew Sweeney Atonement by Ian McEwan The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy   Other books we spoke about included Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, The Season of Phantasmal Peace by Derek Walcott and That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @jyotisbooks   Twitter: @thelitedit @jyoti_patel    

For the thirteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by Briony Benjamin, keynote speaker, global storyteller, and author of Life is Tough But So Are You.   You can read about Briony's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Factfulness by by Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Hans Rosling, and Ola Rosling Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Mindset by Carol Dweck How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carneige The Proof is in the Plants by Simon Hill The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape Pride and Prejudice   Other books we spoke about included The Artist's Way, Little Women, Sorrow and Bliss, For One More Day and Anne of Green Gables.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @briony_benjamin   Twitter: @thelitedit  

For the twelfth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by Clay Zane Comber, author and owner of Bouquiniste; a beautiful bookstore-café in Kiama.   You can read about Clay's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Looking for Alaska by John Green The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne The Outsiders by S E Hinton   Other books we spoke about included The Secret Friend by Donna Tartt, A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro and Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, or Clay's brilliant bookshop, Bouquiniste. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @clay_zane_writes   Twitter: @thelitedit  

For the eleventh episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by columnist, journalist and author, Jacqueline Maley.   You can read about Jacqueline's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Commonwealth by Ann Patchett My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Mosfegh Actress by Ann Enright The Master by Colm Toibin Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower   Other books we spoke about included Eileen by Ottessa Mosfegh, Monkey Grip by Helen Garner, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart and Olive Kitteridge by Lucie Barton.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit   Twitter: @thelitedit  

For the tenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast (I said in the podcast itself that it was the eleventh episode, I'm 27 days into lockdown down-under which is the only excuse I have to offer) I was joined by author, documentary film maker and philanthropist, Hannah Rothschild.   You can read about Hannah's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   The Way we Live Now by Anthony Trollope The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford The Neapolitan Series by Elena Ferrante Scoop by Evelyn Waugh Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Overstory by Richard Power Three Wishes by Nica de Koenigswater Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Old Filth by Jane Gardam   Other books we spoke about included Rebecca, Sons and Lovers, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Cazalet Chronicles, A Christmas Carol, The Leopard and The Hungover Games.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit   Twitter: @thelitedit  

For the ninth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by Ed Cunningham, podcaster at A Need to Read.   You can read about Ed's original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Lost Connections by Johan Hari The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Shoe Dog by Phil Knight The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle Bird by Bird by Anne Lamont The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo   Other books we spoke about included The Power of Now, 10% Happier, Shuggie Bain, The Midnight Library, The War of Art and Big Magic.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @aneed2read   Twitter: @thelitedit  

For the eighth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by the divine Cole Brown. His first book, brilliant memoir Grey Boy, was not only picked by Stephen Curry for his Underrated Book Club, but it too is being developed into a TV series by Yarra and Keri Shahidi.   You can read about Cole's original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are: The Phantom Tollboth by Norton Juster The Known World by Edward P. Jones Native Son by Richard Wright The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Other books we spoke about included Cole's book Grey Boy, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @coletdbrown   Twitter: @thelitedit @coletdbrown

For the seventh episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by the wonderful Joanna Rakoff. Her first book, the charming memoir My Salinger Year, has recently been adapted to the big screen starring Sigourney Weaver.   You can read about Esther's original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton On Beauty by Zadie Smith Howard's End by E. M. Forster Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Passing by Nella Larsen Le Divorce by Diane Johnson Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie Free Food For Millionaires by Min Jin Lee Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin   Other books we spoke about included Joanna's books My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age, The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pychon, Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and Persian Nights by Diane Johnson.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @joannarakoff   Twitter: @thelitedit @jrakoff  

For the sixth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by the brilliant former actress, playwright, writer and author, Esther Freud. Her first book, the semi-autobiographical Hideous Kinky, was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. She is the author of eight other critically acclaimed books. You can read about Esther's original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingles Wilder Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Strange Eventful History: The dramatic lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and their Remarkable Families by Michael Holroyd Girl Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Other books we spoke about included Rebecca, The Hobbit, The Shell Seekers, Hideous Kinky, I Couldn't Love You More, Wuthering Heights, Dracula, Gone with the Wind and Shadow Play by Joseph O'Connor. If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit   Twitter: @thelitedit  

For the fifth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by the lovely Helen Russell. author, journalist and speaker. Her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, became an international bestseller and has been optioned for television. She is the author of four other critically acclaimed books, translated into 21 languages.   You can read about Helen's original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Mythos by Stephen Fry Bonjour Tristesse by François Sagan The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett   Other books we spoke about included Hotel Du Lac, Wuthering Heights, The Worst Witch, Mallory Towers, The Course of Love, My Judy Garland Life and Helen's books, which include The Year of Living Danishly, The Atlas of Happiness and Leap Year.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @mshelenrussell   Twitter: @thelitedit @mshelenrussell  

For the fourth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by the divine Damian Barr. Author, broadcaster, and creator and host of the Literary Salon, which started at Shoreditch House in 2008, Damian hosts live literary events worldwide.   You can read about Damian Barr's original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin The Colour Purple by Alice Walker The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell This is Not About Me by Janice Galloway A Scots Dictionary of Nature by Amanda Thomson Scabby Queen by Kirstin Innes The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong   Other books we spoke about included The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, The Third Life of Grange Copeland by Alice Walker, Damian's books, Maggie and Me and You Will be Safe Here and Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @mrdamianbarr @damianbarrliterarysalon   Twitter: @thelitedit @Damian_Barr  

For the third episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author and journalist, Sophia Money-Coutts.   You can read about Sophia Money-Coutts original list of Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle Notes from a Big Country by Bill Bryson Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny Gone with the Windsors by Laurie Graham The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson The Consequences of Love by Gavanndra Hodge Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi   Other books we spoke about included The Chimp Paradox, The Power of Now. Rodham, Prep, American Wife and Notes on a Small Island.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit   Twitter: @thelitedit    

For the second episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by co-owner of Bondi bookshop Gertrude + Alice, blogger at Mr Turner and one of my all-time favourite bookish peeps, the brilliant Jordan Turner. You can read about Jordan's original list of Desert Island Books here (https://thelitedit.com/jordan-from-mr-turner/), and the ones we discuss in this episode are: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara Places I Stopped on the Way Home by Meg Fee Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kid Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Betty by Tiffany McDaniel Other books we spoke about included Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee, The Hungover Games by Sophie Heawood, Wild by Cheryl Strayed and Ulysees by James Joyce. If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/lists/the-literary-edit-podcast-picks-jordan-turner), an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com Website: https://www.thelitedit.com/ https://www.mrturner.com.au/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/theliteraryedit https://www.facebook.com/mrturnerblog Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_litedit/ https://www.instagram.com/mrturner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelitedit

For the very first episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by OBE, Sunday Times bestselling author and founder of The Women's Prize for Fiction, the utterly wonderful Kate Mosse. You can read about Kate's original list of Desert Island Books here (https://thelitedit.com/desert-island-books-kate-mosse/) and the ones we discuss in this episode are: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie Small Island by Andrea Levy The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien The Street by Ann Petry The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu Dear Life by Rachel Clarke Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Other books we spoke about included Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and this year's Women's Prize for Fiction longlist.  If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/lists/the-literary-edit-podcast-picks-kate-mosse), an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com Website: https://www.thelitedit.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theliteraryedit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_litedit/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelitedit  

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