Get ready for a really fun, warm and refreshing chat with one of our favourite authors, the brilliant Amanda Prowse! Amanda is an Internationally bestselling author of novels, non-fiction books and short stories, whose books have been published worldwide in dozens of languages. Her chart topping titles include What Have I Done?, Perfect Daughter, My Husband’s Wife, The Girl in the Corner and her latest is the wonderful Swimming to Lundy. We talked to her about magic, library love, literary Christmas gift ideas, the joy of annuals and the genius of Maeve Binchy. Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Preorder your copy of Daisy's Read Yourself Happy by contacting The Margate Bookshop and visit Daisy's Substack to find out about her live dates. The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - Pity PartyDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyAmanda Prowse - Swimming to LundyColleen McCullough - The Thorn BirdsThe Bunty AnnualThe Mandy Annual The Beano AnnualJackie - 60 Years of MagicJill Mansell - Promise MeKatie Hickman - She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in IndiaClarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With the WolvesArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDorothy Whipple - High WagesPersephone BooksLouise Bagshawe - Career GirlsShirley Conran - LaceDanielle Steele - PalazzoVC Andrews - Flowers in the AtticJilly Cooper - RivalsJilly Cooper - PoloJilly Cooper - Between the CoversRufi Thorpe - Margot's Got Money TroublesCallum Robinson - IngrainedCarol Ann Duffy - Three Wise Men Chapter 34 BooksDr Seuss - Oh The Places You'll GoCathy Rentzenbrink - How To Feel BetterNigella Lawson - Nigella ChristmasDiana Henry - SimpleNigel Slater - A Thousand FeastsJane Austen - PersuasionThomas Hardy - Collected PoemsJane Austen - Sense and SensibilityCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseThomas Hardy - Far From the Madding CrowdMaeve Binchy - Evening ClassStephenie Meyer - TwilightJoyce Lankester Brisley - Milly Molly MandyJoyce Lankester Brisley - Marigold in Godmother's HouseHolly Bourne - So Thrilled For YouHolly Bourne - You Could Be So PrettyLemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate EventsDaniel Handler - And Then? And Then? What Else?: A Writer's LifeBruce Omar Yates - The Muslim CowboyShelby Van Pelt - Remarkably Bright Creatures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.