13. Lauren Bravo

We're venturing deep into East London this week to peruse the library of journalist and author Lauren Bravo. Lauren recently released What Would The Spice Girls Do? a joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. A wide ranging discussion covered the use of wee in James Joyce, Colin Firth in your pencil case, upsetting Ali Smith and an extraordinarily accurate Psammead impression. BOOKS (CLICK FOR MORE) Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Lauren Bravo - What Would The Spice Girls Do? Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen - Oh My God What a Complete Aisling Nora Ephron - Wallflower at the Orgy Gabrielle Fernie - Lush Tara Westover - Educated James Joyce - Ulysses Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d’Urbervilles Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love EF Benson - Mapp and Lucia Barbara Pym - Excellent Women Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Judy Blume - Forever Judy Blume - Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself Judy Blume - Deenie Viv Albertine - To Throw Away Unopened Noel Streatfeild - Party Frock Noel Streatfeild - Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild - The Bell Family Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s Diary Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones Edge of Reason Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Baby Helen Fielding - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination Ruby Ferguson - Jill’s Pony Trek Jane Shaw - Susan at School Jane Shaw - Susan Rushes In Jane Shaw - Susan’s Helping Hand Lucy Mangan - Bookworm Enid Blyton - Malory Towers Anne Digby - First Term at Trebizon Ana Sampson - She is Fierce Nina Stibbe - Love Nina Nina Stibbe - Paradise Lodge Nina Stibbe - Man at the Helm Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens - Bleak House Various - Norton Anthology of Poetry Ovid - Metamorphosis Jilly Cooper - Mount Geoffrey Chaucer - The Riverside Chaucer Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver - The Lacuna Donna Tartt - The Little Friend Olivia Laing - Crudo Meena Kandasamy - When I Hit You Ali Smith - How To Be Both Carson McCullers - The Member of the Wedding Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Francoise Sagan - Bonjour Tristesse Toni Morrison - Jazz Isabel Allende - House of the Spirits Toni Morrison - Beloved Heather Havrilesky - How to be a Person in the World Sloan Crosley - I Was Told There’d be Cake Helen MacDonald - H is For Hawk Barbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous Jack Barbara Trapido - Frankie and Stankie Barbara Trapido - Temples of Delight Barbara Trapido - Juggling E Nesbit - Five Children and It E Nesbit - The Story of the Treasure Seekers George & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a Nobody Rebecca Reid - Perfect Liars Louise Rennison - Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging