8. Nina Stibbe

For our very, very special Christmas extravaganza we visit the Cornwall home of the brilliant Nina Stibbe. Nina is the celebrated author of the beloved memoir Love Nina, plus the novels Paradise Lodge and Man at the Helm. Her collection of festive stories An Almost Perfect Christmas is an ideal gift at any time of year. We talked about funny books, Harry Potter, suspect driving instructors and, of course, Adrian Mole. BOOKS (Click on the titles to find out more) Nina Stibbe - Love Nina Nina Stibbe - Man at the Helm Nina Stibbe - Paradise Lodge Nina Stibbe - An Almost Perfect Christmas Nina Stibbe - Reasons To Be Cheerful Margaret Drabble - The Millstone Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Tina Brown - The Vanity Fair Diaries Lissa Evans - Old Baggage JK Rowling - Harry Potter Complete Collection Sue Townsend - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 David Sedaris - Calypso David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris - Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls Patrick Gale - Take Nothing With You Andy Stanton - You're a Bad Man Mr Gum Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid Roger Hargreaves - Mr Men Lucy Mangan - Bookworm Julia Donaldson - Room on the Broom Garth Jennings - The Wildest Cowboy Lucia Berlin - A Manual For Cleaning Women George & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a Nobody Paul Ewen - Francis Plug - How To Be a Public Author Caitlin Moran - How To Build a Girl Jackie Collins - The World is Full of Married Men Colleen McCullough - The Thorn Birds Andrew Sean Greer - Less DM Thomas - The White Hotel Edward St Aubyn - The Patrick Melrose Novels Anthony Powell - Dance To The Music of Time Maria Semple - Where'd You Go Bernadette? Katherine Heiny - Standard Deviation Elizabeth McKenzie - The Portable Veblen Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine