Jess Phillips - You're Booked

This week we are heading to beautiful Birmingham and visiting the home of politician, author and feminist superstar Jess Phillips! Jess is the MP for Birmingham Yardley, previously worked for Women's Aid and continues to campaign for equality and recognition on a vast array of issues. She's also the author of two books: Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth and Truth to Power: 7 Ways to Call Time on B.S. We talked to Jess about her adoration of Sue Townsend, misleading English lessons and the problems connected to buying books in the middle of the night. BOOKS Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood Jess Phillips - Everywoman Jess Phillips - Truth to Power Douglas Coupland - All Families Are Psychotic Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace Margaret Atwood - The Testaments Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid’s Tale Aldous Huxley - Brave New World Sue Townsend - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Sue Townsend - The Queen and I George Orwell - 1984 Roald Dahl - The Twits Roald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the World Roald Dahl - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Roald Dahl - Boy Roald Dahl - George’s Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl - Matilda Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Philip Pullman - Amber Spyglass L. Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz PL Travers - Mary Poppins Judy Blume - Forever Judy Blume - Starring Sally J Freedman As Herself Salman Rushdie - Satanic Verses Madonna - Sex DH Lawrence - Lady Chatterley’s Lover Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles Ada Calhoun - Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give Caitlin Moran - How To Be a Woman John Le Carre - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Le Carre - Constant Gardener Sally Rooney - Normal People Caitlin Moran - How To Be Famous Anna Hope - Expectation Marian Keyes - Sushi For Beginners