This week we are nosing around the bookshelves of the author described as "the most talented new cookbook writer of a generation" by The Times, the wonderful Ella Risbridger! Ella is the author of Midnight Chicken, called "a manual for living and a declaration of hope" by Nigella Lawson. Ella is also the editor of the poetry anthology Set Me On Fire and her first book for children The Secret Detectives will be released later this year. We talked to her about nourishing poetry, smoking in the bath and why she still has Daisy's copy of Brother of the More Famous Jack.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableElla Risbridger - Midnight ChickenElla Risbridger - Secret DetectivesFrances Hodgson Burnett - Secret GardenElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet ChroniclesIan McEwan - AtonementSylvia Plath - Bell JarSarra Manning - UnstickyJames Rebanks - English PastoralAda Limon - Bright Dead ThingsHera Lindsay Bird - Hera Lindsay BirdKaveh Akbar - Calling a Wolf a WolfRichard Scott - SohoKayo Chingonyi - KumukandaMorgan Parker - There Are More Beautiful Things Than BeyoncéEllen Bass - Human LineGabrielle Calvocoressi - Rocket FantasticMarie Howe - What The Living DoMary Wesley - Camomile LawnMary Wesley - Haphazard HouseMary Wesley - Speaking TermsMary Wesley - Sixth SealMary Wesley - Harnessing PeacocksBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackDeborah Davis - Party of the CenturyBarbara Trapido - Travelling HornplayerSarra Manning - You Don’t Have To Say You Love MeSarah Dessen - Lock and KeyRobin Stevens - Murder Most UnladylikeLouise Rennison- Angus, thongs and full-frontal snoggingTana French - Secret PlaceDonna Tartt - Secret HistoryBret Easton Ellis - Rules of AttractionEva Ibbotson - Journey To The River SeaEva Ibbotson - Secret CountessEva Ibbotson - Song For SummerLaura Wood - Snowfall of SilverLaura Wood - Under a Dancing StarJudith Kerr - Small Person Far AwayJudith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr - Bombs on Aunt DaintyEva Ibbotson - Morning GiftPenelope Mortimer - Pumpkin EaterLaurie Colwin - Happy All The TimeLorrie Moore - Who Will Run The Frog HospitalDodie Smith - I Capture the CastleStella Gibbons - Cold Comfort FarmShirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the CastleJill Mansell - Millie’s FlingJill Mansell - Fast FriendsRoss Gay - Book of DelightsJB Priestley - Delight See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.