As a little bonus treat, we are delighted to present this glorious, nourishing conversation with the fantastic Emma Black! Emma is a hugely talented opera director, veracious reader and winner of the You're Booked auction, raising funds for Book Fuel. Emma talks about her early fascination with Anne of Green Gables, a terrible crime committed to a copy of In Cold Blood in a New Zealand youth hostel, loving Meg Wolitzer, Katherine Heiny and Curtis Sittenfeld and the books she's looking forward to next year (and much more!) If you would like to find out more or donate to National Energy Action, who are attempting to eradicate fuel poverty, then please visit NEA.org.uk. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop. Sign up for the You're Booked newsletter by heading to: FurtherReading.Substack.comBOOKSJill Tomlinson - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the DarkJill Tomlinson - Penguin's Who Wanted To Find OutJill Murphy - Five Minutes PeaceLM Montgomery - Anne of Green GablesLM Montgomery - JournalsLM Montgomery - Anne of AvonleaEM Brent-Dyer - The Chalet SchoolEnid Blyton - Malory TowersAnn M. Martin - The Baby-Sitters ClubJK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneTruman Capote - In Cold BloodTruman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany'sTruman Capote - A Christmas MemoryDeborah Davis - Party of the CenturyKelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott - Swan SongAndy Miller - Year of Reading DangerouslyJilly Cooper - ImogenElizabeth Gilbert - Big MagicMeg Wolitzer - Female PersuasionMeg Wolitzer - The WifeMeg Wolitzer - The InterestingsMeg Wolitzer - Ten Year NapEmma Straub - This Time TomorrowKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationKatherine Heiny - Single Carefree MellowMeg Mason - Sorrow and BlissBonnie Garmus - Lessons in ChemistryTaylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto is Back Katy Wix - DelicacyCurtis Sittenfeld - Romantic ComedyCurtis Sittenfeld - RodhamCurtis Sittenfeld - American WifeCurtis Sittenfeld - PrepCurtis Sittenfeld - EligibleJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseCharles Dickens - Great ExpectationsCharle Dickens - David CopperfieldNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesJoanna Quinn - The Whalebone TheatreElizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazelet ChroniclesKate Atkinson - Life After LifeAmor Towles - Lincoln HighwayAmor Towles - Rules of CivilityAmor Towles - Gentleman in MoscowJonathan Coe - BournevilleJonathan Coe - Rotters Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.