Rachel Parris
Book ShamblesOn today’s episode Robin is joined by comedian Rachel Parris to talk about her new, and first, book, Advice from Strangers:Everything I know from people I don’t know.
She chats with Robin about writing the book, the pressure of remembering not everything has to be funny, Jane Austen, the difficulties of writing satire right now and the book on the music she really wants to write next.
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
Advice From Strangers by Rachel Parris
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby
The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers
The work of Jane Austen
The work of Enid Blyton
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
The Jack Reacher novels by Christopher McQuarrie
The work of Claire McGowan
