This week, we are delighted to present a very funny, thoughtful and free-flowing conversation with a very old friend of the podcast, Nell Frizzell! We've been dreaming of having Nell appear on the show since it began, so we're delighted to finally get the chance to chat. Nell is an author, journalist and podcaster. Her first novel was the hilarious Square One, while her first book, The Panic Years, dealt with womanhood, motherhood and... panic. Her latest is Holding the Baby, a memoir on parenting that culminates in a manifesto. We talked to Nell about fantastic literary fathers, the forbidden fruit of Bridget Jones, great fictional witches and deliberately not finishing a book because you love it so much.  For your chance to appear on the podcast, pre-order Daisy's next book Limelight from Bookshop.org. Details of Daisy's event in Bath with Pineapple Street author Jenny Jackson are here. BOOKS Nell Frizzell - Square One Nell Frizzell - Holding the Baby Nell Frizzell - The Panic Years Melissa Fu - Peach Blossom Spring Anne Bronte - Tenant of Wildfell Hall Arundhati Roy - God of Small Things Barbara Comyns - Our Spoons Came From Woolworths Lemn Sissay - My Name is Why Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Rob Delaney - Heart That Works Elizabeth Strout - Lucy By the Sea David Nichols - Us Elizabeth Strout - Oh William Jonathan Coe - Bourneville Jonathan Coe - Rotters Club Jonathan Coe - What a Carve Up Katherine Heiny - Early Morning Riser Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding - Cause Celebre Jacqueline Susan - Valley of the Dolls Tony Bradman - Sam the Girl Detective Kaye Umansky - Pongwiffy Spike Milligan - Badjelly Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas - Winnie the Witch Vikram Seth - Suitable Boy Vikram Seth - Equal Music Johanna Spyri - Heidi Roald Dahl - Fantastic Mr Fox Bill Bryson - Notes From a Small Island Bill Bryson - The Body Bill Bryson - Down Under Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair Cesca Major - Maybe Next Time Naomi Wood - Mrs Hemingway Martha Gellhorn - Travels with Myself and Another Dervla Murphy - Wheels Within Wheels Freya Stark - Valleys of the Assassins Rosita Boland - Elsewhere Mary Wollstonecraft - Letters from Sweden, Norway and Denmark Musa Okwonga - One of Them Jilly Cooper - Class Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina Jilly Cooper - Riders Josie Long - Because I Don't Know What You Mean And What You Don't  Jean Rhys - Voyage in the Dark Nella Larsen - Passing Sarah Gilmartin - Dinner Party Philip Larkin - Whitsun Weddings Rose Tremain - The Colour AJ Pearce - Mrs Porter Calling AJ Pearce - Dear Mrs Bird Tim Burrows - Invention of Essex Henry James - The Europeans Clover Stroud - My Wild & Sleepless Nights Katy Wix - Delicacy Alice Vincent - Rootbound Amy Liptrot - The Instant Steve Jones - Call Time Ian Fleming - Casino Royale Chelsea Conaboy - Mother Brain Rosie Kinchen - Ballast Seed Paul Morgan-Bentley - Equal Parent Philip Larkin - A Girl in Winter Luiza Sauma - Everything You Ever Wanted Luiza Sauma - Flesh & Bone & Water Mary Beard - Good Working Mother's Guide Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.