<p>It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author <a href="https://www.rachelontour.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachel Parris</a>! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group <a href="https://www.austentatiousimpro.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Austentatious</a>, alongside former YB guests <a href="https://shows.acast.com/booked/episodes/cariad-lloyd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cariad Lloyd</a> and <a href="https://shows.acast.com/booked/episodes/andrew-hunter-murray" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrew Hunter Murray</a>, her first novel, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781399751612" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Introducing Mrs Collins</a>, is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. Discover more about the titles mentioned at our <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/rachel-parris-you-re-booked?&amp;new-list-page=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookshop.org shop</a>. Find out more about Daisy's upcoming live events at her <a href="https://creativeconfidenceclinic.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Confidence Clinic. </a></p><p>BOOKS</p><p>Daisy Buchanan - <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3827/9781529963052" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Grown Up</a></p><p>Rachel Parris - Introducing Mrs Collins</p><p>Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice</p><p>Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility</p><p>Jane Austen - Persuasion</p><p>Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre</p><p>Monique Roffey&nbsp;- Mermaid of Black Conch</p><p>Jennie Godfrey - The List of Suspicious Things</p><p>Ambrose Parry - The Way of all Flesh: A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1</p><p>George Eliot - Middlemarch</p><p>Julie Owen Moylan&nbsp;- Elizabeth and Marilyn</p><p>Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary</p><p>Jilly Cooper - Rivals</p><p>Jackie Collins - Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge</p><p>Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffanys</p><p>Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day</p><p>Nikki May - This Motherless Land</p><p>Jane Austen - Mansfield Park</p><p>Louisa May Alcott - Little Women</p><p>Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible</p><p>Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep</p><p>Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife</p><p>Graydon Carter - When the Going Was Good</p><p>Tina Brown - The Vanity Fair Diaries</p><p>Andrew O'Hagan - Caledonian Road</p><p>Barbara Kingsolver - Demon Copperhead</p><p>Louise Candlish - Our House</p><p>Adele Parks - Just Between Us</p><p>Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment</p><p>Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party</p><p>Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You</p><p>J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - S</p><p>Janet and Allan Ahlberg - The&nbsp;Jolly Postman</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>