337: Rachel Bright on writing, air hostessing, verrucas and hats
The Scummy Mummies Podcast
Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Why does it take a whole year to make a kids' book? What's it like to visit Richard Branson's private island? And who doesn't love a Nissan Micra? Answering all these questions is bestselling children's author Rachel Bright!
She tells us how she went from losing hope after an early rejection to landing a three-book publishing deal, and enjoying huge success with The Lion Inside. We talk about talent, timing, and the third magic ingredient that got Rachel where she is today.
We also discuss Rachel's time working as an air hostess for Virgin Atlantic, and what happened when she went to Necker Island. We find out how to wear hats, and in a podcast exclusive, Rachel shares her favourite verruca hack.
As is tradition, we finish with Scummy Mummy Confessions - this time involving a basketball and an erect horse penis.
Find out more about Rachel's brilliant books by following her on Instagram @rachelbrightbooks. Her latest titles, The Turtle Who Turned the Tide and The Messysaurus, are out now.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, scumbags, this is the scummy mummies podcast, with your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne. |
| 0:16.8 | Hello and welcome to the Scummy Mummy's podcast. It's me, Helen Thorne. |
| 0:20.7 | It's me, Ellie Gibson. |
| 0:21.6 | Ellie Gibson. I'm sorry. I couldn't even for nationality. |
| 0:23.9 | Fucking hell. 13 years. 334 episodes. All like a Gibson. I did a couple of L's. |
| 0:33.3 | Are you being powered by AI today? Is that what's happening? |
| 0:37.5 | Oh, gone a bit over the top with the Ness Cafe. |
| 0:39.8 | I'm on, I'm on, I'm on, I'm on one. |
| 0:41.3 | Anyway, Ellie Gibson, we have a guest. |
| 0:43.5 | It is, it is a really good guest. |
| 0:46.5 | As opposed to our usual guests. |
| 0:49.2 | What the fuck is that? |
| 0:50.7 | Come on. |
| 0:51.7 | She's excellent. |
| 0:53.0 | She's multi-million selling book author. She's multi-million |
| 0:58.3 | selling book author. Yeah, that was nearly English. That's good. Carry on. She's an author of many, |
| 1:03.9 | many, many, many books that have sold a lot of copies. Yes, that's what multi-million means. |
| 1:08.4 | Many countries. She's won awards. |
| 1:11.4 | She's brilliant. |
| 1:12.4 | And her name is Rachel Bright. |
| 1:13.9 | Oh, you can say her name. |
| 1:16.4 | You can say her name. |
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