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Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

David Baddiel Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Ora Et Labora

Arts, Books, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8984 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and writer David Baddiel shares some of his writing processes and reading traits that he is not a fan of. He also tells us the book he has really enjoyed reading recently and who we would invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,

0:05.0

like your head is full of Raspberry,

0:08.0

then you need Monzo.

0:10.0

Download your new favorite bank and pay bills from custom pots.

0:15.0

Money never felt like Monzo.

0:18.0

UK Residents Tease and C Supply.

0:21.0

This episode is brought to you by the Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award.

0:24.8

Have you written a book that you want to see published and be in with a chance of winning

0:28.8

20,000 pounds?

0:30.5

All you have to do is to publish your book via Kindle Direct Publishing by August 31st to enter this award.

0:37.0

The winner will receive a £20,000 prize fund.

0:40.0

Joining the judging panel this year are broadcaster and author Sarah Cox and presenter author and journalist Vic Hope.

0:47.0

Now in its 8th year the literary prize celebrates the UK's best self-published story championing and offering recognition for the nation's best

0:55.1

independent writers. So get out that book that you're keeping in a draw and get

0:59.0

entering. For more information on how to enter go to amazon.co. UK forward slash storyteller.

1:05.6

That's amazon.co. UK forward slash storyteller and good luck. Hello and welcome it's our bonus

1:24.0

Q&A episode of Books of the Year. I don't know why I say Bonus

1:26.3

Every Week. It's just like another part. It's like part two.

1:29.2

You don't buy one get one free. It's like whizzer and chips where you get one comic and there's another one stapled inside it.

1:36.0

Maybe that's how we should think about it.

1:38.0

Anyway, David Badele is here. Our main conversation about his latest book, My Family, The Memoir, is on our previous episode,

1:45.2

and you can get that where you got this one, fairly obviously.

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