We're delving back into the archives and bringing you another of our favourite episodes. This week we're visiting the beautiful home (including glorious bookshelves with a library ladder that made us green with envy) of Elif Shafak. Elif is a celebrated and award-winning novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She has published many books including the bestselling Island of Missing Trees, The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Three Daughters of Eve and the critically acclaimed 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World. Her new book There Are Rivers in the Sky is released on 8th August. Elif is also an activist advocating for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech. We talked to her about baklava, politics, Death Metal and stationery obsessions. Find a full list of the books Elif mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodElif Shafak - 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World Elif Shafak - Three Daughters of EveMarco Pierre White - The Devil in the KitchenSamin Nosrat - Salt Fat Acid HeatJason Goodwin - Yashim Cooks IstanbulCharles Dickens - A Tale of Two CitiesVirginia Woolf - OrlandoRowan Coleman - We Are All Made of StarsElena Ferrante - My Brilliant FriendThomas Page McBee - AmateurElif Shafak - HonourDonna Tartt - The Secret HistoryEsquire - Oral History of BenningtonBret Easton Ellis - Rules of AttractionDavid Sedaris - CalypsoLaura Esquivel - Like Water For ChocolateRumi - Selected PoemsHilary Mantel - Wolf HallMatthew Sperling - AstroturfOttessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and RelaxationSarah Krasnostein - The Trauma CleanerWill Eaves - MurmurCervantes - Don QuixoteMarian Keyes - The Break Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.