Read Yourself Happy: Daisy Buchanan

Chester Literature Festival is delighted to host an event with Daisy Buchanan for her new book Read Yourself Happy.  We love this idea and title so much we have themed our newly moved Summer festival to incorporate a feeling of hope and happiness in as many events as we can!  

Daisy is an award-winning journalist, author, and broadcaster. She hosts the chart-topping podcast, You’re Booked where she interviews legendary writers from all over the world about their reading habits.  

Read yourself calmer 

Read yourself courageous 

Read yourself free 

Forget ‘self-help’ and embrace ‘shelf-help’ by discovering the healing power of books and reading to inspire, comfort and fortify. 

In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Daisy Buchanan offers the perfect source of anti-anxiety, inviting us to discover the literary worlds that have helped her in unwinding anxiety to survive – and thrive. 

She often appears on Woman’s Hour, Times Radio, and Good Morning Britain and has written several novels including the bestselling Insatiable (Sphere, 2021) and Careering (Sphere 2022) which was adapted by Radio Four and selected for the BBC Sounds Book Club. 

‘Daisy’s words never fail to make me feel less alone.’- Dolly Alderton

‘Daisy Buchanan is already my go-to person for reading recommendations, and now she’s sharing her wisdom with the world! I can’t think of a better guide to the books that can heal, soothe and inspire us.’ - Katherine May

‘Daisy writes about anxiety with real honesty and kindness’ Marian Keyes