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  • 2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Daisy Buchanan

    Do you have these in a 42?’ Is it my imagination or is the assistant rolling her eyes. ‘I can look in the back,’ she says, ‘But we don’t have capacity to carry every size in store. Have you tried online?’‘I was really hoping to try the boots on in the shop,’ I say. ‘To get a feel for the fit. Could you have a look?’ I’m trying to be polite. I’ve worked in retail, and I know it’s tough. The shop assistant might be near the end of a long shift, and she might have had a tough day.

  • 2 months ago | independent.ie | Daisy Buchanan

    Exclusive book extract from ‘Read Yourself Happy’My own love story is a literary one. My boyfriend smiles nervously and hands me a hard, rectangular package, about the size of my hand. ‘Happy Christmas!’ I gasp, theatrically. ‘It’s… a car?’ I tear at the wrapping paper – white, decorated with silver stars. Inside, there’s a very plain book. It might have been royal blue once, but the cover has faded. The binding is slightly loose and fraying. It smells soft and sweet, faintly powdery.

  • 2 months ago | inews.co.uk | Daisy Buchanan

    Five years ago, I decided to try and manage my anxiety by swapping my smartphone for a book. It was lockdown at the time, and I found that starting the day by reading instead of scrolling left me feeling calmer and happier. This didn’t necessarily come as a surprise: books have provided comfort and hope throughout my entire life, from when I was bullied growing up to the periods of loneliness and heartbreak since.

  • 2 months ago | l8r.it | Daisy Buchanan |Jay Shetty |Matt Haig |Cheryl Strayed

    LoveReading Says The delightful Daisy Buchanan, the award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster has pulled it out of the bag again with her new book. Proving she can take her hand to it all, Buchanan acts as your page-turning personal trainer who encourages you to turn the volume down on the increasingly hectic world around you. She reminds us that within the pages of books, you'll find safety, comfort, joy, escape, adventure. You'll be soothed, moved, challenged and captivated.

  • 2 months ago | yahoo.com | Daisy Buchanan

    Writer Daisy Buchanan has used books to relieve her anxiety from school days into adulthood - Laura PannackGenerate Key TakeawaysBooks have saved my life. If it wasn’t for books, I’m not sure that I’d be here. Reading has brought me comfort and hope during some of the darkest, most difficult periods of my life. I’m not especially clever or academic. I haven’t read half the classics (yet). I don’t have a story about how I mounted a bookcase and climbed my way out of a burning building.

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27 Mar 25

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Daisy Buchanan
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8 Mar 25

RT @YBooked: This week on YB - @NotRollergirl meets the amazing author of Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors! There's boxing chat, being taught by…