Jun 26, 2026 · 46 min · 13 segments
Caitlin Moran is a writer and, let's face it, a feminist icon. Together with our host Rachel Parris (BAFTA-nominated comedian, actor, author), Caitlin…
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I already know you have said that the library played a huge part in your reading as a child.

So with the Children's Book Project, our goal is... to let children own their own books.

And so, in a way, you're quite well-placed, because if you didn't, really, then...
I mean, they had eight children, so their time was limited to spend with their children.
Which is weird for people who'd had eight children, particularly interested in children.
So the library really was, the library and the television were my real parents.
And I would often go twice a day because I'd become so paranoid that someone might have returned some books since I'd last visited in the morning.
and I would take my dog with me and I believed that the dog would sit outside and wait for me patiently, like dogs in films did, but it would actually just sort of wander off into a butcher's shop and I'd hear people screaming and I'd have to come and get the dog.
And then we would add, with my eyes, because we didn't think audio books counted.

I already know you have said that the library played a huge part in your reading as a child.

So with the Children's Book Project, our goal is... to let children own their own books.

And so, in a way, you're quite well-placed, because if you didn't, really, then...
I mean, they had eight children, so their time was limited to spend with their children.
Which is weird for people who'd had eight children, particularly interested in children.
So the library really was, the library and the television were my real parents.
And I would often go twice a day because I'd become so paranoid that someone might have returned some books since I'd last visited in the morning.
and I would take my dog with me and I believed that the dog would sit outside and wait for me patiently, like dogs in films did, but it would actually just sort of wander off into a butcher's shop and I'd hear people screaming and I'd have to come and get the dog.
And then we would add, with my eyes, because we didn't think audio books counted.
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