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Nov 2023
50m 54s

S6 Ep21: Bookshelfie: Tanya Reynolds

Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media
About this episode
Actress Tanya Reynolds talks about why being an introvert is a superpower, her final Sex Education scenes and when books come into your life and act like medicine. 

Tanya is perhaps known best for her scene-stealing role as Lily Iglehart in the Emmy award-winning Netflix show Sex Education, but has been gracing our screens with roles in Outlander, Death in Paradise and more recently 2020’s film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Bill Nighy. Tanya was named  as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2020, and has recently been treading the boards at London’s Almeida Theatre in critically acclaimed play A Mirror.

Tanya’s book choices are:
** Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
** Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
**  My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferante 
** Quiet by Susan Cain
** Everyone in this room will someday be dead by Emily Austen 


Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season six of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women.

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This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.

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