In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy. The New York Times bestselling author shares why it was important to her to write realistic sex scenes, which author she can’t get enough of, and the latest with the adaptation of her memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died.

Jennette McCurdy’s One Nightstand picks:

• Fireworks Every Night by Beth Raymer

• Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice Carrière

• Little Children By Tom Perrotta

• Flesh by David Szalay

• The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

• Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Jennette’s highly anticipated first novel, Half His Age, is available everywhere now.

Credits

Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Producer: Aubree Lennon

Editor: James Koroni

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Oscar-nominated actor and fellow Brummie Felicity Jones. The pair discuss their shared love of Virginia Woolf, the real reason she left The Worst Witch, and what would be on Jyn Erso’s reading list.

Felicity Jones’ One Nightstand picks:

• A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

• The Waves by Virginia Woolf

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Felicity stars with Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Denis Leary in Oh. What. Fun., currently streaming now on Amazon.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon

In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. On this episode, Hamnet star Jessie Buckley delights with tales of playing monsters alongside Christian Bale in Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!, the origins of her love of Shakespeare, and a plea for more people to read Jean Rhys.

Jessie Buckley's One Nightstand picks:

• Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys.

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

• Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser.

• Complete Works of Shakespeare.

• Windows on Eternity: The Paintings of Peter Birkhäuser.

Jessie Buckley stars with Paul Mescal in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet in theaters now. Her next film The Bride! hits theaters in March 2026.

Credits

Director/Director of Photography: Marshall Steif

Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

Post Supervisor: Delia Kelly

Post Production Manager: Mateo Delgadillo

Editor: James Koroni

Producer: Aubree Lennon