LADS: A Guide to Respect and Consent by Alan Bissett

In today's episode, Lisa reviews the book LADS: A Guide to Respect and Consent by Alan Bissett. It won The School Librarians' Association Information Book of the Year Award in 2024, and was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Educational Writers' Award the same year. In this LADS book review podcast, we cover the main takeaways from each chapter (+ the introduction), including: Flirting, with Disaster Porn on the Rocks Locker Room Talk The 'Nice' Guys The Worst Guys The Good Guys About the author: Alan Bissett is a novelist, playwright and performer from Falkirk, Scotland. Formerly a secondary school teacher, bookshop assistant and university lecturer, Alan has been working as a full-time writer since 2007. He was the Glenfiddich 'Spirit of Scotland' Writer of the Year in 2012, and in 2016 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Stirling University for his Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Culture. In 2022, he was one of the writers of the Police Scotland video 'Don't Be That Guy', which looked at toxic male behaviors towards women. If you want to learn more about the author or buy the book, you can visit his website . Want more GHY? Download our secret episode here for FREE!

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LADS: A Guide to Respect and Consent by Alan Bissett is an episode from Go Help Yourself: A Comedy Self-Help Podcast to Make Life Suck Less by Misty Stinnett & Lisa Linke.

This episode is 51:08 long.

This episode was published on Jun 18, 2025.

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