A Good Read: Bryony Gordon & Hollie McNish
A Good Read
BBC
4.2 • 847 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Chess, drugs and dentistry- the two writers chat to Harriett about their favourite books
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.4 | My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:10.8 | The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that. |
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| 0:22.4 | helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put |
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| 0:41.2 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. |
| 0:46.7 | Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts, |
| 0:51.1 | where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them. |
| 0:54.2 | We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here. Hello, if you're a fan of chess or Marian Keyes, or you hate the dentist, |
| 1:01.1 | today is your day. With me to introduce their good reader to writers. Telegraph columnist |
| 1:06.3 | Brianie Gordon is the author of six books, including the wrong knickers and most recently no such thing as normal. |
| 1:13.4 | Briani also presents the Mad World podcast and founded Mental Healthmates, a peer support network for people with mental health concerns. |
| 1:21.7 | With her is the poet Holly McNish, author of four poetry collections, of which the latest, Slug and Other Things I've |
| 1:29.0 | I've Been Told to Hate, comes out in May. Holly's also published a memoir, Nobody Told Me, |
| 1:34.8 | and co-written with Sabrina Mafuse, The Play Offside About Women's Football. |
| 1:40.4 | Brony Gordon, would you start us off with your choice of a good read? What is it? Yes, it's Rachel's Holiday by the fantastic Marianne Keyes. I just think she's absolutely wonderful. You see her books in shops. Well, you used to see her books in shops when shops were open, but you see her books in shops and they look. So, you know, you could sort of dismiss them as chick lit, I suppose. |
| 2:03.9 | Not that there's anything wrong with chick lit at all, but I think she's so fantastic at delivering |
| 2:08.7 | quite serious subjects in a light way. I love that. I don't think serious subjects have to be |
| 2:14.1 | delivered in very serious ways, I suppose. And Rachel's holiday is a novel about |
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