You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

Hello, today I'm joined by the author India Knight, the most recent of whose five novels, Darling,

is a contemporary retelling of the Nancy Mitford classic, The Pursuit of Love.

India is also a columnist for the Sunday Times and publishes her own

substack newsletter called Home. With her is the academic, author and broadcaster Emma Dabbery,

whose many TV appearances include presenting the Channel 4 documentary Hair Power, Me and My Afro.

Emma's books include What White People Can Do Next, and Published

Just Last Month, Disobedient Bodies, Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty.

Indian Knight, would you start us off? What's your choice of a good read?

My choice of a good read is the tap dancer by Andrew Barrow, which I must confess to never having

heard about it. It was published in the early 90s until its publisher. I think it must have just been

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