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.

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Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcast, 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. I'm joined today by psychotherapist and writer Philippa Perry,

currently in agony aunt for The Observer and author most recently of the book you wish your

parents had read and your children will be glad that you did. With Philippa is Ania Seth, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Sussex,

and currently leading the perception census,

an international study of how differently each of us perceives the physical world.

Anil is also the author of the book, Being You.

Anil, will you start us off? What have you chosen as a good read? I have chosen

Clara and the Sun by Katsu Isiguru. I've always loved Ishiu's work in fact since I first saw

his film Remains of the Day, or rather his book, that was turned into a film. It's just this

very delicate spare prose that he uses.

It's kind of science fiction for me, but a different kind of science fiction where everything is pretty normal in the world he evokes.

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