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Books and Authors

A Good Read: Scarlett Curtis and Catherine Bohart talk favourite books

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Writer Scarlett Curtis and comedian Catherine Bohart talk books with Harriett Gilbert.

Transcript

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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.

0:17.5

With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to

0:22.4

helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put

0:28.3

together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,

0:35.0

check out BBC Sounds. This is the BBC.

0:42.0

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

0:44.0

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

0:47.1

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

0:51.4

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

0:54.2

reading suggestions here. Hello, it's excellent to be back. The years turned, the days are

0:59.9

growing longer, and here with their choice of good read, our first Scarlet Curtis, whose journalism

1:05.5

includes the weekly column The Generation Zed Hit List in the Sunday Times Style magazine.

1:13.9

She co-founded the Pink Protest Feminist Activist Group and edited last year's headline-grabbing essay collection

1:17.3

Feminists don't wear pink and other lies.

1:21.2

With Scarlett is the comedian, writer and actor Catherine Bohart,

1:24.3

whose solo show Immaculate reflects on her life as the bisexual OCD daughter of an Irish Catholic deacon.

1:32.1

If you missed it in Edinburgh, she performs it at the Soho Theatre in London for a week from the 25th of February.

1:38.5

And, Catherine, would you start us off? Your choice of a good read is.

1:42.4

Yes, it's Milkman by Anna Burns. And I know it's predictable

1:45.9

to pick a man-bucker winner, but it's freely good. I mean, they know what they're talking

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