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Books and Authors

Susanna Hoffs and Nina Wadia

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Nina Wadia is a well known face on British TV and film. She was part of the smash hit comedy Goodness Gracious Me and was a regular in EastEnders. Most recently she has been in The Outlaws. She's chosen a dark thriller set in Pakistan set in the world of courtesans and pimps. The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad. It's a disturbing read she says but a brilliant insight into a hidden world. Susanna Hoffs wrote songs and was lead singer with The Bangles. She is still recording and playing music but has recently published her first novel This Bird Has Flown. Her choice of book on A Good Read is an English novel set in the 1950s - Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers - a strange tale of a mysterious apparent immaculate conception being investigated by a female journalist. Harriett's choice is Blue Horses - a collection of poems by the late Mary Oliver. The verdict from all three - wonderful and life affirming.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

Photo by Sam Irons

Transcript

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0:28.4

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0:33.1

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0:37.3

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. Thank you for downloading a good Radio, Podcasts.

0:39.0

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

0:42.0

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

0:46.3

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

0:50.8

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

0:55.1

Hello, today I'm joined by singer, guitarist and songwriter Susanna Hoffs, co-founder of chart-topping American band The Bangle's, now enjoying a solo career,

1:00.8

and since this year, also an author, Susanna's debut novel, This Bird Has Flown, came out in April.

1:07.6

With her is the actress Nina Wadia, who gained widespread attention in the sketch

1:11.9

show Goodness Gracious Me and Zainab Masud in EastEnders. More recent TV credits include the

1:18.1

Stephen Merchant comedy thriller, The Outlaws. Susanna Hoffs, would you start us off? What have you

1:24.1

chosen as a good read? I chose a book by Claire Chambers called Small

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