# Maria Balshaw and Léa Ypi

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Podcast: [A Good Read](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-good-read-7332172)
Published: 2026-02-17T10:10:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rdp5
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Duration seconds: 1660

## Resource

This week's books are: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler chosen by Maria Balshaw. The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol (translated by Isabel Hapgood) chosen by Léa Ypi. Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans chosen by Harriett Gilbert. The producer is Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio Bristol. Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbc Photo credit: Erdem Moralioglu

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