Our guest today is Nikesh Shukla, writer, editor, rapper, and advocate for BAME voices in publishing. We talked about the pervasiveness of social media, the upcoming US edition of The Good Immigrant, and his response to the ubiquity of fictional white boys with dogs called Timmy. Books mentioned on the show: Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading, by Lucy Mangan Dear Mrs. Bird, by A J Pearce In Our Mad and Furious City, by Guy Gunaratne Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder, by Sarah Harris Bitter Orange, by Claire Fuller Transcription, by Kate Atkinson Coconut Unlimited, by Nikesh Shukla Meatspace, by Nikesh Shukla The Good Immigrant, ed. Nikesh Shukla The One Who Wrote Destiny, by Nikesh Shukla Feel Free: Essays, by Zadie Smith The Adulterants, by Joe Dunthorne I Still Dream, by Jane Smythe The Buddha of Suburbia, by Hanif Kureshi Happiness for Humans, by PZ Reizin The Fandom, by Anna Day Hearts And Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote, by Jane Robinson The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, by Joanna Cannon Three Things About Elsie, by Joanna Cannon Anatomy of a Scandal, by Sarah Vaughan ***** Support Claire on Patreon to get bonus content and personalised book recommendations. For daily news and views from British books and publishing, follow the Brit Lit Blog. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected] ***** SOCIAL MEDIA The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Nikesh Shukla Twitter / Website

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