Welcome to the first full episode of Slow Reader. I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr Kaya Wilson not once, but twice. His memoir As Beautiful As Any Other (Picador) was the book that got me back in the saddle of reading after a long hiatus. 

My sincere thanks to Main FM and Sherene Clow, host of Queer and Now for allowing me to use the audio produced for the program as part of this episode. Also to Monique Boggia for the music composed just for Slow Reader (such a legendary babe), and to all my Facebook friends for allowing me to have a meltdown about audio production. I forgot that I hate that part, I just like the chats, so if there are any masochists who would like to do this job for me please do get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @JasperPeachSays

Next time I'll be joined by Jenny Valentish, author of Everything Harder than Everyone Else (Black Inc).