Journalist and author India Knight discusses her “north star” books, the role that home has played in her life and writing, and why she’s now professionally the happiest she’s ever been.

India is the author of five novels: Darling, Mutton, Comfort and Joy, Don't You Want Me? and My Life on a Plate. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times, and author of the Substack newsletter Home, which inspired her most recent book of the same name – a love letter to the places we live which explores with wit, wisdom and reassurance why the state of our abodes is so vitally important to our wellbeing. India has also written the foreword to Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor for the Mermaid Collection edition – classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers.

India’s book choices are:

09:54 The L-Shaped Room by Lynn Reid Banks
17:47 I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith
24:27 The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
33:37 Good People by Patmeena Sabit
42:27 Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans

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