Ali Baker and a guest discuss children’s fantasy fiction. The guest chooses a favourite for Ali, and Ali chooses a complementing contemporary book. Jokes and the occasional swear word may ensue. Please contact fantasybookswap@gmail.com, @fantasyswap on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/Fantasybookswap. Ask questions, make comments and join in the discussion!
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Ali Baker and a guest discuss children’s fantasy fiction. The guest chooses a favourite for Ali, and Ali chooses a complementing contemporary book. Jokes and the occasional swear word may ensue. Please contact fantasybookswap@gmail.com, @fantasyswap on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/Fantasybookswap. Ask questions, make comments and join in the discussion!
In today's episode I'm joined by Una McCormack, New York Times best-selling author and member of Gold SF editorial board.
Una’s choice: Lucy M Boston’s The Children of Green Knowe . This is the Puffin edition Una has. The 70th anniversary edition is available from Hemingford Grey shop.
The TV adaptation
Ali’s choice: Pádraig Kenny’s The Monsters of Rookhaven
Illustrations here and here
Una mentions Tom’s Midnight Garden. You can listen to Episode 25 with Tony Keen, where we discuss the book here.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The Spire by William Golding
Red Shift by Alan Garner
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll, illus Jan Pienkowski
Thornhill by Pam Smy
Isadora Moon by Helen Muncaster
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Earthsea and Annals of the Western Shore by Ursula Le Guin
Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Authors mentioned in this episode:
Catherine Cookson, who is still in print
Helen Forrester
Una’s most recent book: Doctor Who: Caged
Follow Una on Bluesky @unamccormack.bsky.social
Thanks as always to Steve Vapour Trails. Check out his radio show on Radio Lewes here! Thank you to Danny for the fresh new idents, and to Jack Sadler-Johnson for the use of his beautiful track Bliss.
Fantasy Book Swap
Ali Baker and a guest discuss children’s fantasy fiction. The guest chooses a favourite for Ali, and Ali chooses a complementing contemporary book. Jokes and the occasional swear word may ensue. Please contact fantasybookswap@gmail.com, @fantasyswap on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/Fantasybookswap. Ask questions, make comments and join in the discussion!