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!
Ep 42: Pirates and Mermaids and Witches with Ida Keogh
Fantasy Book Swap
47 minutes
1 year ago
Ep 42: Pirates and Mermaids and Witches with Ida Keogh
Ida’s choice: The Man whose Mother was a Pirate by Margaret Mahy
Ali’s choice: The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. The sequel has just been published: The Siren, the Song and the Spy
Ida had a different edition from mine
Other books we mention in this episode:
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Sarah Baartman, the Khoekhoe woman whose birth name may have been Ssehura, displayed in Europe as the Hottentot Venus
Ida’s award-winning short story Infinite Tea in the Demerara Café is in the NewCon Press anthology London Centric
Her novella Fish!
Ida has a story in the anthology Laughs in Space.
Follow Ida on Bluesky Facebook and @ida_Keogh on Instagram
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!
