Rebecca Markwick chats with the delightful Ian Livingstone, games legend. Co-founder of Games Workshop, co-creater of the Fighting Fantasy genre of books, videogames star who brought us the brilliant Lara Croft. We chat all about the therapeutic effects of reading, how he and Steve Jackson created an entirely new genre of books that encouraged children to read and increased literacy rates. He shares some amusing stories about the launch of the first book and how they are still in print today. We also discuss co-writing, how important games are for critical thinking, and why having a sense of agency is so important when engaging in media.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/05/18/ian-livingstone/

 Date of episode recording: 2021-05-18
 Duration: 32:00
 Language of episode: English
 Presenter:Rebecca Markwick
 Guests: Ian Livingstone
 Producer: Rebecca Markwick (also Editor); Dr Samantha Rayner