A very short emergency podcast due to life, the pandemic and the general state of things that have disrupted my recording schedule. How rude.
This episode is inspired by Octothorpe’s episode 54, Embrace the Sweat, where in discussion about Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education Alison suggested that it was the first book to challenge the classism of the Harry Potter series. I disagree!
You can find out more about Jonathan Stroud here. I think he’s a fantastic author. The first of the Bartimaeus books is The Amulet of Samarkand . We meet Kitty Jones and the Resistance in The Golem’s Eye and the final novel of the original trilogy is Ptolemy’s Gate.
The next scheduled recording is live on Easter Monday at EasterCon, Reclamation 2022, with Tasha Suri as guest. We will be discussing Tamora Pierce’s Alanna: The First Adventure and Philip Reeve’s Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep. Please come along if you’re there, and send questions via @fantasyswap or fantasybookswap@gmail.com
Ep 39: Writeopolis v Fantasy Book Swap- not a dance off
Ep 38: Is that Conan in space? With Tade Thompson
Ep 37: Totally Elemental with Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Chair of Glasgow 2024 WorldCon
Ep 36: Ghosts, machines and aliens with Kit Power
Ep 35: A Confusion of Susans with Juliet Kemp
34: Dragons and radical empathy with Trip Galey
Ep 33: A refreshing lack of Wizard Dads with SJ Groenewegen
Ep 32 Imaginary horse husbands with Kari Sperring
Ep 31 Getting rid of parents and grumpy magical helpers with Kate Towner
Ep 30: Hot Gladiators and Plague Gods
Moomintroll and a china rabbit with Laura Mauro at FantasyCon 2022
Ep 28: Two horse girls’ training montages with Caroline Mersey
Ep 27: The Anti-Reepicheep League with Ang Rosin
Ep 26: Fairies and witches and toads, oh my!
Ep 25: Timeslips and dreams with Tony Keen
Ep 24: Look into my eyes with Russell Smith
Ep 23 Sweet Polly Oliver goes Over The Hills: Sharpe and Monstrous Regiment
Ep 22: I’m just a teenage necromancer, baby
Episode 21: Fantasy Book Swap Live!!! at Reclamation 2022, with Tasha Suri
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