Juno Dawson joins me to talk about the Point Horror cult classic, The Forbidden Game by LJ Smith. Juno is the bestselling author of several books including Clean, This Book is Gay and recent viral hit Her Majesty’s Royal Coven which is out in paperback tomorrow. The sequel, The Shadow Cabinet, is publishing in June. We talk about campy scares, horny teens and why horror is so much fun to read and write.

Unfortunately The Forbidden Game is currently out of print in the UK, however you can find more information on Juno’s books at my Bookshop store: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast

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Anna is joined by Emily St John Mandel, author of novels including Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility. Emily chose Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising although as she hasn’t revisited it as an adult this is a wonderfully free-ranging conversation about the perils of revisiting old favourites, experience magic through the eyes of a child and how to get divorced on Wikipedia.

You can find all the books mentioned on Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast

New episodes on Wednesdays. Music by Adam Collier, artwork by Hester Kitchen. Produced by Adam Collier.

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Nikesh Shukla joins me to talk about his lifelong love for Spider-Man. Nikesh is the author of several books including Stand Up and Brown Baby and the editor of The Good Immigrant. We talk about why Spider-Man means so much to him and how it’s recently all come full circle.

You can find all the books mentioned on Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast

New episodes on Wednesdays. Music by Adam Collier, artwork by Hester Kitchen. Produced by Adam Collier.

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Bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin joins me to talk about the beloved children's classic/problematic fav, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We talk about all the ways that it is wonderful, and some of the ways that it is not, and try to tangle through how to think about these elements in 2023. 

You can find all the books mentioned on Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast

And the blog that Gabrielle and I mention, that's a deep dive into rereading A Little Princess, is here: https://alpennia.com/blog/problematic-favorites-little-princess-part-1-introduction

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In the first episode I talk to academic and children's author Katherine Rundell about Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones, the 1977 beginning of the Chrestmanci series, and why we both rate it as one of the all time greats of children's literature. We also discuss Katherine's 2019 essay, Why You Should Read Children's Books Even Though You Are So Old and Wise, which does an excellent job of pitching the entire purpose of the podcast. 

All books mentioned can be found here: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast

Anna is @acaseforbooks across social platforms and Katherine is @katherine.rundell on Instagram.

New episodes on Wednesdays. Music by Adam Collier, artwork by Hester Kitchen. Produced by Adam Collier. 

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