Kate Forsyth is an award-winning author who has written over 40 adults and children's books, and she holds a PHD on the topic 'The Rebirth of Rapunzel'. Kate chats to Olivia about what happens to our brains when we read, why fairy tales never go out of style and why travel is fantastic for creativity.

Books mentioned:

•The Blue Rose by Kate Forsyth

•The Puzzle Ring by Kate Forsyth

•A Mother's Offering To Her Children by A Lady Long Resident in New South Wales (AKA Charlotte Waring Atkinson, AKA Kate's great-great-great-great-grandmother)

•The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

•The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

•The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

•Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

•The Elements of Style by Whiton Strunk

•Rapunzel

•Cinderella