In the second episode of our creator series, academic and writer Hamish Williams talks to us about his Tales of Basthinia series, how being a Tolkien scholar has affected his work, and the relationship between adaptation and reception studies. i.e., Hamish and Rebecca have to explain high fantasy to Gracie.

If you want to find out more about Hamish's work, visit his Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/39417914.Hamish_Williams?from_search=true&from_srp=true

Episode edited and mixed by Gracie Bain and Rebecca Raddatz.

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The music used is an extract from the original “Swing Party” by Johnathon M. Horner (Beat Mekanik) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/single/swing-party-1/. Accessed via Free Music Archive under the Creative Commons 4.0 Int’l License. No warranties are given. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en.

The sound effect used is "JingleJazz" by Sound-Work . Accessed via Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.