Robert's choice: The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Ali's choice: Wynd book 1: The Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialnyas

Robert is 1/4 of wonderful Bona Books! The Wrath Month kickstarter is still open for stretch goals backing.

Return to Oz (1985) trainer here: relive your childhood trauma!

I still can't find the Arena documentary, but here is a PBS one

Robert's favourite Oz retelling is Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Mine is Was by Geoff Ryman

Pride is a wonderful film about solidarity and intersectional identity

Boom! Studios comics

For other episodes on "race/ ethnicity" in fantasy, check out this episode with Russell Smith; for queerness in fantasy, this one with Juliet Kemp. 

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