Hello, readers! We are back with another episode, this time all about the ways in which writers use magic. It’s such a keystone metaphor, it feels very interesting to us! Alright, I’m lying; this is a George episode. But Mum enjoyed herself, swear! See below for books mentioned.

Intro song Bookmark and audio editing by Quatroizer.

Logo art by Gabriel de Mello.

Books Mentioned:

Word Poem by Nicki Giovanni

Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo

Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen

They Were Her Property by Stephanie E Jones-Rogers

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

The Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin

Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

Mrs Pepperpot Stories by Alf Prøysen

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Testament of Solomon

The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda (Jennifer Rowe)