Lyra's back and she inexplicably has a new friend straight out of a Jacqueline Wilson novel. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife tackles parallels worlds, god's existence, quantum physics, skull-drilling, and funding applications – and somehow is the greatest book for children over the age of eleven of all time.

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Traci Thomas is back for our deep-dive of both The Hunger Games, starting with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Next week we're doing Sunrise on the Reaping so don't say we didn't tell you.

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Shon Faye joins us to talk about Oz and the thrilling art of scaring children to death

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We're finishing up our fairytale trilogy with a discussion on manipulating kids to get morphine for us.

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This week, Juno Dawson joins us to discuss the 1986 cult magical fantasy classic Labyrinth.

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Recorded on 24th May at the Hay Festival, join Jack Edwards and Caroline in the Welsh fields of Hay-on-Wye as they discuss writing, the power of time and Caroline's new YA novel Skipshock.

SKIPSHOCK - OUT NOW

Head to your local bookshop or order online: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.

SKIPSHOCK - OUT NOW

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Friend of the pod Ella Risbridger joins us for our summer fantasy book club, where we'll be covering Philip Pullman's iconic trilogy His Dark Materials.

This week we kick off with the first book of the series: Northern Lights.

ALSO - SKIPSHOCK IS OUT TODAY!

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