In our first book episode of 2024 we chat about our Myths & Legends January book Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes. We discuss how awful and useless gods and heroes can be, who the real monsters of mythology are, and our newfound love for jellyfish.

Books Mentioned:

• Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
• The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

References:

• Find out more about Medusa, including all the scientific names 
• The picture of Discomedusae we’re looking at 
• Picture of the Gorgoncephalus caputmedusae starfish 
• Image of a Coronamedusae 

Join us for our February birthday month book club book Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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