Ep 50: Demon horses and ghost dogs with Anna Smith Spark

Anna’s book choice: The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner

Ali’s book choice: Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxley-Jones. Sadly, I have just found out that Knights Of publishers have gone out of business, so Vivi’s trilogy is out of print. Hopefully you will be able to find them at online second hand book stores.

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The Bread Horse by Alan Garner- front cover. Boneland, which I intend to read.

The Ceffyl Dwr, the wild hunt, Afanc. Rhianna Pratchett’s podcast on British mythology, Mythical Creatures, discusses water demons in episode 3.

Herne the Hunter. Herne features in The Box of Delights by John Masefield, Silver in the Tree by Susan Cooper and (foreshadowing!) Tad Williams’s Memory, Shadow and Thorn series.

Angharad Golden-Hand. Rhiannon. Epona, the Celtic horse goddess, who has nothing to do with Sulis/ Aquae Sulis/ Bath.

Hobby Horse- a May Day tradition, originally associated with Morris dancers. The Mari Lwyd is a Christmas tradition, first referenced in the early 19th Century.

Gelert the wolfhound; of course Gelert's grave isn't real.

Nina Beachcroft, an excellent children’s author of spooky stories. Anna discusses Cold Christmas, which is the name of a hamlet in Hertfordshire, Nina Beachcroft’s home county- and mine, though I grew up near Watford rather than Hertford.

The Stephen Collins cartoon on Netflix exposition

Nancy Drew, The Chalet School- there are 58 books in the original series, but it was incredibly difficult to read them in order in the 1970s and 1980s! I encountered the wonderful Scrivener’s Books when in Buxton for Novacon. It’s a wonderful place, and that perfect shop for stumbling over that elusive third book in an out of print series!

I remembered Pat O’Shea’s The Hounds of the Morrigan and Aliette de Bodard on Motherhood and Erasure in speculative fiction- Aliette talks about this blog on the Breaking the Glass Slipper podcast.

Seanan McGuire’s wonderful The Wayward Children series

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Ep 58: A Real Boy with Gary Couzens

Gary's book choice: The Devil's Children by Peter Dickinson Ali's book choice: Tin by Padraig Kenny The book covers while I try to be a book influencer The Changes TV show trailer Anna Home, childre...

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Ep 57 Lost boys and celebrity rivers with Tajinder Hayer

Ali’s choice: The Borribles by Michael de Larrabeiti Taj’s choice: The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott Ebbs and Flows by Tajinder on Ragged Edge Productions’ website Taj’s episode of Zog: The Grea...

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Ep 56: Weird Science with Dr Annie Czajkowski

Annie’s choice:The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts Ali’s choice: The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge A short piece by Willo Davis Roberts on writing mysteries for young people Annie has...

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Episode 55: Time slips and haunting with Elen Caldecott

Elen’s choice: A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley Ali’s choice: The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes Elen’s recently-published text book: Writing for Young People: Critical Readings and Disc...

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Ep 54 Minisode British Fantasy Society Award shortlist

Hello friends! Fantasy Book Swap has been nominated for a British Fantasy Society Award for Best Audio- Non-Fiction. The others in the shortlist are: Breaking the Glass Slipper, a previous winner and ...

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Ep 53: Lord of the Rings, but with mice with C. L. McCartney

Chris’s choice: Mossflower by Brian Jacques Ali’s choice: The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin, longlisted for the Carnegie award Mossflower cover art for the 1989 Red Lion edition by Pete Lyon Ca...

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Ep 52: Team Binabik with Stewart Hotston

Stewart Hotston is the chair of the BSFA. Stewart’s choice: Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams (First in the Dragonbone Chair trilogy. It is 5 1/2 cm deep. You can see the original cover on Tad ...

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Ep 51: A snake out of water with Emily Tesh

Emily’s choice: Briar’s Book/ The Healing in the Vine by Tamora Pierce Ali’s choice: A Snake falls to Earth by Darcy Little Badger Darcie Little Badger's website EasterCon- the annual British fan-run...

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