Bookwandering with Anna James
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Episodes of Bookwandering
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Laura Wood joins me to talk about Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. Laura is the bestselling author of several books for children, teens and adults including newly released Under Your Spell, Laura's debut adult romcom. Laura's choice was Ga
In episode ten, Jay McGuiness joins me to talk about Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. Jay is a member of boyband The Wanted and previous winner of Strictly Come Dancing but also the author of Blood Flowers, his debut YA novel, which is out in
In episode nine, C Pam Zhang joins me to talk about American classic A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Pam is the author of Booker Prize-longlisted How Much of These Hills is Gold and this year's Land of Milk and Honey, one of my favourit
In episode eight, Sophie Dahl joins me to talk about a mutual favourite, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken.Sophie has written books across ages and genres - novels for adults, non-fiction food writing and most recently children's fic
In episode seven, Nikita Gill joins me to talk about JM Barrie's beloved children's novel Peter Pan. Nikita is a poet and has published several books of poetry including These Are the Words, Great Goddesses and Fierce Fairytales. She's also one
Kate DiCamillo joins me to talk about Mary Norton's 1952 children's classic, The Borrowers. Kate is the beloved and multi-million bestseller of many books for young readers and one of only a few authors who have won the Newbery Medal twice. Her
In episode five, Kiran Millwood Hargrave joins me to talk about Garth Nix's 1995 fantasy classic, Sabriel. Kiran is the award-winning and bestselling writer of several books for adults and young people including The Girl of Ink and Stars, The M
In episode four, Jeffrey Boakye joins me to talk about Louis Sachar's beloved 1998 novel Holes. Alongside his broadcast and education work, Jeffrey is the author of several works of non-fiction about teaching, race and music. He’s also the auth
In episode three, Eliza Clark joins me to talk about Terry Pratchett's 1989-1990 Nome trilogy which kicks off with Truckers. Eliza is the author of cult classic and BookTok sensation Boy Parts, soon to be on stage at the Soho Theatre. Her newes
In episode two, Angie Thomas joins me to talk about Mildred D. Taylor's 1977 children's classic, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Angie is the author of publishing sensation The Hate U Give, her debut YA novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter mo
Max Porter joins me to talk about the work of the late author and illustrator John Burningham who created Avocado Baby, Mr Gumpy's Day Out and Borka among many, many other beloved picture books. Max is the award-winning author of several books
Cressida Cowell joins me to talk about The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones, the 1974 fantasy standalone. Cressida is the author of the multi-million selling How To Train Your Dragon series as well as brand new series Which Way to Anywhere.
Laura Dockrill joins me to talk about the iconic Tracy Beaker. Laura is the author of books for all ages from picture books to poetry including her memoir What Have I Done?, the Darcy Burdock series for young readers and her new non-fiction boo
Guy Gunaratne joins me to talk about Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak’s beloved 1963 picture book. Guy is the award-winning author of In Our Mad and Furious City and Mister, Mister which comes out at the end of May. We discuss domestic
Juno Dawson joins me to talk about the Point Horror cult classic, The Forbidden Game by LJ Smith. Juno is the bestselling author of several books including Clean, This Book is Gay and recent viral hit Her Majesty’s Royal Coven which is out in p
Anna is joined by Emily St John Mandel, author of novels including Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility. Emily chose Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising although as she hasn’t revisited it as an adult this is a wonderfully free-
Nikesh Shukla joins me to talk about his lifelong love for Spider-Man. Nikesh is the author of several books including Stand Up and Brown Baby and the editor of The Good Immigrant. We talk about why Spider-Man means so much to him and how it’s
Bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin joins me to talk about the beloved children's classic/problematic fav, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We talk about all the ways that it is wonderful, and s
In the first episode I talk to academic and children's author Katherine Rundell about Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones, the 1977 beginning of the Chrestmanci series, and why we both rate it as one of the all time greats of children's literatur
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