This episode CM Lowry is talking with author and RPG designer Jay Dragon about The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Kat Valente in ‘This Book I Read...’
Topics covered include:
Having a 50% success rate when using Stranger Things to help explain to your parents the kind of work you do!
The joys and pitfalls of periodical publishing
The Fae of childhood and the fact that children are capable of greater emotional depths than we often give them credit for
The fresh, confident & unapologetic style of Valente's writing
Links to things we discussed:
Stranger Things
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Radiance by Kat Valente
Yazebas Bed Breakfast by Jay Dragon
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
Possum Creek Games
Support Creekside Community Centre on Patreon
Music by CM Lowry. Editing by Dave Emmerson
This episode CM Lowry is talking with author Rachel A Rosen about Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson in ‘This Book I Read...’
Topics covered include:
Post-apocalyptic Toronto & Ontario.
'White Flight', inner city decline, 'Donut cities' and gentrification.
The Afro-Caribbean diaspora, The Jab Jab & Roti Shops.
The challenges of predicting the future back in the 1990s.
Links to things we discussed:
Rachel's
latest book Cascades can be found at BumblePuppyPress.ca.
Octavia Butler, scifi author and black power movement commentator.
Kim Stanley Robinson's
Red Mars Trilogy.
NK Jemisin's
Broken Earth Trilogy.
The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.
End of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker
BumblePuppy Press
NightBeatsEU.ca
Music & Editing by CM Lowry
This episode CM Lowry is talking with author Adrian Tchaikovsky about The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake, in the second episode of our Beyond Cataclysm podcast – ‘This Book I Read...’
Why this classic 1950s fantasy trilogy absolutely deserves a read.
A discussion of the role of
ruin in narrative.
Tolkien vs Peake
Anti-heroes; when finding yourself rooting for the evil bad guy is problematic.
"Place" as a character itself in the narrative.
Links to things we discussed:
Adrian's latest book
"Ogres" was released by Rebellion Books in 2022 –
rebellionpublishing.com/product/ogres/
CM Lowry can be found at
allaboutchris.org and @cmlowryau thor on twitter, facebook & instagram.
MÖRK BORG RPG can be found at
morkborg.com
The BBC 1984 Radio adaptation:
https://audiodrama.fandom.com/wiki/Gormenghast_(1984)
The BBC Gormenghast TV show:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormenghast_(TV_serial)
Read
The Etched City by KJ Bishop if you want a follow-up book in a similar vein.
Music & Editing by CM Lowry
Welcome to the very first episode of our Beyond Cataclysm podcast – ‘This Book I Read...’
This episode Dave is talking to author CM Lowry about The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
Topics covered include:
Our parent's bookshelves.
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris and his many pseudonyms.
The heritage of the book in the post apocalyptic genre.
How progressive views at-the-time become conservative when viewed 70 years on.
The book's approaches to misogynism & polyamorism.
The 50 year anniversary sequel and whether it's good... or bad.
Links to things we discussed:
Beyond Cataclysm –
beyondcataclysm.co.uk
Visions Press –
visionspressdiy.bandcamp.com
Find CM Lowry Author at
allaboutchris.org
28 Days Later - 2002 Horror Film directed by Danny Boyle.
Wanderers In Time by John Beynon
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Music throughout written and performed by CM Lowry
Background sound effects from Freesound.org
https://freesound.org/people/Philip%20Goddard/sounds/180908/
https://freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/268790/
