Episode 18 - Holly Bourne Strikes Back!

In this episode, Matt and Sophie Anderson chat about how to retell a story and why it's so important that we do. Sophie Anderson is the author of The House With Chicken Legs, The Girl Who Speaks Bear, and the Castle of Tangled Magic. TGWSB won Wales Book of the Year (2020) and is ... Show More

In this episode, Matt and PG Bell, author of the Thrain To Impossible Places series, discuss why a family version of the Mabinogion doesn't exist. Matt and Peter also chat about how the Mabinogion is like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and why the Otherworld is awesome. If you'd l ... Show More

Did you know that coming up with a half-decent title is one of the hardest bits of writing a book. No? Well, it is. Matt chats to Piers Torday, Jo Nadin and Usborne editor Becky Walker about the dark art of title-creating.