In this pod, author Piers Torday tells the extraordinary story of completing the book Death of an Owl that his father Paul had been writing when he died in Dec 2013. You can find some additional photos and info here. Everything published with kind permission of Piers... http://mattbrownwriter.com/death-of-an-owl/
Apr 2021
Episode 52: Episode 49 - SOPHIE ANDERSON ON RETELLING MYTHS
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
15m 12s
Dec 2020
Episode 51: Episode 48 - The Mab (Why Isn't There A Family Version?)
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
14m 30s