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Fantasy Book Swap

Ali Baker and a guest discuss children’s fantasy fiction. The guest chooses a favourite for Ali, and Ali chooses a complementing contemporary book. Jokes and the occasional swear word may ensue. Please contact https://www.instagram.com/fantasy_book_swap_podcast/, @alisonbaker01 on BlueSky or https://www.facebook.com/Fantasybookswap. Ask questions, make comments and join in the discussion!

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Episode 45: Rainy season at the Hotel Romero

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2025/06/16

Kylie Ding’s choice: The Rains of Eridan by H.M. HooverAli’s choice: The Zombie Project by Alice Nuttall M. Hoover on the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Alice Nuttall’s Linktree The Hugo and Lodestar finalists Other books for children with adult protagonists (off the top of my head!): Professor Branestawm by Norman Hunter Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Prøysen Mr Benn by David McKee Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake George Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead- trailer First Thursday fandom drinks

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01:31:59

Ep 44: Horses and curses and home, but not at home

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2025/05/19

Meg’s choice: The Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeAli’s copy of the book Ali’s choice: The Beginners Guide to Curses by Lari Don More about Elizabeth Goudge More about Lari Don Heliotrope flowers Lari Don on Rhianna Pratchett’s BBC radio show about British mythical creatures talking about kelpies The legend of Gelert and Greyfriars Bobby Kate Crackernuts Whuppity Stoorie Mairi Hedderwick Katie Morag TV series Glasgow Worldcon 2024 Presents on Youtube LACon V: Worldcon 2026 Follow Meg on

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01:06:16

Ep 37: Totally Elemental with Esther...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2023/09/27

Ali’s choice: The Boggart by Susan Cooper. Ali’s edition with cat tax.Esther’s choice: Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll Elle’s novel A Kind of Spark was adapted by CBBC. Several members of the cast are neurodiverse. Information about dyspraxia here Elle McNicholl’s website Esther and Ali mention a lot of books and other media! Hilary McKay’s Casson family books, Terry Pratchett’s Only You Can Save Mankind, the spinning room in Poltergeist, You’re Wrong About… podcast on the Amityville horror and the

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01:29:58

Ep 36: Ghosts, machines and aliens with Kit Power

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2023/08/15

Kit’s choice: The Tripods by John Christopher Ali’s choice: Wildspark by Vashti Hardy Kit’s Patreon Kit’s page on Amazon Kit reads his essay on The Tripods on his podcast feed The British Fantasy Society award shortlist Thanks as always to Steve Vapour Trails. Check out his radio show on Radio Lewes here! Thank you to Danny for the fresh new idents, and to Jack Sadler-Johnson for the use of his beautiful track Bliss. I have signed up for Ko-Fi. For the month of September I have pledged to walk for

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01:01:44

Ep 35: A Confusion of Susans with Juliet Kemp

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2023/07/28

Juliet’s choice: We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome. There is a small display related to the Swallows and Amazons at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, in the Lake District. It’s not far from Hill Top, Beatrix Potter’s house near Ambleside. Ali’s choice: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: The Edge of the Ocean by L. D. Lapinski. I talked to Phil Dyson about the first book in the series, way back in episode 2! Find links to Juliet’s social media and information about their books from their

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01:03:30

34: Dragons and radical empathy with Trip Galey

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2023/07/14

Trip’s choice: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville Ali’s choice: How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell The full list of Magic Shop books here Cressida Cowell’s Wizard of Once books and new book, Which Way to Anywhere have more diverse casts. My now 14-year-old as Hiccup when he was 5. He cosplayed Hiccup at his first Eastercon. The note that Mr Elives gives Jeremy and the magical librarian Hyacinth Priest from the US edition of Jeremy Thatcher. Illustrator: Gary A.

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57:01

Ep 33: A refreshing lack of Wizard Dads with SJ...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2023/05/23

Episode 33- A refreshing lack of Wizard Dads with S.J. Groenewegen SJ’s choice: Andra by Louise Lawrence, with the ABC TV cover Ali’s choice: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao SJ’s website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk Pre-order The Disinformation War here @nyssa1968 – twitter Reachingforthevoid - tumblr https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913380809/ - links to pre-orders/orders for the Disinformation War, out on 13 June. SJ will be at Super Relaxed Fantasy Club on 13 June at Star of Kings,

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57:01

Ep 32 Imaginary horse husbands with Kari Sperring

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2023/04/11

Kari’s choice: The Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell This is the edition that Kari has We talk about the illustrations, by Ralph Thompson: Kookaburra and Wombat Ali’s choice: Abyssinia by Ursula Dubosarsky A doll’s dress at Rouse Hill Farm Estate, New South Wales Other books mentioned in the episode Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague The Pullein-Thompson sisters Ruby Ferguson’s Jill books and sequels by Jane Badger, righting the wrongs of Jill being exiled from the world of ponies The Follyfoot

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01:04:37

Ep 31 Getting rid of parents and grumpy magical...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/11/05

Kate’s choice: The House of Arden by E. Nesbit Ali’s choice: Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi The Mahabharat has been dramatized twice for TV. This is the one I watched in the 1980s. If you want to read the other great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana, I recommend this graphic novel version told from Sita’s perspective. A new biography of Edith Nesbit was published in 2019. The House of Arden was dramatized for BBC radio in 1989. You can buy an audiobook collection of Nesbit adaptations

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01:22:56

Ep 30: Hot Gladiators and Plague Gods

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/10/11

A bumper episode of 1 hr 20! Matt and Nina from Even the Trunchbull come to mine, after I guested on their podcast discussing Joan Aiken's Nightbirds on Nantucket and the lovely picture book Peggoty Po. Matt and Nina’s book: Slaves of the Mastery by William Nicholson Ali’s book: City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda Book covers- compare Slaves of the Mastery with The Hunger Games The cover that would have put Matt off, which reminded me of Stephen Pearson’s classic posters Follow Even the

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45:19

Moomintroll and a china rabbit with Laura Mauro at...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/09/25

This episode was recorded live at FantasyCon 2022 so the sound is a little echoey Laura is a games writer, Manga translator and the award-winning author of Sing Your Sadness Deep (2019) among other wonderful things. You can follow her on Twitter here, and find out more at LauraMauro.com Laura’s choice: Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson Ali’s choice: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo We mention Tove Jansson’s biography by Boel Westin I really love Kate DiCamillo’s work, and

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01:02:09

Ep 28: Two horse girls’ training montages with...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/09/01

Two quick warnings: This episode contains mentions of sexual assault and abduction. Please proceed with care. It was recorded over the bank holiday in Brighton. Caroline and I attempted to find a quiet corner of a pub to record in during a day out, and despite fiddling with editing there is background noise. Caroline’s choice: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. Sadly, it seems to be out of print in the UK, and it doesn’t appear to be available as an audio book or in ebook format, which is a real

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01:08:56

Ep 27: The Anti-Reepicheep League with Ang Rosin

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/08/12

The Anti-Reepicheep League shownotes Ang’s choice: Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien Ali’s choice: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Ang and Ali are book twins How I imagine Sardines doing his dance Reepicheep: ugh The Secret of NIMH is very weird The Trailer for the upcoming animated film of Amazing Maurice Follow Ang on Twitter @ang_grrr Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I know people reviewed on other platforms and I really appreciate it. If you

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01:01:13

Ep 26: Fairies and witches and toads, oh my!

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/07/29

Show notes ep 26 Fairies and witches and toads, oh my! Kit’s choice: The Stream that Stood Still by Beverley Nichols (who is a man! And he had quite the life). Ali’s choice: Otherland by Louie Stowell. Louie’s very funny The Dragon in the Library was one of the books discussed in Episode 1, with Helena McCallum Kit’s book, In the Heart of Hidden Things, can be bought as a hardback or ePub. Kindle edition here and audiobook via Audible here. You can see Jenna Barton’s artwork here. Other books with

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57:11

Ep 25: Timeslips and dreams with Tony Keen

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/07/03

Apologies for the sound: it was incredibly hot in the kitchen in Hove so we recorded with the window open, so there is some traffic noise in the background. Tony’s choice: Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce Ali’s choice: The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman Tony mentions the difference in portrayal of Roman slavery in Spartacus and Gladiator; can we only empathise if the protagonist is enslaved unjustly? More information on Spartacus here with links to information about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo

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01:03:31

Ep 24: Look into my eyes with Russell Smith

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/06/16

Russell’s book: The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross Ali’s book: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston Catherine Butler wrote a paper about mind control in children’s literature and you can read it here Russell and I talk about the new series of The Demon Headmaster. You can watch it on BBC iPlayer. Information about the 1990s series can be found here There is a second Amari book on the way. I like the look of this and I saw this on Twitter Follow Russell at @RASmithPSL, and his blog at

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30:38

Ep 23 Sweet Polly Oliver goes Over The Hills: Sharpe...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/06/03

Spoilers for Monstrous Regiment in this episode! Please note that some women who went to war disguised as men lived as men for the rest of their lives (such as James Barry) while others returned to living as women after their service. Sergeant Jackrum may be considered the former; he may have considered himself a trans man, if such terms were available to him in Discworld. Alistair’s choice: Sharpe’s Eagle by Bernard Cornwell Ali’s choice: Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett During the

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01:09:28

Ep 22: I’m just a teenage necromancer, baby

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/05/10

I recorded this episode after having Covid, which affected my asthma. Apologies for the audible wheezing. Scott’s choice: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin Ali’s choice: Sabriel by Garth Nix Buy from your local bookseller, such as Bert’s Books in Swindon! The awful adaptation of A Wizard of Earthsea: Legend of Earthsea and a much better one: Tales from Earthsea Vetch is indeed a plant. HP Lovecraft Band’s song Country Boy and Bleeker Street Scott mentions the Caryl Churchill play Vinegar

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01:00:09

Episode 21: Fantasy Book Swap Live!!! at Reclamation...

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/04/21

Shownotes Recorded at Reclamation 2022, the British Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan convention. Join us next year with Conversation 2023! With guest Tasha Suri Tasha’s pick: Alanna, The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce Ali’s pick: Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep by Philip Reeve Follow Tasha on Twitter and Instagram Many thanks to everyone who got up before 10:30am on Bank Holiday Monday to be at the recording! And thanks to you for listening.

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08:53

Deploy Emergency Podcast

Fantasy Book Swap ·

2022/04/07

A very short emergency podcast due to life, the pandemic and the general state of things that have disrupted my recording schedule. How rude. This episode is inspired by Octothorpe’s episode 54, Embrace the Sweat, where in discussion about Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education Alison suggested that it was the first book to challenge the classism of the Harry Potter series. I disagree! You can find out more about Jonathan Stroud here. I think he’s a fantastic author. The first of the Bartimaeus books is

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