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 CBC podcast on the satanic panic.

The history of Castle Stalker with photos

Greyfriars Bobby monument and the story

Candlemakers Row. I think the red shop is the bookshop.

Glasgow Necropolis

Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh which features in Lari Don’s book First Aid for Fairies. It’s an injured centaur that Helen looks after first.

Andy The Highlander

Romance book recommendations

• Olivia Dade
• Talia Hibbert
• Helen Hoang

Thanks so much to Esther! Find out more about Glasgow 2024 Worldcon here.

Thanks for listening! Thanks to Steve for the production assistance. Steve’s band, The Late Returns, are playing a gig supporting Bone Records at The Brunswick, Hove on Friday! Unfortunately, it’s sold out. Thanks to Danny for the idents and to Jack Sadler-Johnson for the use of his beautiful track Bliss.

Follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @alisonbaker01.

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 30 minutes a day in aid of the Trussell Trust, who both provide food banks and campaign for the end of food poverty. If you’d like to support me, please donate at https://ko-fi.com/alibb. I will post a screenshot daily from my Active 10 app onto my Instagram, and on 30th September will share how much I am donating!

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 website. Check out their short fiction via the link, and also their non-fiction writing: I love this essay on capitalism in worldbuilding.

I talk about the amazing South Riding by Winifred Holtby. Read it; it’s an amazing piece of writing with an strong sense of place.

Please do like, review and recommend! It does satisfy my vanity- but it’s also great to know that people enjoy what I do. And it helps to bring in new listeners.

Thanks as always to Steve Vapour-Trails for production assistance and to Jack Sadler-Johnson for the use of his track Bliss. Why not check out Steve’s radio show, Vapour Trails on Radio Lewes?