1 hr 6 min
Ep 37: Totally Elemental with Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Chair of Glasgow 2024 WorldCon Fantasy Book Swap
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- Books
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.
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.
1 hr 6 min