46 min

Episode 45: Claire North (Notes From The Burning Age‪)‬ The Worm Hole Podcast

    • Books

Charlie and Claire North (Notes From The Burning Age) discuss climate change today and into the future, sexism back of house in theatre, and how she views her books in terms of colours and shapes rather than words.
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CBBC Newsround article from 2002
Peter Kenny and Claire North Audible interview
Question Index
00:45 How did your first publication, as a teenager, come about?
03:33 (Discussing Claire's lighting design work)
10:46 Could you tell us about your seeing the book in terms of colour?
12:49 How would you categorise this book, genre-wise?
16:57 Where do you fall on the subject yourself in terms of the two sides, Temple and the Brotherhood?
22:50 What was it about Ven's position, as a character and in terms of his place in society, that made him the right person to be the narrator?
26:08 Does this whole thing of Ven being a regular person but not so regular extend to Yue?
28:33 Going to the extremes of what you've been saying, could your books be told by yourself through the first person, without a character narrator?
29:55 Are the kakuy open to interpretation?
33:13 What inspired the servers of all our modern day information?
37:24 Have we the power, do you think, to reverse the burning age that we're at the beginnings of?
41:23 Back to your tangent from earlier, what is the period of history you enjoy studying the most?
42:29 Could Ven ever have become a proper member of the Brotherhood?
44:45 What's next?
Purchase Links
Notes From The Burning Age:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Waterstones
Hive
Barnes & Noble
IndieBound
Indigo Chapters
I am an IndieBound affiliate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases.
Photograph used with the permission of the author.

Charlie and Claire North (Notes From The Burning Age) discuss climate change today and into the future, sexism back of house in theatre, and how she views her books in terms of colours and shapes rather than words.
Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://wormhole.carnelianvalley.com/podcast/episode-45-claire-north
CBBC Newsround article from 2002
Peter Kenny and Claire North Audible interview
Question Index
00:45 How did your first publication, as a teenager, come about?
03:33 (Discussing Claire's lighting design work)
10:46 Could you tell us about your seeing the book in terms of colour?
12:49 How would you categorise this book, genre-wise?
16:57 Where do you fall on the subject yourself in terms of the two sides, Temple and the Brotherhood?
22:50 What was it about Ven's position, as a character and in terms of his place in society, that made him the right person to be the narrator?
26:08 Does this whole thing of Ven being a regular person but not so regular extend to Yue?
28:33 Going to the extremes of what you've been saying, could your books be told by yourself through the first person, without a character narrator?
29:55 Are the kakuy open to interpretation?
33:13 What inspired the servers of all our modern day information?
37:24 Have we the power, do you think, to reverse the burning age that we're at the beginnings of?
41:23 Back to your tangent from earlier, what is the period of history you enjoy studying the most?
42:29 Could Ven ever have become a proper member of the Brotherhood?
44:45 What's next?
Purchase Links
Notes From The Burning Age:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Amazon Canada
Waterstones
Hive
Barnes & Noble
IndieBound
Indigo Chapters
I am an IndieBound affiliate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases.
Photograph used with the permission of the author.

46 min