This episode is one we've been hoping for since the beginning of the podcast! Today, we have the chance to sit down with the inexpressibly brilliant AF (Ashley) Harrold, prolific poet and author, Big Red Button pusher (if you haven't seen his excellent videos about his walks along the Thames, meeting herons and suchlike, you're in for a treat), hilarious performer and public speaker, and overall general Good Egg. We had so much fun chatting stories, books, and creativity with one of the best in the business. Won't you join us? Come along, then!
Books mentioned in this week's episode include AF's own:
The Imaginary
Imagining the Imaginary
The Afterwards
The Song From Somewhere Else
The Worlds We Leave Behind
... and countless books of poetry!
And the stories which shaped him include:
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Fox Eyes, by Margaret Wise Brown and Garth Williams
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
Dunmousie Monsters, by Robin and Jocelyn Wild
Tin Tin, by Herge
The World of Myth and Legend, by Brenda Ralph Lewis, illustrated by Rob McCaig
The Adventures of Humbert, Simp and Harquin, by John Burningham
Phenomena: A Book of Wonders, by John Mitchell and Robert J Rickard
Gentleman Jim, by Raymond Briggs
Fungus the Bogeyman, by Raymond Briggs
Father Christmas, by Raymond Briggs
When the Wind Blows, by Raymond Briggs
Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Barbara Firth and Martin Waddell
The work of Bernard O'Donoghue, including his translations of The Wanderer and The Seafarer
Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban
The Mouse and His Child, by Russell Hoban and David Small
A Bargain for Frances, by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban
Monsters, by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake
M.O.L.E. by Russell Hoban and Jan Pienkowski
The Twenty-Elephant Restaurant, by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake
Tom Tit Moves House, by Molly Brett
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne
Awful End, by Philip Ardagh and David Roberts
I Like This Poem, by Kaye Webb and Antony Maitland
This Craft of Verse, by Jorge Luis Borges
About the House, by WH Auden
The Tale of Beren and Luthien - translated by AF Harrold!
The Silmarillion, by JRR Tolkien
The Collected Poems of Stevie Smith
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