This week, we had the JOY of chatting to the very funny, very talented, very lovely Catherine Wilkins (or you might know her as Catie, if you're a fan of her stand-up comedy). She brought us on a wondrous meander through her Storyshaped life, from the country of Disney to the tales of Mossycoat - and everything in between! Come with us as we wander through the stories that have shaped her life and work, and get ready for a dose of major 80s cartoon nostalgia. 'For the honour of Greyskull... I am She-Ra!'
Find Catherine online at her website: www.catherinewilkins.co.uk
Books mentioned in this week's episode include Catherine's own:
My Best Friend and Other Enemies
My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters
My School Musical and Other Punishments
My Great Success and Other Failures
When Good Geeks Go Bad
The Weird Friends Fan Club
You're Not the Boss of Me!
Café Chaos
And the stories which have shaped her include:
She-Ra (80s cartoon and the modern remake)
The movies of Disney
The Mysterious Cities of Gold (cartoon)
Ulysses 31 (cartoon)
The Twits, by Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr Fox, by Roald Dahl
The Magic Finger, by Roald Dahl
The Demon Headmaster, by Gillian Cross
The Worst Witch (series), by Jill Murphy
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
The Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling
Catwitch, by Lisa Tuttle and Una Woodruff
Norse Mythology, particularly a book owned by Catherine's dad
Collected Fairy Tales, particularly an edition owned by Catherine's dad, which included the tale Mossycoat
And... The Rabbit That Jumped Too High, by Catherine Wilkins, aged 6! *heart-eye emojis*
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