This Storyshaped chat is a feast for the soul. We were delighted to get a chance to sit down with Kel Menton, debut author, and talk to them all about their brilliant first novel, A Fix of Light, and the stories that have shaped not only the book, but Kel themself. We went on a fantastic trip from local ghost-lore to titans of the fantasy genre all the way to the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda - because, of course you'd end up there! Come on and join us for a fantastic meander through a marvellously Storyshaped life.
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Books mentioned in this week's episode include Kel's own:
A Fix of Light
And the stories which have shaped them include:
The Sleeping Giant, by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Cailín an Bhúrna/Colleen of the Barley, a local ghost story
The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater
The Demon's Lexicon, by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Inkheart trilogy, by Cornelia Funke
Reckless, by Cornelia Funke
Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett
Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
The work of John Green
The Ruby Redfort books, by Lauren Child
Beowulf, the Old English epic (HWAET!)
Judith and Holofernes, the Old English poem
The Prose Edda, compiled by Snorri Sturluson
Summer Sons, by Lee Mandelo
All For the Game, by Nora Sakavic
Don't Let the Forest In, by CG Drews
The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu
The work of NK Jemisin
The work of Ursula le Guin
The work of RF Kuang
Sentimental Garbage podcast - The Phantom of the Opera with Rebecca Kuang
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