TW: Mental health, suicide, sexual assault and alcoholism.
Welcome to the seventh episode of The Boar Podcast: Creating Conversation. This week Kate is joined by Lauren, Phoebe and Lillie of the Boar Books team to talk about the books that have helped them to get through the lockdowns. They also talk about their favourite articles written by Boar writers over the past week.
Read the articles discussed in this episode:
A new HG Wells £2 coin is full of errors by Reece Goodall: https://theboar.org/2021/01/a-new-hg-wells-2-coin-is-full-of-errors/
Books are indeed souvenirs by Sidney Pycroft: https://theboar.org/2021/01/travelling-bookworm-book-souvenirs/
Fantasy's true home will always be on the bookshelf, no on the screen by Ben Keedwell: https://theboar.org/2021/01/fantasy-books-over-film/
Reflecting on four years of Trump by Hamza Fareed Malik: https://theboar.org/2021/01/reflecting-on-4-years-of-donald-trump/
'Happy New Year': a poem by Millie Woodrow: https://theboar.org/2021/01/happynewyear/
Bonus: 'The Midnight Library' was my favourite 2020 read by Lauren Nicholson: https://theboar.org/2021/01/the-midnight-library-favourite-2020-read/
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In this episode:
Kate Rice - Co-Editor-in-Cheif
Alex Bryne - Deputy-Editor-in-Cheif
Lauren Nicholson - Editor of the Books section
Phoebe Dar - Deputy Editor of the Books section
Lillie Skerman - Deputy Editor of the Books section
Edited by Abbey Parker - Head of Multimedia
Books mentioned in this episode:
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Plague by Albert Camus
Autumn by Ali Smith
Winter by Ali Smith
What Red Was by Rosie Price
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Books we're looking forward to:
Hamlet by Gillian Flynn
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro