Listen "Shelf Life: Ewen Macdonald"
Episode Synopsis
Ewen is twelve years old. He is a keen scientist and ceramicist. He enjoys reading dystopian fiction.Introduction (2:10) Concerns for mental health (2:50) Organising principles, or lack of them, of the book shelf (3:48) Favourite dystopian fiction and Katniss Everdeen (4:15) Surprise guest coming up in Season 3 (5:50) Philip Pullman's novellas and needing more time for reading (6:40) The point of no return in Animal Farm (7:35) Why David Walliams is a literary dealbreaker (10:00) A Hollywood movie in a book (11:20) Contemporary classics that you should read (12:15)Reading list:Being Miss Nobody by Tamsin WinterThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Firework-Maker's Daughter and Clockwork, or All Wound Up by Philip PullmanHarry Potter by JK RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellPercy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick RiordanThe Rain by Virginia BerginThe Undying of Obedience Wellrest by Nicholas Bowling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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