A children's literature podcast all about the stories that shape us - and how the stories that formed us go on to shape the stories we create.
We talk to children's authors, illustrators, bloggers, and book lovers of all sorts about the stories they loved as children (or perhaps, the stories they hated, feared, or were fascinated by!) and how those stories helped to shape their lives. Join us for weekly discussions about books, stories, and their power to change the world.
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/StoryshapedPod
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storyshapedpod/
Contact us on storyshapedpod@gmail.com
Our Irish bookshop partner is Halfway Up the Stairs bookshop in Wicklow: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
In the UK, check out our storefront on https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyshaped. Disclosure: If you buy books linked to our site, we may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.
Theme music composed and performed by Tony Betts
Logo designed by Paul Coomey
Your hosts: children's authors Susan Cahill and Sinéad O'Hart
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A children's literature podcast all about the stories that shape us - and how the stories that formed us go on to shape the stories we create.
We talk to children's authors, illustrators, bloggers, and book lovers of all sorts about the stories they loved as children (or perhaps, the stories they hated, feared, or were fascinated by!) and how those stories helped to shape their lives. Join us for weekly discussions about books, stories, and their power to change the world.
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/StoryshapedPod
and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storyshapedpod/
Contact us on storyshapedpod@gmail.com
Our Irish bookshop partner is Halfway Up the Stairs bookshop in Wicklow: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
In the UK, check out our storefront on https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyshaped. Disclosure: If you buy books linked to our site, we may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.
Theme music composed and performed by Tony Betts
Logo designed by Paul Coomey
Your hosts: children's authors Susan Cahill and Sinéad O'Hart
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Imagine you found a book that had the answers to LITERALLY EVERYTHING? A book that could help you 'cheat' your way out of all situations, no matter how puke-sastrous they are... Well, this is the reality facing Kamal, the main character in The Cheat Book, written by today's guest - the explosively energetic, fascinatingly interesting, and laugh-a-minute RAMZEE. RAMZEE joins us this week for a chat through his Storyshaped life, and it's a good one. Get rrrrrrrrready!
Special thanks to Battersea Library for making RAMZEE's appearance on the podcast possible.
Please note: this podcast episode makes very brief reference to suicidal ideation. Please listen with caution.
Help is available in the UK: Phone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org
In Ireland: Phone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.ie
Books mentioned on this week's episode include RAMZEE's own:
The Cheat Book (and sequels!)
And the stories which shaped him include:
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adjustment Bureau, by Philip K. Dick
Red Shift, by Alan Garner
Everything Everywhere All at Once (dir. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, released 2022)
Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton
High Plains Drifter (dir. Clint Eastwood, released 1973)
The work of Dapo Adeola
Planet Omar, by Zanib Mian, illustrated by Nasaya Mafaridik
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, by Shepherd Mead
The Boy at the Back of the Class, by Onjali Rauf
The work of Melinda Gebbie (comic artist)
The work of Rod Serling
The S-Man, by Mark Caine
The Prince, by Niccolo Macchiavelli
The work of Babette Cole
Tin Tin, by Hergé
Asterix, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, et al
Under My Thumb: Songs that Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, ed. Rhian E Jones and Eli Davies
Sandman Mystery Theatre, by Matt Wagner and Stephen T. Seagle, art by Guy Davis, John Watkiss, RG Taylor, Vince Locke, Warren Pleece, Matthew Dow Smith
The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman, art by various artists incl. Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler, by Gene Kemp
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume
Superfudge, by Judy Blume
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, by Judy Blume
The stories of Ramona Quimby, by Beverly Cleary
The Chronicles of Narnia, by CS Lewis
Matilda, by Roald Dahl
The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, by Alan Garner
Elidor, by Alan Garner
The work of the movie director Roger Corbin
JAWS (dir. Steven Spielberg, released 1975)
The work of Diana Wynne Jones
Black Hearts in Battersea, by Joan Aiken
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken
Blade Runner (dir. Ridley Scott, released 1982)
The Godfather I and II (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, released 1972, 1974)
Jurassic Park (dir. Steven Spielberg, released 1993)
The work of George Lucas, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg
The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
Our podcast bookshop in Ireland is Halfway Up the Stairs: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie. You might also like to check out www.kennys.ie for free shipping within the Republic of Ireland!
In the UK, check out our storefront on: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyshaped. Disclaimer: If you buy books linked to our site, we may earn a commission from bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.