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Fantasy Book Swap Podcast

@FantasySwap

A guest chooses a classic children's fantasy book, I (@alisonbaker01) pick a modern one, and we talk. Read along! Profile pic by @bear_faced_lady

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Joined June 2021
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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 54 Minisode British Fantasy Society Award shortlist" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-54-m…
Ep 54 Minisode British Fantasy Society Award shortlist

Ep 54 Minisode British Fantasy Society Award shortlist

Hello friends! Fantasy Book Swap has been nominated for a https://britishfantasysociety.org/the-british-fantasy-awards-2026-shortlists/ for Best Audio- Non-Fiction. The others in the shortlist are:...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 53: Lord of the Rings, but with mice with C. L. McCartney" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-53-l…
Ep 53: Lord of the Rings, but with mice with C. L. McCartney

Ep 53: Lord of the Rings, but with mice with C. L. McCartney

Chris’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Brian-Jacques/Mossflower/7246157 Ali’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Pil-Van-Martin/The-Spick-and-the-Span/31031037, https://carnegies.co.uk/...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 52: Team Binabik with Stewart Hotston" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-52-t…
Ep 52: Team Binabik with Stewart Hotston

Ep 52: Team Binabik with Stewart Hotston

Stewart Hotston is https://www.bsfa.co.uk/. Stewart’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Tad-Williams/The-Dragonbone-Chair--Memory-Sorrow--Thorn-Book-1/19200055 (First in the Dragonbone Chair...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 51: A snake out of water with Emily Tesh" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-51-a…
Ep 51: A snake out of water with Emily Tesh

Ep 51: A snake out of water with Emily Tesh

Emily’s choice: https://www.tamora-pierce.net/books/briars-book/ Ali’s choice:  https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Darcie-Little-Badger/A-Snake-Falls-to-Earth--Newbery-Honor-Award-Winner/30616976https:...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 50: Demon horses and ghost dogs with Anna Smith Spark" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-50-d…
Ep 50: Demon horses and ghost dogs with Anna Smith Spark

Ep 50: Demon horses and ghost dogs with Anna Smith Spark

Anna’s book choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alan-Garner/The-Moon-of-Gomrath/15167   Ali’s book choice: https://lizziehuxleyjones.com/#Vivi. Sadly, I have just found out that Knights Of...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-49-w…
Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg

Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg

Robert's choice: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54 Ali's choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/James-Tynion-IV/Wynd-Book-One-The-Flight-of-the-Prince/24960402 Robert is 1/4 of wonderful Bona...

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📣 New Podcast! "The anti-authoritarian politics of naughtiness with Sandra Bond" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/the-ant…
The anti-authoritarian politics of naughtiness with Sandra Bond

The anti-authoritarian politics of naughtiness with Sandra Bond

Ep 48 Shownotes   Sandra’s book: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Eric-Linklater/The-Wind-on-the-Moon/14973107 Ali’s book: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Peter-Brown/The-Wild-Robot--Now-a-major-Dream...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 47: Worldbuilding Britain in historical fiction" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-47-w…
Ep 47: Worldbuilding Britain in historical fiction

Ep 47: Worldbuilding Britain in historical fiction

Caroline's choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Rosemary-Sutcliff/Dawn-Wind/14526889 Ali's choice (first read in 2022, not 2002!): https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Elen-Caldecott/The-Short-Knife/25...

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📣 New Podcast! "In Space, nobody provides childcare" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/in-spac…
In Space, nobody provides childcare

In Space, nobody provides childcare

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12010981-earthseed (with Twilight-style cover); https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9780001842069/earthseed/used?msclkid=4aa623eddc67198ac9734b8e2ba55a8f&utm_sourc...

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📣 New Podcast! "Episode 45: Rainy season at the Hotel Romero" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/episode…
Episode 45: Rainy season at the Hotel Romero

Episode 45: Rainy season at the Hotel Romero

Kylie Ding’s choice: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256942114833?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153316-527457-8&mkcid=2&itemid=256942114833&targetid=4585100935148543&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=4087...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 44: Horses and curses and home, but not at home" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-44-h…
Ep 44: Horses and curses and home, but not at home

Ep 44: Horses and curses and home, but not at home

Meg’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Elizabeth-Goudge/The-Little-White-Horse/24738705https://www.instagram.com/fantasy_book_swap_podcast/https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lari-Don/The-Beginner...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 43: Uncontextual pineapple with Catriona Silvey" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-43-u…
Ep 43: Uncontextual pineapple with Catriona Silvey

Ep 43: Uncontextual pineapple with Catriona Silvey

Recorded live at EasterCon in Belfast at 9:30am on Easter Sunday! Please forgive my wheeziness; I was coming down with a chest infection. Catriona’s choice: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produ...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 41: Narnia Business with Katie Bruce" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-41-n…
Ep 41: Narnia Business with Katie Bruce

Ep 41: Narnia Business with Katie Bruce

Katie’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/C-S-Lewis/The-Lion-the-Witch-and-the-Wardrobe-Paperback/12882 Ali’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/David-A-Robertson/The-Barren-Grounds--The-M...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 40 Mansfield Park in Space with Una McCormack" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-40-m…
Ep 40 Mansfield Park in Space with Una McCormack

Ep 40 Mansfield Park in Space with Una McCormack

In today's episode I'm joined by https://unamccormack.co.uk/ New York Times best-selling author and member of https://mitpress.mit.edu/series/goldsmiths-press-gold-sf/ editorial board. Una’s choice:...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 39: Writeopolis v Fantasy Book Swap- not a dance off" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-39-w…
Ep 39: Writeopolis v Fantasy Book Swap- not a dance off

Ep 39: Writeopolis v Fantasy Book Swap- not a dance off

Ep 39- Writeopolis v Fantasy Book Swap, but no dance-off In today’s episode, I am joined by Scott K.  Andrews and Kit Power from the https://open.spotify.com/show/429LE1r7sPKDEzhcSuM1HJ?si=0960ace7...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 38: Is that Conan in space? With Tade Thompson" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/episode/ep-38-i…
Ep 38: Is that Conan in space? With Tade Thompson

Ep 38: Is that Conan in space? With Tade Thompson

Firstly, huge apologies for the delay in this episode, which was recorded live at EasterCon, Levitation 2024. Life got in the way. Tade Thompson’s Bluesky: @tadethompson.bsky.social Tade’s award-wi...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 37: Totally Elemental with Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Chair of Glasgow 2024 WorldCon" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/user/14988294/e…
Ep 37: Totally Elemental with Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Chair of...

Ep 37: Totally Elemental with Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Chair of...

Ali’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Susan-Cooper/The-Boggart/21590225. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxGtLr4oXCr/. Esther’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Elle-McNicoll/Like-A-Charm/...

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📣 New Podcast! "Ep 36: Ghosts, machines and aliens with Kit Power" on @Spreaker spreaker.com/user/14988294/e…
Ep 36: Ghosts, machines and aliens with Kit Power

Ep 36: Ghosts, machines and aliens with Kit Power

Kit’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/John-Christopher/Tripods-The-White-Mountains-Book-1/20842974 Ali’s choice: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Vashti-Hardy/Wildspark-A-Ghost-Machine-Adventu...

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New episode with @julietk, on Arthur Ransome's We Didn't Mean to Go To Sea and @ldlapinski's The Edge of the Ocean alibaker68.podbean.com/e/ep-…
Ep 35: A Confusion of Susans with Juliet Kemp | Fantasy Book Swap

Ep 35: A Confusion of Susans with Juliet Kemp | Fantasy Book Swap

Juliet’s choice: We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome. There is a small display related to the Swallows and Amazons at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, in the Lake District. It’s not far from...

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