Mostly Book Talk
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Mostly Book Talk
Episode 5: Elle McNicoll talking about her new book Keedie
An interview with Elle McNicoll about her new book Keedie, her CBBC adaptation of A Kind of Spark, her forthcoming YA book and diversity in children's books (as well as how she manages to do so much...)
Books mentioned in the interview with Elle McNicol
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Charm School by Anne Fine
Lots by Jacqueline Willson
Elle can be found on social media at
X/Twitter: @booksandchokers
Instagram: @ellemcnicollofficial
TikTok: @ellemcnicoll
and her on her website
Link to the Scholastic Graphic Novel Prize here
Books we discussed:
Black Hole Cinema Club by Christopher Edge
Away with Words by Sophie Cameron
Safiyyah’s War by Hiba Noor Khan
Steady for This by Nathanael Lessor
The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho
If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie
Vern Custodian of the Universe by Tyrell Waiters
The City of Secret Rivers by Jacob Sager Weinstein
The Chestnut Roaster by Eve McDonnell
The Great Fox Illusion by Justyn Edwards
The Secrets of the Snakestone by Piu DasGupta
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich