Deeper Reading
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Jake Hayes discusses the books that helped inspire our greatest children's writers and illustrators to create their own modern masterpieces. Diving down the rabbit hole of children's literature, Deeper reading revisits beloved classics and uncovers lost works of staggering genius.
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Episodes
The Lie Tree with Damaris Young
September 08, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBDamaris Young author of The Switching Hour and The Creature Keeper talks about the book that inspired her - The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge. Read the accompanying blog post on tygertale.com Support the show (http://patreon.com/tygertale)
Watership Down with SF Said
September 08, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBSF Said, author of the Varjak Paw books and Phoenix talks about the book that inspired him to become a writer, Watership Down by Richard Adams. Read the accompanying article on tygertale.com Support the show (http://patreon.com/tygertale)
Stig of the Dump with Sophie Kirtley
August 31, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBSophie Kirtley author of Stone Age adventure The Wild Way Home talks about the book that inspired her, Clive King’s Stig of the Dump. Read an accompanying blogpost about Stig of the Dump on tygertale.com Support the show (http://patreon.com/tygertale)
The Silver Chair with Piers Torday
August 31, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBPiers Torday talks about the book that influenced his children's novel The Frozen Sea - C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair from the Chronicles of Narnia. Read the accompanying blog post on tygertale.com Support the show (http://patreon.com/tygertale)
Howl’s Moving Castle with Katherine Rundell
August 31, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBHowl’s Moving Castle with Katherine Rundell Katherine Rundell, author of the Rooftoppers books discusses Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This beloved book from childhood helped stoke her passion for language and set her on a path of exploring hidden worlds both in stories and real life. Katherine also talks here about Night Climbers of Cambridge, a guide to scaling ancient buildings and University colleges that informed her own real life rooftopping adventures and inspired cha...
Night Birds on Nantucket with Fleur Hitchcock
August 31, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBFleur Hitchcock talks about the book that made her realise not all heroines needed to be nice. Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken is the third in a series that began with the Wolves of Willoughby Chase and the first to feature sparky street urchin Dido Twite as it's protagonist. We also discuss the book's influence on her Clifftoppers series whose characters draw on Dido's pluck, invention and kindness. Explore Joan Aiken's books at bookshop.org Read the accompanying blog p...
Fortunately with Jon Klassen
July 16, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode ,Jon Klassen, author and illustrator of the Hat trilogy, talks about his bumper new picture book – The Rock From the Sky. The story unfolds over five surprising chapters and follows a familiar cast of awkward animals as they come to terms with the enormous boulder that disrupts their lives. He talks about some of the surprising influences behind his new story, ranging from Samuel Becket to Stanley Kubrick, Maurice Sendak to Edward Gorey. But first we discuss ‘Fortunately’ ...
Stig of the Dump with Sophie Kirtley
November 01, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBSophie Kirtley author of Stone Age adventure The Wild Way Home talks about the book that inspired her, Clive King’s Stig of the Dump. Read an accompanying blogpost about Stig of the Dump on tygertale.com Support the show (http://patreon.com/tygertale)