Michelle Magorian's guest appearances

Michelle Magorian

Tea or Books?

Lundströms Bokradio

Seeking Tumnus

Mister Tom

Roald Dahl

Colson Whitehead

Madeleine L'Engle

Ursula K. Le Guin

George Saunders

John Green

Ingmar Bergman

Roger Ackroyd

Hercule Poirot

Jonathan Safran Foer

Kate Atkinson

Philip Pullman

Richard Ford

Amos Oz

OwlTail

Roald Dahl, Michelle Magorian, and whether or not to give up on books – I’m back from holiday, and Rachel and I have a lovely new (…long) episode of Tea or Books? https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tea-or-Books-episode-26.mp3   In our first half, we discuss whether or not we give up on books, and what factors might play into that decision – and in the second half we get all children’s-literature-focused. We’re supposedly pitting Matilda by Roald Dahl against Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (which only have in common that Rachel and I loved them both as children) – but we end up talking about every Dahl we can think of. This is the excellent airbnb place I stayed in Siena, and this is our iTunes page. Listen to the ep up above, over there, or any which way you choose. We’re not the bosses of you! Having said that, I do want to boss you into telling us what you’d choose for each half. And more ideas, please! We got so many good ideas from people a while ago… and we’re running out. Here are the books and authors we talked about in this episode: Collection of Sand by Italo Calvino Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard Sword of Bone by Anthony Rhodes Chatterton Square by E.H. Young Miss Mole by E.H. Young But What If We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman Jane Austen The Dover Road by A.A. Milne (book your tickets here!) Private Lives by Noel Coward The Night Watch by Sarah Waters The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Zadie Smith P.G. Wodehouse Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert Jenkins We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Crash by J.G. Ballard Possession by A.S. Byatt The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner Atonement by Ian McEwan Black Dogs by Ian McEwan Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Elizabeth Bowen Jane Austen Muriel Spark Our Spoons Came From Woolworths by Barbara Comyns Who Was Changed and Who was Dead by Barbara Comyns The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov P.D. James The Chateau by William Maxwell A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Matilda by Roald Dahl Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian Going Solo by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach: a play by David Wood The BFG by Roald Dahl Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl The Twits by Roald Dahl The Witches by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Doreen by Barbara Noble Kisses on a Postcard by Terence Frisby Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh

Roald Dahl, Michelle Magorian, and whether or not to give up on books – I’m back from holiday, and Rachel and I have a lovely new (…long) episode of Tea or Books? <a href="https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tea-or-Books-episode-26.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tea-or-Books-episode-26.mp3</a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Tea-or-Books-logo.jpg?ssl=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>In our first half, we discuss whether or not we give up on books, and what factors might play into that decision – and in the second half we get all children’s-literature-focused. We’re supposedly pitting Matilda by Roald Dahl against Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (which only have in common that Rachel and I loved them both as children) – but we end up talking about every Dahl we can think of. <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/9961773" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is the excellent airbnb</a> place I stayed in Siena, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tea-or-books/id1005231433?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this</a> is our iTunes page. Listen to the ep up above, over there, or any which way you choose. We’re not the bosses of you! Having said that, I do want to boss you into telling us what you’d choose for each half. And more ideas, please! We got so many good ideas from people a while ago… and we’re running out. Here are the books and authors we talked about in this episode: Collection of Sand by Italo Calvino Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard Sword of Bone by Anthony Rhodes Chatterton Square by E.H. Young Miss Mole by E.H. Young But What If We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman Jane Austen The Dover Road by A.A. Milne (book your tickets <a href="http://www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/show/the-dover-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>!) Private Lives by Noel Coward The Night Watch by Sarah Waters The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Zadie Smith P.G. Wodehouse Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert Jenkins We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Crash by J.G. Ballard Possession by A.S. Byatt The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner Atonement by Ian McEwan Black Dogs by Ian McEwan Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Elizabeth Bowen Jane Austen Muriel Spark Our Spoons Came From Woolworths by Barbara Comyns Who Was Changed and Who was Dead by Barbara Comyns The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov P.D. James The Chateau by William Maxwell A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Matilda by Roald Dahl Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian Going Solo by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach: a play by David Wood The BFG by Roald Dahl Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl The Twits by Roald Dahl The Witches by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Doreen by Barbara Noble Kisses on a Postcard by Terence Frisby Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh

Tea or Books? #26: give up vs soldier on, and Matilda by Roald Dahl vs Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

This episode we're back in our classics zone with Michelle Magorian's Goodnight Mister Tom, the story of a timid and abused London boy evacuated to country England during World War II. We take a fresh look at what is at times a confronting read that pulls no punches despite being for children. Did this selection of Pat's maintain his impressive run of quality? Listen in to find out.

Goodnight Mister Tom - Michelle Magorian

Helen Fielding

Författarna Yahya Hassan, Michelle Magorian och Helen Fielding i Lundströms bokradio 2014. Vi är många som torkat tårarna efter att ha läst ”God natt, mister Tom”. Michelle Magorian har gett flera generationer vuxna och barn outplånligt starka bilder av England under andra världskriget. I historien om vänskapen mellan den trulige Mr Tom och unge William berättar hon om ensamhet, orättvisor, hårda tider och kärlek. Marie Lundström träffar författaren på hemmaplan i London. Romanfiguren Bridget Jones bor också i London.  Hon har nyss fyllt 50år och är två barns mamma. Författaren Helen Fielding återvänder till sin populära gamla romanfigur och tar nu hennes sexualitet i försvar. Yahya Hassan är en av de mest omskrivna poeterna på länge. Hans danska diktsamling har både sålt bra och skapat stundtals hetsig debatt på såväl kultursidor som nätforum. I Lundströms Bokradio tänker han högt om sitt språk och ger sin egen förklaring till att hans dikter provocerat så pass att han nu är dödshotad. Programledare: Marie Lundström Producent: Lisa Bergström

Författarna Yahya Hassan, Michelle Magorian och Helen Fielding i Lundströms bokradio 2014. Vi är många som torkat tårarna efter att ha läst ”God natt, mister Tom”. Michelle Magorian har gett flera generationer vuxna och barn outplånligt starka bilder av England under andra världskriget. I historien om vänskapen mellan den trulige Mr Tom och unge William berättar hon om ensamhet, orättvisor, hårda tider och kärlek. Marie Lundström träffar författaren på hemmaplan i London. Romanfiguren Bridget Jones bor också i London.  Hon har nyss fyllt 50år och är två barns mamma. Författaren Helen Fielding återvänder till sin populära gamla romanfigur och tar nu hennes sexualitet i försvar. Yahya Hassan är en av de mest omskrivna poeterna på länge. Hans danska diktsamling har både sålt bra och skapat stundtals hetsig debatt på såväl kultursidor som nätforum. I Lundströms Bokradio tänker han högt om sitt språk och ger sin egen förklaring till att hans dikter provocerat så pass att han nu är dödshotad. Programledare: Marie Lundström Producent: Lisa Bergström

Yahya Hassan, Michelle Magorian och Helen Fielding