Have you ever wondered what would happen if time started to go a bit wibbly-wobbly? How it might affect the planet, the seasons, wildlife, populations - all the way down to the individual? Well, time getting a bit wibbly-wobbly is one of the themes in Clara Kumagai's amazing debut novel Catfish Rolling, which we discuss on today's podcast, along with LOADS of books that make Clara her Storyshaped self. From Japan to Canada to Ireland to... somewhere in space and time, come with us as we wander through Clara's Storyshaped life.

Books mentioned on this week's episode include Clara's own:

A Girl Named Indigo (published in Japan as Indigo wo sagashite), illustrated by Yokosuka Kaori

Catfish Rolling

Songs for Ghosts (forthcoming)

And the stories which have shaped her include:

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (an example of bad representation!)

The Private Life of Plants by David Attenborough

The Narnia books, particularly Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

The Babysitters' Club, created by Ann M. Martin

American Born Chinese (graphic novel series), by Gene Luen Yang

The work of Joy Kogawa

The work of Paul Yee

The story of Madama Butterfly

Annihilation, by Jeff Vander Meer

His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman

The Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula Le Guin

The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper

The Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett

Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett

Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett

Snuff, by Terry Pratchett

The Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett

Fun and Games, by John Patrick McHugh

The work of Ann Sei Lin

The work of Adiba Jaigirdar

Hyo the Hellmaker, by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh

Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu

An Illustrated Guide to Time

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