Is This the Real Life, Or Is This Just Fantasy (#4)

Books in the fantasy genre can represent a diverse range of subjects and ideas. In this episode we explore what fantasy literature might or might not be. Gwyneth interviews Tiffani Angus, author of ‘Threading the Labyrinth’: find out more about Tiffani at her website.

Some of the books mentioned in this episode:

• Robert Macfarlane – Underland and The Old Ways. You may also like to check out Robert’s recent appearance on Desert Island Discs.
• Matthew Syed – Rebel Ideas
• Franz Kafka – The Trial
• Samantha Shannon – The Priory of the Orange Tree
• Madeline Miller – Circe and The Song of Achilles
• Lewis Carroll – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
• Neil Gaiman – The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains, Coraline and The Sandman Vol. 1
• Alice Roberts – Ancestors: a Pre-history of Britain in Seven Burials
• Robert Holdstock – Mythago Wood
• H P Lovecraft – The Call of Cthulhu
• Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl
• JRR Tolkien – The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings