A podcast that explores and promotes the lifesaving power of literature. We discuss the books you should carry in your literary first aid kit for any situation.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
First Aid Lit
Claim This Podcastby Nicola Sheppey and Angela Wipperman
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A podcast that explores and promotes the lifesaving power of literature. We discuss the books you should carry in your literary first aid kit for any situation.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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January 15, 2021
Episode 6: Being a Child
<p>Ah, the bliss of childhood ... before life got REALLY scary. In today's episode, we're packing our literary first aid kits to survive those pre-teen years (which becomes a great excuse to talk about our favourite books we read as children).</p><br><p>Jump to:</p><br><p>00:00 - Intro & what we’re reading; Nicola’s reading <strong>Pride & Prejudice</strong> by Jane Austen and Angela’s reading <strong>A Gentleman in Moscow</strong> by Amor Towles; we also chat a bit about the 2020 Booker winner & shortlist!</p><br><p>08:49 - ‘Adaptation Station’ - today we’re talking about <strong>The Queen’s Gambit</strong> on Netflix</p><br><p>12:12 - We share our first aid kits!</p><br><p>Angela’s kit:</p><br><p><strong>The Horse and His Boy</strong> by C.S. Lewis</p><p><strong>The Illustrated Mum</strong> by Jacqueline Wilson</p><p><strong>Matilda</strong> by Roald Dahl</p><br><p>Nicola’s kit:</p><br><p><strong>The Faraway Tree</strong> series by Enid Blyton</p><p><strong>The Bed and Breakfast Star</strong> by Jacqueline Wilson</p><p><strong>Vinegar Street</strong> by Philip Ridley</p><br><p>Other resources / books we mention:</p><br><p><strong>Wolf Hall</strong> by Hilary Mantel (again!)</p><p><strong>Shuggie Bain</strong> by Douglas Stuart</p><p><strong>The Problem of Susan</strong> by Neil Gaiman</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLOxQxMnEz8&t=2s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy Worldbuilding (video essay) from Lindsay Ellis</a></p><p><strong>The Naughtiest Girl in the School</strong> by Enid Blyton</p><p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/articles/interview-with-jacqueline-wilson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interview with Jacqueline Wilson (British Library)</a></p><br><p>Find us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FirstAidLit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@firstaidlit</a> and share your thoughts - what would you pack in your first aid kit? Let us know.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
November 16, 2020
Episode 5: Being a Woman
<p>It's a challenging existence and it comes in many forms. Good thing there's plenty of literature to guide us through the nuances and celebrations of being a woman. We talk about what books we might give to our daughters.</p><br><p>Note - this episode was recorded when it was (briefly!) legal for two members of different households to mix indoors.</p><br><p>Angela's first aid kit:</p><br><p><strong>Pride and Prejudice</strong> by Jane Austen</p><p><strong>We Should All Be Feminists</strong> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</p><p><strong>The Handmaid's Tale</strong> by Margaret Atwood</p><br><p>Nicola's first aid kit:</p><br><p><strong>Three Women</strong> by Lisa Taddeo</p><p><strong>The Bell Jar</strong> by Syvia Plath</p><p><strong>Woman on the Edge of Time </strong>by Marge Piercy</p><br><p>Other resources/books we mention:</p><br><p><strong>Everything Under</strong> by Daisy Johnson</p><p><strong>The Good Immigrant</strong> edited by Nikesh Shukla</p><p><strong>Anna Karenina </strong>by Leo Tolstoy</p><p><strong>Madame Bovary </strong>by Gustave Flaubert</p><p><a href="https://www.nylon.com/articles/bell-jar-female-sadness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How 'The Bell Jar' Became Pop Culture's Code for Female Sadness (Nylon)</a></p><p><strong>Ten Days in a Mad-House</strong> by Nellie Bly</p><br><p>Find us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FirstAidLit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@firstaidlit</a> and share your thoughts - what would you pack in your first aid kit? Let us know.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
October 31, 2020
Episode 4: A Haunted House
<p>Just in time for Halloween - we're off to a haunted house with our first aid kit packed with books to keep us sane while things go bump in the night. Will our books keep us safe from ghouls and poltergeists? There's only one way to find out...</p><br><p>Note - this episode was recorded when it was (briefly!) legal for two members of different households to mix indoors.</p><br><p>Angela's first aid kit:</p><br><p><strong>The Little Stranger</strong> by Sarah Waters</p><p><strong>Jane Eyre</strong> by Charlotte Bronte</p><p><strong>The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire</strong> by Arthur Conan Doyle (you can read it online <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/uploads/3/7/3/8/37380505/1924_january_the_adventure_of_the_sussex_vampire.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>)</p><br><p>Nicola's first aid kit:</p><br><p><strong>The Haunting of Hill House</strong> by Shirley Jackson</p><p><strong>The Turn of the Screw</strong> by Henry James</p><p><strong>Dracula </strong>by Bram Stoker</p><br><p>Other resources/books we mention:</p><br><p><strong>Never Let Me Go</strong> by Kazuo Ishiguro</p><p><strong>Love and Other Thought Experiments</strong> by Sophie Ward</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/10/shirley-jackson-ruth-franklin-review-a-rather-haunted-life" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Rather Haunted Life: Guardian review</a></p><p><strong>The Lottery</strong> by Shirley Jackson</p><p><strong>The Yellow Wallpaper</strong> by Charlotte Perkins Gilmour</p><p><strong>Wide Sargasso Sea</strong> by Jean Rhys</p><p><a href="https://time.com/5411826/bram-stoker-dracula-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bram Stoker Claimed That Parts of Dracula Were Real. Here's What We Know About the Story Behind the Novel (Time)</a></p><br><p>Find us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FirstAidLit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@firstaidlit</a> and share your thoughts - what would you pack in your first aid kit? Let us know.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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