• Getting Storyshaped With Ally Sherrick

  • Jun 22 2023
  • Length: 1 hr
  • Podcast

Getting Storyshaped With Ally Sherrick

  • Summary

  • We had the *most* fun this week sitting down with one of the Queens of Children's Historical Fiction (that's her official title, right), Ally Sherrick! We chat all things writing and story, including how much research Ally's rich, immersive novels take; where her love of history came from; what historical period she hasn't written about (yet), and what might be coming next from her talented pen. This episode was a wonder. Ally is a generous, inspirational, fascinating and truly wonderful podcast guest, and we hope you'll enjoy listening to our chat as much as we enjoyed recording it. Now! Let's get Storyshaped.


    Find Ally online at her website


    Books mentioned in this week's episode include Ally's own (all published by Chicken House):


    Black Powder

    The Buried Crown

    The Queen's Fool

    Vita and the Gladiators


    And the stories that shaped her include:


    Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard


    My Naughty Little Sister, by Dorothy Edwards and Shirley Hughes


    Charlie and Fred - stories made up by Ally's (wonderful) dad!


    Just-So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling, especially The Elephant's Child


    The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes


    Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


    The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken


    Black Hearts in Battersea, by Joan Aiken


    Nightbirds on Nantucket, by Joan Aiken


    A Small Pinch of Weather, by Joan Aiken


    A Necklace of Raindrops, by Joan Aiken


    A Traveller in Time, by Alison Uttley


    The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, by Penelope Lively


    Carrie's War, by Nina Bawden


    The Wake, by Paul Kingsnorth


    The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff


    Our podcast bookshop in Ireland is Halfway Up the Stairs: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie


    In the UK, check out our storefront on: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyshaped. Disclaimer: If you buy books linked to our site, we may earn a commission from bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.



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