A Case for Books | The Bookwanderers Club: Efua Traoré, Francesca Gibbons and Aisha Bushby (S02E07) @ACaseforBooks | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
In Episode 7 of The Bookwanderers Club:
- Efua Traoré, debut author of Children of the Quicksands, talks about how her book was inspired by her own childhood in Nigeria and sets a writing prompt.
- Francesca Gibbons, author of A Clock of Stars, which has just been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, answers some of your big questions - including what she would do if she found a penguin in her freezer!
- Aisha Bushby talks about where she finds ideas and inspiration, and Cornwall and Kuwait inspired her Moonchild duology.
You can find out more about, and buy, the books mentioned, here: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-bookwanderers-club
(This is an affiliate link, which means that if you buy a book via this link, I get a small commission which helps me make these videos, thank you!)
If you'd like to get in touch, share your writing or be part of Big Questions, you can email me at thebookwanderersclub@gmail.com. You can also find me on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok at @acaseforbooks.
Time stamps for specific sections:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Book Chat with Efua Traoré
23:04 Big Questions with Francesca Gibbons
42:32 Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? with Aisha Bushby
In Episode 7 of The Bookwanderers Club:
- Efua Traoré, debut author of Children of the Quicksands, talks about how her book was inspired by her own childhood in Nigeria and sets a writing prompt.
- Francesca Gibbons, author of A Clock of Stars, which has just been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, answers some of your big questions - including what she would do if she found a penguin in her freezer!
- Aisha Bushby talks about where she finds ideas and inspiration, and Cornwall and Kuwait inspired her Moonchild duology.
You can find out more about, and buy, the books mentioned, here: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-bookwanderers-club
(This is an affiliate link, which means that if you buy a book via this link, I get a small commission which helps me make these videos, thank you!)
If you'd like to get in touch, share your writing or be part of Big Questions, you can email me at thebookwanderersclub@gmail.com. You can also find me on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok at @acaseforbooks.
Time stamps for specific sections:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Book Chat with Efua Traoré
23:04 Big Questions with Francesca Gibbons
42:32 Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? with Aisha Bushby
