# Naomi Mitchison
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Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison, CBE (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called the doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote over 90 books of historical fiction, science fiction, travel writing and autobiography. Her husband Dick Mitchison's life peerage in 1964 entitled her to call herself Lady Mitchison, but she never did.
8. Who Let This Happen?
Jared, Oriana and Ned discuss Oriana’s choice of topic: Tom Bombadil.
Famous—or more probably, infamous—jolly Tom is one of the most unusual
characters in The Lord of the Rings, dropped in wholesale, along with his
partner Goldberry the River Daughter, the threatening Old Man Willow and the
bone-ch…
This Is How You Lose The Time War
It’s time (hehe) to discuss our Always Will Be time travel love story This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone. We talk about the parallels between this sci fi queer love story and real relationships, the balance between poetry and just wanting to drink tea with someone…
Across the Loch Episode 8 - 26th November 2024
Kirsty and Michael introduce the eighth edition of the local podcast for Colintraive and Glendaruel in Argyll , Scotland which has been running now for a full year. This episode includes an interview with local resident and community activist Rosalyn McKenna who is working , in her day job ,…
“Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past
S3E101 Donald Smith takes us on a literary tour of Edinburgh's Old Town, touching on the stories of writers including Robert Louis Stevenson, J. K. Rowling, Naomi Mitchison, Robert Burns and many more.
To order a copy of Donald's book, Our Storied Town, click here:
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Nick Hubble, “The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question” (Edinburgh UP, 2017)
Nick Hubble’s The Proletarian Answer to the Modernist Question (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) is a thrilling, and timely challenge to the orthodoxy that proletarian and high-modernist literatures ought to be understood in opposition to one another. Featuring writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf…
Amal El-Mohtar on SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar features her award-winning folktales that invite readers into fantastic new worlds. Amal joins us to talk about Dungeons & Dragons, creating characters, long form vs short form writing, the life of the internet, creativity, birds and more with cohost Is…
Isaac Julien
Robert meets Sir Isaac Julien at Victoria Miro gallery in London to explore 4 decades of making art. We also meet Julien’s long term collaborator Mark Nash to explore his major five-screen film installation All That Changes You. Metamorphosis, 2025 and new photographic works.
All That Changes You.…
Imagining better futures – humanist thought and the radical power of science fiction
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In her 1818 novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley asked what it meant to make a person – and what we owed to the beings we create. Two centuries later, the questions she opened are still being asked, in the time machines and starships and feminist utopias of the science fiction traditio…
Travel Light Audiobook by Naomi Mitchison
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Travel LightSubtitle: 'Read it now' (Ursula K. Le Guin)Categories: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction, FolkloreAuthor: Naomi MitchisonNarrator: Ffion AynsleyPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupRelease date: 03-12-2026Language: English
Author Jade Chang on the books she's reading to keep summer going
For author Jade Chang, the vibe of summer isn’t encapsulated at the pool or by the beach, but in time itself — “and how time kind of stops.” In today’s episode, she joins All Things Considered’s Ailsa Chang to discuss the books she recommends to help keep the summer season alive, even as fall appro…
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