# Sally Magnusson

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'The Shapeshifter's Daughter' by Sally Magnusson

Broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson returns to The Radio 2 Book Club once more, to discuss her new novel 'The Shapeshifter's Daughter'. The book is a re-telling of the Norse myth of Hel - set across the mythological realm of Asgard and present day Orkney Islands. Sally chats to Sara about her …

Sally Magnusson, Ray Bradshaw, Grado, Clive Anderson, Nathan Evans x SAINT PHNX, Mairi Campbell

Clive Anderson is joined in Glasgow by broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson, whose latest novel breathes new life into stories told to her as a child by her Icelandic father. She brings together modern day Orkney and the Norse myth of Hel in The Shapeshifter's Daughter. In 2017 Ray Bradshaw becam…

Sally Magnusson on Myth, Memory and Imagination


In this episode of How You Find Your Voice, host Jessie Huth is joined by best-selling novelist, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson MBE, to talk about myth, memory, and the creative courage it takes to begin again. Sally’s latest novel, The Shapeshifter’s Daughter, reimagines the Norse m…

‘I’m John MacKay’: Stories, strikes and STV's future

If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like 'Getting to know Sally Magnusson' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029hhz John MacKay (pictured) has retired as STV's News at Six anchorman after almost three decades. He talks to Laura Miller and Martin Geissler about the stories that hav…

Episode 22 : The Shapeshifters Daughter

Episode 22! Recorded on the Summer Solstice! How nice, in this weeks episode we discuss The Shapeshifter’s Daughter by Sally Magnusson. An emotional, captivating and very clever read that merges the mythical realm of Loki and Hel with the real world of Helen and Thornfinn. I loved how the mythical…

The Stories We Carry: The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson

S7 E2: The Stories We Carry: The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson In 1627, hundreds of Icelanders were taken from their homes and carried across the sea into slavery in Algiers. Among them were a Lutheran minister, his wife Ásta, and their children. In The Sealwoman’s Gift, Sally Magnusson en…

Frances Crawford: A Bad, Bad Place

Send us Fan Mail Here’s a quick-fire episode, recorded in a rowdy Green Room at the Golden Lion, to celebrate the brilliant winner of two of Scotland’s most prestigious book awards at this year’s Bloody Scotland crime writing festival in Stirling.  In what was a historic first, Glasgow author Franc…

Episode 35 : Music in the Dark

It's episode 35 and we talk about another book by the fabulous Sally Magnusson. Music in the dark is a stunning historical novel and love story based during and after the brutality of the Highland Clearances. Beautiful, tender and inspiring. As per usual we discuss the book in its entirety so it …

2. The Backdrop

The impact of the Coigach Resistance rippled across Scotland in the mid 19th Century. In July 1854, the women of Greenyards in Strathcarron would have been aware of the events in Coigach as they themselves resisted eviction during what has been coined, the “Massacre of the Ross’s” In this episode,…