About this episode
Rachel Khong joins Anna James to discuss the themes and impact of Edward Eager's fantasy classic, Half Magic.
Award-winning author Rachel Khong joins me to talk about Half Magic, Edward Eager's 1954 fantasy classic about a family who find a coin that grants them half wishes. Rachel is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin and most recently Real Americans, which is out now in paperback. We talk about Eager's love of E. Nesbit, why Rachel went back to Half Magic when writing Real Americans and how to write magic in literary fiction. You can find Real Americans and my own books on my Bookshop page, although Half Magic is out of print in the UK currently: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Anna James
Guest: Rachel Khong
Topics covered
- fantasy literature
- writing magic
- book discussion
- author interview
- literary fiction
Keywords
- Half Magic
- Rachel Khong
- Edward Eager
- Goodbye Vitamin
- Real Americans
- literary fiction
- fantasy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bookshop, Acast, Adam Collier, Hester Kitchen
Books & works: Half Magic, Goodbye, Vitamin, Real Americans
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