We're looking forward to more insightful and enriching dialogues between students at Bath Spa University and Ashoka University this year. We'll also be facilitating discussions between the authors themselves. Everything will be published online as they happen.
In our first pairing, we explore mythical adventures with green themes and the writing process with a discussion by Fireblood author Sam Stewart and AB Majmudar, writer of The Torchbearers. John from Ashoka and Annette from Bath Spa discuss the respective mythical worlds in a lively conversation.
In May we'll be exploring The Wilderness War by Julia Green and A Cloud Called Bhura by Bijal Vachharajani. The discussion wll centre on books that involve a group of children coming together to overcome the effects of different aspects of the man-made crisis we're inflicting on our planet in the form of climate change and the destruction of wild places during land-development.
Our third pair of books is in June, when we'll be looking at illustrated verse with a focus on nature and wildlife as we discuss The Lost Words: A Spell Book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris and Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth.
In our final pairing for Year 2, we'll be looking at non-fiction in the form of two memoirs about wildlife, conservation, and a love of the natural world. The chosen books for this discussion are: Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty and A Naturalist's Journal by Yuvan Aves.
Read the full synopsis of each book and more about the intended discussions on our Year Two page.