Ep 40 Mansfield Park in Space with Una McCormack

Fantasy Book Swap

In today's episode I'm joined by Una McCormack, New York Times best-selling author and member of Gold SF editorial board.

Una’s choice: Lucy M Boston’s The Children of Green Knowe . This is the Puffin edition Una has. The 70th anniversary edition is available from Hemingford Grey shop.

The TV adaptation

Ali’s choice: Pádraig Kenny’s The Monsters of Rookhaven

Illustrations here and here

Una mentions Tom’s Midnight Garden. You can listen to Episode 25 with Tony Keen, where we discuss the book here.

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• The Spire by William Golding
• Red Shift by Alan Garner
• The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll, illus Jan Pienkowski
• Thornhill by Pam Smy
• Isadora Moon by Helen Muncaster
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Earthsea and Annals of the Western Shore by Ursula Le Guin
• Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

Authors mentioned in this episode:

• Catherine Cookson, who is still in print
• Helen Forrester

Una’s most recent book: Doctor Who: Caged

Follow Una on Bluesky @unamccormack.bsky.social

Thanks as always to Steve Vapour Trails. Check out his radio show on Radio Lewes here! Thank you to Danny for the fresh new idents, and to Jack Sadler-Johnson for the use of his beautiful track Bliss.