153: Jacqueline Wilson with Kirsty Capes

Women’s Prize longlisted author Kirsty Capes joins us to talk about the books of Jacqueline Wilson. We focused on three in particular, The Story Of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum, and Lola Rose but the conversation took in a lot more than that. We talked about Jacqueline Wilson’s fearlessness, how the topics in her books intersected with Kirsty’s life, and about Kirsty’s PhD which was about depictions of care homes in fiction. It was a fascinating chat.

Kirsty is @kirstycapes. Her latest novel Love Me, Love Me Not is out July 2022.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now.

Sarah is @griffski. Her books are in all good bookshops.

Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.

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This episode was recorded by Cassie, produced and edited by Fearghal and Alan.

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