Ava Reid on JUNIPER & THORN
"So\xa0much classic fantasy exists in this sort of timeless state where, you know, whatever fantasy world it's set in has kind of always existed....I've always been really interested in kind of disrupting that and kind of setting my books during periods of like, enormous change and upheaval, like, I'm really interested in the idea of a fantasy world that has not always been the same, because that's not how the world works, and kind of taking apart these things that are really taken for granted.\u201d
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Ava Reid knows how to do unforgettable fractured fairy tale retellings with fabulous, fierce heroines, hidden magic and family ties based on Hungarian and Jewish folklore.\xa0The Wolf and the Woodsman\xa0was her debut novel and her latest,\xa0Juniper & Thorn, is a gothic horror retelling of the Grimm Brothers\u2019\xa0The Juniper-Tree, and she joins us on the show to talk about world-building by starting from the present and working backwards, diversifying the stereotypical Eastern European fantasy setting, killing off characters for the right reason, designing the cover art, her upcoming YA fantasy debut, what she\u2019s reading right now,\xa0and much more with\xa0guest host\xa0Kat Sarfas.\xa0And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
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Featured Books:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle\xa0by Shirley Jackson
The Juniper-Tree\xa0by Brothers Grimm\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0
Matrix\xa0by Lauren Groff
Our Crooked Hearts\xa0by Melissa Albert
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This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas, and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
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A full transcript of this show is available\xa0here.