Getting Storyshaped with Paddy Donnelly

We finally managed to get a chance to chat to Paddy Donnelly, and we're thrilled about it! Paddy's been on our 'MUST HAVE' guest-list since the podcast started, and we've never managed to nab him... until now. Tune in as we talk through his incredible body of work, his unconventional approach to getting his start in the publishing industry, his brilliant life advice, and his insights into his own work. It was a warm and wonderful chat, which we're delighted to share with you. Are you ready to Get Storyshaped?

Books mentioned in this week's episode include Paddy's own:

Dodos Are Not Extinct

HOM

The Vanishing Lake

The Golden Hare

Fox and Son Tailers

Badger Books

Míp

Scunc agus Smúirín...

And many more! Check out Paddy's website, lefft.com, for full listings

And the stories which shaped him include:

Full Moon Soup, by Alastair Graham

Full Moon Afloat, by Alastair Graham

Dinosaurs! Magazine

Palaeoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past, by Zoe Lescase and Walton Ford, pub. Taschen Books

Watership Down, by Richard Adams

The Animals of Farthing Wood, by Colin Dann

Run With the Wind, by Tom McCaughren

Run Swift, Run Free, by Tom McCaughren

Run to Earth, by Tom McCaughren

Dodos are Forever, by Dick King-Smith

Irish Birds (encyclopedia)

Don't Trust Fish, by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat

Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob, by Huw Aaron

The Circles in the Sky, by Karl James Mountford

Island, by Mark Janssen

Felix and the Future Agency, by Rachel Morrisroe

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