For our May 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria Emma puts forward the book Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan for Adrian's consideration.
Other talking points:
The difficulty of summarising
Somehow avoiding the word "surreal"
An emotional model railway trip.
Reading around the story
Balancing story collections
Styles of art
Media Mentions:
The art of Edward Gorey including The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Insect God
The art of Dr Seuss including I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew
The art of Adrian Sykes https://www.adriansykes.co.uk/
Next month we look at Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Emma's music recommendation: Future Boy by Turin Brakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AekubF2xYlg&list=RDAekubF2xYlg&start_radio=1
Emma's latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/creative-futures-allen-stroud/7847161 which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award
Adrian's most recent book: Children of Strife https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/children-of-strife-adrian-tchaikovsky/7864905
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