Ida’s choice: The Man whose Mother was a Pirate by Margaret Mahy Ali’s choice: The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. The sequel has just been published: The Siren, the Song and the SpyIda had a different edition from mine Other books we mention in this episode: Fathomfolk by Eliza ChanThe Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenSarah Baartman, the Khoekhoe woman whose birth name may have been Ssehura, displayed in Europe as the Hottentot Venus Ida’s award-winning short story Infinite Tea in the Demerara Café is in the NewCon Press anthology London Centric Her novella Fish! Ida has a story in the anthology Laughs in Space.Follow Ida on Bluesky Facebook and @ida_Keogh on Instagram
