Literary Friction - Graphic Novels with Lizzy Stewart

Literary Friction

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4.9 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this show we're getting to grips with graphic novels. What's the history of this kind of storytelling? What narrative possibilities does the form open up? We first explored this theme with the artist Nick Hayes all the way back in 2014 before this show was even a podcast, and we're returning to it now because our guest this month is the writer and artist Lizzy Stewart, whose debut graphic novel Alison was published this year. Alison is a subtle and beautiful story of a young woman who leaves her marriage and her rural life in Dorset for a much older, more sophisticated and famous painter in 1970s London. There she learns to find her own artistic voice, and reflects on a life lived in art. Listen in for a discussion of the graphic novels we love, the joys of the form, and all the usual reading recommendations. Recommendations on the theme, Graphic Novels: Octavia: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel Carrie: Sabrina by Nick Drnaso General recommendations: Octavia: The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall Lizzy: Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan Carrie: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Find a list of all recommended books at: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/october-2022-graphic-novels-with-lizzy-stewart Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/litfriction Email us: litfriction@gmail.com Tweet us & find us on Instagram: @litfriction This episode is sponsored by Picador: https://www.panmacmillan.com/picador

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0:00.0	Welcome to Literary Fration.
0:21.6	I'm Carrie Plitt, here as always with my co-host Octavia Bright.
0:27.8	I thought I'd change it up a little bit.
0:30.3	Hi, Octavia, how are you?
0:31.8	Well, because you said it like that, and I feel like I'm like the magician's like spangly assistant.
0:37.6	You are. You are. You are spangly assistant. You are.
0:38.3	You are.
0:38.7	You are spangly.
0:40.1	Queens.
0:40.8	Oh, thank you.
0:42.5	I'm not feeling that spangly tonight.
0:46.1	But I'm fine.
0:47.1	I'm good.
0:47.5	I'm busy.
0:48.1	I've just,
0:48.4	I've taken on too much work.
0:49.8	I did a freelancer panic and just said yes to a thousand things.
0:52.6	And,
0:53.3	um,
0:53.9	and they're all really great
0:54.8	things but they are stretching me but it's good i i'm still panicking about the dark mornings and
1:01.8	evenings i get up early and i'm sad that it's now already dark when i get up if i'm finding that
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