Sophie in Paris: Our new children's book is ready
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Here she is: Sophie in Paris.
Meet Sophie, the newest character in our world of children's books.
She's a clever little girl who lives in a tiny attic by the Eiffel Tower. And when a problem appears on the tower itself, Sophie takes it upon herself to save the day.
Sophie is a brave, curious, capable girl who reminds us that even the biggest problems can be solved by one person with the courage to try.
And in this episode of the podcast, Lina and I describe how we made the book, how you can get it, and how (if you're quick), you can get your name on the Eiffel Tower.
The project will launch on Kickstart on Jan 30. You can follow the pre-launch page here and be the first in line.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody out there. My name is Oliver G. This is the Earful Tower. This is kind of like a season finale, I think, for a few reasons I can get into later. But wherever you are in the world, whatever you're doing, this is my effort to make you forget all that and step into my Paris. Even if you're in Paris, forget all that. Come into my world for a second because I've got some news for you. Me and my wife |
| 0:23.6 | Lena have finished our newest children's book and I kind of have a feeling this might be a modern |
| 0:31.0 | classic. What is a modern classic? I don't even know. What do I mean by that? I don't even know. |
| 0:37.0 | How can you get your hands on a coffee? |
| 0:39.0 | A coffee into the Palisone Cafe, for goodness sakes. |
| 0:42.6 | But how can you get yourself a copy? |
| 0:45.2 | You can listen to this episode and learn a little bit about what we've been up to and how you can be part of it too. |
| 0:51.5 | As I said, my name's Oliver G. |
| 0:53.0 | Let's get into this episode. |
| 1:03.5 | Lina Nornjee. Hello. Orthress. |
| 1:09.1 | Illustratrice. Yes, why not? |
| 1:11.7 | Illustratrice. |
| 1:12.5 | That's right. |
| 1:30.6 | Otis has started correcting me, our four-year-old, when I say merci. I know. Because you're swallowing your ars. Yeah, he doesn't like the arm. Yeah, I know. It's the first word you learn when you learn French. It's terrible, isn't it? Then you have a child in the country and he goes, Daddy, it's not mercy, it's Marcy. |
| 1:44.9 | Like... terrible, isn't it? Then you have a child in the country and he goes, Daddy, it's not mercy, it's mercy. Like, not like I'm an idiot. Like, I just don't know. Just like, just like, just do it right, you know? It's fitting that I'm talking about children because today's topic is children's books. In September, we did a little teaser that we had started writing this book. Now it's essentially finished. |
| 1:46.2 | How are you feeling about it? |
| 1:47.5 | Oh, I'm so excited. |
| 1:51.4 | I can't wait for this to hit the shelves, you know? |
| 1:54.2 | When I said modern classic, what did you react? |
| 1:58.8 | Well, I mean, the proud part of me went like, yeah, of course. |
| 2:00.6 | What did the Swedish side of you react? the Swedish side of me went like oh dear how |
| 2:03.2 | dare you say that all so we've got so I think quick super quick recap and we're going to keep this |
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