Bookylicious
Dark Festive Fun with Jólaköttur, Krampus, Feminism and Fantasy and Jane Austen
Published: 18 December 2025 at 15:09 Europe/London
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Episode notes
In this especially celebration of the festive season Paul, Gwyn, Lara and Holly explore the dark side of Christmastide. The thumbnail for this episode shows the Jólaköttur, a giant Icelandic Jule Cat that Gwyn mentions. Our festive reading leads to a chat about the feminine in fantasy literature. We also share some of our favourite reads of the year and of course briefly celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday.
Here is a link to the BBC adaptation of the Dark is Rising BBC Sounds - The Dark Is Rising - Available Episodes
Here is a link to some of the books we discuss Bookylicious Series 5 Episode 4 - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - Bookshop.org
