Philippa Leathley's astounding new middle grade fantasy challenges readers to be the ones to discover their own personalities and futures. When kids are 10 years old they are given a tattoo that helps determine their fate. But is your destiny really something that is determined by magic or can you create your own path? This episode will present some wonderful themes and thoughts that you can take back to the readers in your own life, but it might just also help you see something about yourself as well.
Find out more about author Philippa Leathley
Website: www.philippaleathley.com
X: @prleathley
Instagram: @prleathley
Bluesky: @prleathley.bsky.social
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Chapters
00:00 Meet Philippa Leathley and her middle grade novel Inkbound Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo
01:54 Creating the world of Inkbound with ink as a magic system
02:54 A tattoo determines your destiny or fate?
08:10 What if you don’t follow your fate
10:25 Advice from the characters on what they would say to someone asking how to have the courage to be themselves - captain
11:26 Daphne mild spoilers talking about if a character is the villain
13:25 What would Daphne say for advice
14:00 What would the main character, Metty, give for advice
15:18 What would Faith give for advice
15:48 What did the author learn in writing these themes?
19:00 Middle Grade March - reading challenge to encourage adults to read middle grade books
20:09 Phillipa’s book recommendation
21:56 What’s next for Philippa
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