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Books Mentioned:

Who Will Be A Witness - Drew Hart

The Man They Wanted Me To Be - Jared Yates Sexton

Entitled - Kate Manne

Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

Beyond The Valley - Ramesh Srinivasan

The Worst Witch - Jill Murphy

Sophie - Dick King-Smith

Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling (we will be donating to The Trevor Project in response to Rowling’s recent comments regarding the trans community & encourage you to purchase any of her books second-hand if possible).

I’ll Be Gone In The Dark - Michelle McNamara

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton

Non-Bookish Reads:

The Secret World of Diary Hunters - The Guardian

America’s Untouchables: The Silent Power of the Caste System - The Guardian

Other Resources Mentioned:

I Cut The “Big Five” Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell - Gizmodo

The Social Dilemma

Edgar Allan Poe sources from the Lore Podcast: Ep 153

Donations for UK theatre funds - The Theatre Artists Fund, National Theatre, The Royal Theatrical Fund

National Theatre Live on YouTube

Cover art by Emily Pottiger and Bonnie Stoltzfoos