The Hunger Games and The Echo Chamber

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This month we have two featured titles; one the debut novel from a new Scottish writer, the other a multi-million selling hit that you will undoubtedly have heard of, maybe even read already.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is the first part of a bestselling dystopian trilogy, primarily aimed at Young Adult readers. On the podcast Paul Gallagher is joined by Holyrood High School librarian Rachel McCabe and three teenage school pupils Joanne, Lewis and Roselinta to discuss it.

The Echo Chamber by Luke Williams is a dense and imaginative fictional memoir, written from the perspective of an aging woman, living in an old house in Edinburgh and recalling her childhood in 1950s Nigeria. Rachel and Paul give their verdicts on the podcast.

If you've read The Hunger Games or The Echo Chamber, use the comments box below to add your reviews, or send us a message on Twitter or Facebook and we'll feature it here.

Features

The Hunger Games: book vs. film

Scottish Book Trust's Children's Events Co-ordinator and Hunger Games super-fan Beth Bottery assesses whether the film version holds up to the novel.

Interview: Luke Williams on The Echo Chamber

"I think we’re all fantasists in some ways, and we all rely on imagination to understand ourselves and our relationships"