Today on Mythmakers, the Oxford Centre for Fantasy meets the winner of the Golden Pencil Prize for the best Dutch children's book of the year, Yorick Goldewijk, as his novel debuts in English. Movies Showing Nowhere, a fascinating middle-grade novel about memories, loss and time travel, is set in a special cinema which takes the hero, Cate, on an unexpected journey. This book will also take Yorick and Julia Golding down some interesting paths as they discuss the story and how we play out real world ideas in fantasy. Join us as they speak about misfits, grief, memory, therapy and so much more, ending off by deciding where in all the fantasy worlds they would go to look back at memories - from Galadriel's Mirror to Dumbledore's Pensieve - be sure to let us know if you agree with their picks!

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0:00 Introduction to Mythmakers

1:07 Yorick's Childhood Fantasy Influences

3:09 Yorick's Journey to Becoming an Author

6:09 Introduction to "Movies Showing Nowhere"

8:21 Theme of Grief and Embracing Life

13:11 Embracing Weirdness and Being a Misfit

16:20 Yorick's Creative Process with Music

20:57 Starting a Book with a Mood

28:24 Using Fantasy Worlds as Laboratories

29:57 Yorick's Future Book Themes

33:59 Imagining Memories with Extraordinary Minds

36:46 Journeys into Extraordinary Minds and Narnia

39:02 Exploring Bran Stark's Memories in "Game of Thrones"

40:15 Recommendation of "Movies Showing Nowhere"