Great Writers and the Cats who Owned Them with Susannah Fullerton
Zazie and Kristi chat with Susannah Fullerton about her delightful book, Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them.
We talk about:
- whether there is a special affiliation between writers and cats
- how Susannah chose the writers to include in the book
- some famous cats, including Hodge, who was a very fine cat indeed
- Daffy, the cat who knew Anne of Green Gables before anyone else
- why TS Eliot doesn't get a whole chapter despite inspiring the musical Cats
- Dorothy L Sayers' cat Blitz
- what the writers' accounts of their cats tell us about how the human-feline relationship has changed over the years
- we get some of Susannah's favourite titbits from the book and ask which is her favourite cat
- we learn about Susannah's upcoming book, Great Writers and the Dogs Who Loved Them
- and finally we ask what she's been reading
You can see examples of Edward Lear's drawings of his cat Foss in this post on Susannah's website: https://susannahfullerton.com.au/literary-pets-foss-the-cat/
The book Susannah recommended to us is Anne's Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translate of Anne of Green Gables by Eri Muraoka and Cathy Hirano.
Susannah Fullerton is Sydney’s most highly regarded literary historian and lecturer. She is a leading authority on 19th and 20th-century writers with a special interest in Jane Austen. She brings to life the lives and writings of great writers with fascinating talks and in literary tours around the world. In 2017 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature.
She's the author of Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them, which is available wherever books are sold.
Learn more and sign up for her newsletter at https://susannahfullerton.com.au/
About the co-hosts:
Kristi Benson is an honours graduate of, and now on staff with, the prestigious Academy for Dog Trainers and has her PCBC-A from the Pet Professional Accreditation Board. She lives in beautiful northern British Columbia, where she helps dog guardians through online classes. She is also a northern anthropologist.
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Zazie Todd, PhD, is the award-winning author of Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog, Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She is the creator of the popular blog, Companion Animal Psychology, and has a column at Psychology Today. She lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband, a dog and a cat.
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