Author’s Afterword Episode 119: Nydia Hetherington (Sycorax)
Posted 14th April 2025
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Charlie and Nydia Hetherington (Sycorax) discuss the witch Shakespeare’s Prospero hates so much and Nydia’s reimagining slash prequel to The Tempest. This involves conversation about chronic illness, attitudes to women in regards to the occult, and on a seemingly unrelated subject, the tendency of pirates to leave problematic people on isolated islands.
General references:
W H Auden: The Sea And The Mirror
Books mentioned by name or extensively:
Libby Colman: Trixie – The Childhood Of Sycorax, Witch Of Algiers
Margaret Atwood: Hag-Seed
Marina Warner: Indigo
Nydia Hetherington: A Girl Made Of Air
Nydia Hetherington: Sycorax
Tad Williams: Caliban’s Hour
William Shakespeare: The Tempest
Release details: Recorded 4th December 2024; published 14th April 2025
Where to find Nydia online: Website || Instagram
Where to find Charlie online: Instagram || TikTok
Discussions
01:20 The initial inspirations – theatre and Nydia’s chronic condition
10:23 Research and inspirations in regards to other adaptations
12:58 More on Nydia’s dedication to Shakespearean writing
13:58 Disability and women being witches put together
20:01 The good women in the book, Yemma and Zari
24:11 Including Barbarossa the pirate and the way pirates left criminals isolated
28:26 Afalkey the Beautiful and charming men
30:05 The role the Crow plays
32:48 What Nydia is writing at the moment
34:30 Nydia’s William Blake novel she mentioned earlier
Transcript
Please note that this transcript has been edited for legibility and is not a 100% accurate representation of the audio. Filler words and many false sentence starts have been removed, and words have been added in square brackets for clarity.
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