The Goldster Magazine Show

“My son’s death will never make sense to me. But it has taught me that it’s possible to find
meaning, collectively and individually, in the loss of what we love.” Liz Jensen
This month we’ll be looking at a very moving memoir written by a recent Goldster guest, Liz
Jensen. Four years ago, Liz’s life changed in an instant, with the devastating loss of her son,
Raph. Known to many by the name of Iggy Fox, Raph was a leading figure of Extinction
Rebellion. Following his unexpected death while filming an environmental campaign in
South Africa, Liz abandoned the novel she was working on and wrote a book about grief,
Your Wild and Precious Life: on grief, hope and rebellion.
Liz’s world fell apart with the death of her son. As she grieved, forest fires raged,
coral reefs deteriorated, CO2 emissions rose and fossil fuels burned. Your Wild and
Precious Life is the story of how a mother rebuilt herself, reoriented her life and
rediscovered the enchantment of the living world. Set against the backdrop of
climate and ecological catastrophe, it’s an argument for agency, legacy and the wild
possibility of hope after devastation.
Goldster Magazine Book Club events are open to all, whether you’ve had the chance
to read the book or not. These events are not recorded, everyone is unmuted and
everyone gets the chance to meet other Goldster members. Join Lucinda and fellow
Goldster members at 1pm on Tuesday 26 November.

Angela van Breemen is a soprano soloist, a poet, a wildlife activist and she has just published her first novel. For those Goldster creative writers, how does that feel?  Past Life’s Revenge is a crime thriller with a twist of surrealism. Since childhood, David Harris has suffered from debilitating nightmares. He has sought the advice of psychiatrists and other health professionals without obtaining any relief. When he meets an attractive young psychic, Emma Jackson, she encourages him to seek the help of her friend Anna Tungsten, a hypnotherapist. As the story unfolds from here, David realises he had to exact revenge and stop a murderer from killing again. Angela has recently released her first album In the Breezewith lyrics drawn from her poetry. But how does anyone blend a love for dark psychological drama with the melody of Celtic music. And if the red squirrel is the most endangered and the Scottish Wildcat the rarest species in Britain, what are their counterparts in Ontario, Canada. To find out all this and more, join Angela van Breemen with Humphrey Hawksley at 1pm Tuesday December 3rd 2024 on the Goldster Magazine Show.

For our final Book Club of 2024, falling appropriately on the last day of the year, we’ll be reading The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh. She is one of Britain’s leading emerging crime writers, whose books have sold more than 2 million copies around the world. We’ll be reading the first in Mackintosh’s latest series, featuring the Welsh detective Ffion Morgan. The Last Party was published in 2022 and went immediately into the bestseller lists. The series is currently being developed for TV.

On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of party guests. On New Year’s Day, DC Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects to his murder. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbours, friends and family – and Ffion has her own secrets to protect. With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn’t who wanted Rhys dead ... but who finally killed him. In a village with this many secrets, a murder is just the beginning.

This is a fun book to read over the festive season, and then come together to chat about. Goldster Magazine Book Club events are open to all, whether you’ve had the chance to read the book or not. These events are not recorded, everyone is unmuted and everyone gets the chance to meet other Goldster members. Join Lucinda and fellow Goldster members at 1pm on Tuesday 31 December.