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Isabella Francis

Isabella Francis

Photographer and videographer based in Newcastle/Sydney, Australia, and guest on the Lit Witches fantasy book podcast.

Oct 12, 2026

2:54
And what was yours, Bella?
2:56
Um, one of my favorite Greek retellings, I mean, apart from Percy Jackson, of course, is, um, Psyche and Eros by Luna McLamara som- um, I can't remember her last name, but it is just such a gorgeous retelling.
3:10
Like, I loved it so much.
3:11
It was my first introduction to them.
3:13
Um, and it's got this, like, pink and gold cover and, um, she just describes the characters so beautifully that I remember I went, um, like I visited Greece a couple months after I read the book, and I walked into this little store and I saw, like the, it was a little store selling little statues, and I saw this really gorgeous one and I, I think it's a replica of an actual, like, big statue that they have.
3:35
Um, and I was like, I, I have to have it, like, I just, I love them so much.
3:38
They're so beautiful, so I would recommend that one.

24 MINS LATER

28:10
[laughs]
14:56
Is it, like, people's intro into Greek myths and how much they love them? [laughs]
14:59
Yes, or [laughs] like if, if you talk to my parents they would tell you that I could not stop talking about these [laughs] when I was a kid.
15:06
Um, and it, um, started, like, a very lifelong love for Greek mythology, um, to the point where I've gone back to Greece many times and I'm actually learning Greek as, [laughs] as we speak.
15:17
Um, but yeah, and so something about, like, even though it's set in America, um, I just, I just loved it so much.
15:23
Like, we've got Percy, the main character, and then obviously he's got his two best friends, which is Annabeth and, and Grover.
15:30
Um, but you, it's just such a found family, and then something so exciting about them going to this summer camp, and then they get assig- oh, not assigned different houses, but, you know, you find out who your, your Greek god is as a parent.
15:42
And I just remember, like, my sister and I, we would spend such a long time being like, "Okay, so who's, like, your Greek god as a parent?"
16:10
[laughs]

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