<p>Shirley Jackson in North Bennington, Vermont. Award-winning biographer&nbsp;Ruth Franklin visits the small village of North Bennington, where Jackson lived for twenty years. We stand in the square where Jackson imagined 'The Lottery' and conjure the ghost of Merricat Blackwood as she collects her sinister groceries in Jackson’s last and greatest novel, <em>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</em>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</em> by Shirley Jackson (Penguin Modern Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133431/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-by-jackson-shirley/9780141191454" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133431/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-by-jackson-shirley/9780141191454</a></p><p>Blackstone Publishing audiobook edition of <em>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</em>, read by Bernadette Dunne</p><p><a href="https://www.blackstonelibrary.com/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle?sp=15364" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.blackstonelibrary.com/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle?sp=15364</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>The Lottery and Other Stories</em> by Shirley Jackson (Penguin Modern Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133428/the-lottery-and-other-stories-by-jackson-shirley/9780141191430" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133428/the-lottery-and-other-stories-by-jackson-shirley/9780141191430</a></p><p>Penguin Audio edition of <em>The Lottery and Other Stories</em>, read by Francine Brody</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133428/the-lottery-and-other-stories-by-jackson-shirley/9780141994871" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133428/the-lottery-and-other-stories-by-jackson-shirley/9780141994871</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Life Among the Savages</em> by Shirley Jackson (Penguin Modern Classics edition)</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/312885/life-among-the-savages-by-jackson-shirley/9780241387801" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/312885/life-among-the-savages-by-jackson-shirley/9780241387801</a></p><p>Penguin Audio edition of <em>Life Among the Savages</em>, read by Kate Handford</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/312885/life-among-the-savages-by-jackson-shirley/9780141994901" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/312885/life-among-the-savages-by-jackson-shirley/9780141994901</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ruth Franklin</p><p><a href="https://ruthfranklin.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ruthfranklin.substack.com/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life</em> by Ruth Franklin</p><p><a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/Shirley-Jackson-A-Rather-Haunted-Life/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/Shirley-Jackson-A-Rather-Haunted-Life/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Moonscones Micro-Bakery</p><p><a href="http://www.moonscones.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.moonscones.com/</a></p><br><p>Powers Market</p><p><a href="https://powersmarket.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://powersmarket.com/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The John G McCullough Free Library</p><p><a href="https://mcculloughlibrary.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mcculloughlibrary.org/</a></p><br><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Presenter – Henry Eliot: <a href="https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/</a></p><p>Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: <a href="https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>