the Valhalla Conversations podcast. I'm your
host, Becky Hill, otherwise known as SoulChaser
Becky, and I am a proud Viking geek. I fell in
love with the history, culture, and mythology
of the Viking age through historical fiction
and Norse fantasy books. And I've been on an
endless quest to know more ever since. I have
read and reviewed over 100 books. in Norse fantasy
genre and over 50 in Viking Age historical fiction
and Viking Age non -fiction. I am the keen consumer
of adaptations and retellings of both the history
and the mythology, whether it's in comics, books,
computer games, TV and films. My passionate hunger
for more has led me to become an annual pilgrim
to the Jorvik Viking Festival in York in the
UK, which is run by the world -famous Jorvik
Viking Museum. I've attended conferences to do
Viking Age studies, such as the Richard Hall
Symposium, Norse in the North Symposium, and
the Midlands Viking Symposium. I first presented
on the topic of Norse fantasy fiction at Nine
Worlds Geek Con. London in 2018. I then co -hosted
a panel discussing Norse fantasy and fiction
with authors Joanne Harris, Francesca Simon and
academic professor Caroline Larrington, which
was streamed during the MCM Comic Con in London
2021. Recently, I made my academic debut appearance
at the Marie Symposium in Stavanger, August 2024,
where I presented on depictions of Brunhilde
Valkyrie in fantasy fiction. Please join me as
I discuss all things Norse with those who have
been inspired by Viking history and or Norse
mythology in their creative works, or those who
have studied the sagas and archaeology. and of
course review how each of those subjects are
being presented to modern audiences today. If
you like Viking stuff, you are welcome in my
Valhalla and I hope you stay for the conversations.