Dear lovely readers, I’d like to raise a toast to you and wish everyone the finest greetings of the season, however you spend the holidays. Before getting busy with lunch and presents, I shall be reading with my first cuppa, a Hans Christian Andersen short story The Fir Tree, which the Renard Press have produced Read More
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The Power of Fairy Tales: Marina Warner & Sally Gardner
Once Upon a Time by Marina Warner Subtitled ‘A short history of fairy tale’, Warner’s compact volume belies its small size. It’s a tiny hardback, but within its 200 or so pages, the author recounts the rich history behind the beloved fairy tales we all know from their most common (often arguably via Disney film Read More