By Robert M. Tilendis, on January 3rd, 2012
And a little bit of that.
Let’s start off with a local band — local in northwest England, that is. We have a new release from Bill Malkin and The Band Wagon, Those Glory Days.
Next we have a book by Stan Nicholls and Joe Flood that falls just short of being . . . → Read More: Little Bit of This. . . .
By Cat, on November 5th, 2011
Reprinted from Folk Tales.
Folk Tales and Fairy Lore in Gaelic and English was published in 1910. This is a collection of tales told in both English and Gaelic. My Gaelic isn’t good enough to read the Gaelic versions, but here’s a short tale, “Torr-a-Bhuilg,” in English from this remarkable collection to . . . → Read More: James MacDougall and George Calder: Folk Tales and Fairy Lore in Gaelic and English
By J.J.S. Boyce, on March 19th, 2011
“Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.”
This is my month for folktale retellings, it seems. Immediately after finishing Jones’ Arabian fantasy, Desert of Souls, I plunged into Valente’s Deathless, a very . . . → Read More: Catherynne M. Valente: Deathless
