Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

We craft and tell stories because we’ve stood on the uncertain edge between the waking world and our imagination, between enchantment and...

As I'm sure you know, 'The Hobbit' was seventy-five on Friday last.  Clearly, the only possible response was to hurry off to ...

by Terri Windling I've been asked to reflect on fairy tales – which, as it happens, is something that I've been doing my ent...

Esbern Snare, 1127 to 1204, was a daring Danish nobleman and commander who, around 1170, fortified the town of Kalundborg, Zealand, with...

by Megan Whalen Turner When Katherine asked if I might like to write a blog post about my favorite fairy tale, I drew a blank.  I’m almo...

My friend Fiona Dunbar 's lively and exciting children's adventure stories leap boundaries and span genres: for example her bri...

When my daughters were small I used to read aloud to them every evening, just as my mother used to read to me, and her mother to her,...