Los Angeles Times

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Classic fairy tales are reimagined in present-day New York in the dark CBS All Access series "Tell Me a Story." The forests and cottages of those old fables are an urban jungle here, populated with power brokers, male go-go dancers and, most shocking

Writing Magazine

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Publishing commercial fiction, London based Joffe Books invites submissions from writers around the world and encourages, ‘authors of colour, LGTB+ authors and differently abled authors from diverse backgrounds to make their voices heard’. The ‘favou

ImagineFX

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LOCATION: Belgium MEDIA: Photoshop, Procreate WEB: www.margawart.com “Fairy tales and mythical creatures have always had a very special place in my heart,” says Margarita. “I love creating illustrations full of magic and mystery, and telling my own s

TIME

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IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DISCUSS Gingerbread, the sixth novel from Helen Oyeyemi—named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists in 2013—without the mention of fairy tales. Just a few of the new book’s familiar elements include enchanted confecti

PEARL

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Fairy tales belong to ancient human heritage. They are not tied to any particular country or people, so we find the same or similar themes everywhere. They are stories that have no relationship at all to earthly human history. Fairy tales tell nothin

NPR

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Kenji Miyazawa is a beloved author in Japan; this book — a reissue of a 1993 story collection — balances chaos and kindness, natural and supernatural to build a world in which anything might happen.

NPR

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Elizabeth Lim's new young adult novel follows a girl who disguises herself as a boy and sets off for the emperor's court in place of her ailing father, who's been summoned as an imperial tailor.

Writing Magazine

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Enchanted Conversation is a monthly US webzine for adult readers with a love of classic fairytales. Originally debuting in 2007, the site relaunched this summer and now publishes one story per month and two non-fiction articles. The editor is Kate Wo

Writing Magazine

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The winner of Joffe Books Prize for Crime Writers of Colour will be offered a two-book contract with Joffe Books. In conjunction with bestselling author Dorothy Koomson and literary agent Susan Yearwood, Joffe Books is looking for manuscripts from un

Harper's Bazaar India

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Be prepared to laugh-outloud as you follow four geriatrics in an old age home who are determined to investigate a murder. Hilarious and warm, this bestseller will leave you in a good mood. [Penguin] A half-British, half-Indian sorcerer attends a magi

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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by Lisa Schneidau The author uses her ecologist training to add depth to old tales from Britain’s woods and forests. A beguiling retelling of many overlooked legends. by Amy Jeffs A creative exploration of legend and landscape – myths of homeland, lo

You South Africa

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WHEN we talk of fairytales we’re referring to short stories that usually involve a prince or princess who lives in an undefined place – a kingdom far, far away. The stories include fantasy creatures such as fairies, giants, elves, dragons and mermaid

Writing Magazine

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The Hysteria Writing Competition 2020 is inviting entries. The competition, which is run by Linda Parkinson Hardman, supported the work of her social enterprise The Hysterectomy Association until that closed in 2019. It’s now run from Linda’s blog. T

Watch

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“USUALLY, I’M TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM reality,” says best-selling author Alice Hoffman, who is noted for embracing magical realism in such novels as Practical Magic, The Dovekeepers, and The Marriage of Opposites. At first glance, her 28th work of adul

SFX

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⏵ RELEASED 17 JUNE 480 pages | Paperback/ebook/audiobook ⏵ Author Hannah Whitten ⏵ Publisher Orbit Books Wolves run through fairy tales, flashing a tooth here, a tail there. But if you pick this up expecting to see familiar motifs popping up, you’ll

Lens Magazine

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Early on, Katerina Belkina (b. 1974) knew about her exceptional talent to see the world through different eyes. Born in Samara in the southeast of European Russia, she was raised in a creative atmosphere by her mother, a visual artist. Her education

Empire Australasia

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As commander of the fairy law enforcement unit Lower Elements Police (also known, genuinely, as ‘LEPrecon’) in this Disney fantasy, Dame Judi Dench is a tough cookie. Clap your hands if you believe in justice! Sure, this gang of motorcyclists are le

Country Homes & Interiors

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I’ve always loved fairy tales. I was given a copy of Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales when I was around nine years old and I remember reading it from cover to cover, over and over again – Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, The Three Spinners… I loved them all.

Wanderlust

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Babies conceived under the lights will be lucky The Chinese and Japanese believe children conceived under the lights will be blessed with good fortune – and good looks. The lights ease the pain of childbirth …according to Icelandic folklore, th

Writing Magazine

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The Baen Memorial Short Story Award for short stories up to 8,000 words on the near future of manned space exploration offers publication online at industry pro rates. Entry is free. The closing date is 1 February. Website: www.baen.com/contestjbmssa

Art Market Magazine

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My face and body are the main instruments I use to incarnate the images I want. Standing in front of the camera as a model, I follow the age-old theatrical playing roles. It gives impetus to the development of my own manner of narration. A part of my

Brides Today

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There is much in common between weddings and fairy tales… A fairy tale romance, a fairy tale celebration, and, of course, a happily-ever-after. The idea of spending your life with a special someone is certainly enchanting, and yet, the modern woman a

CrossStitcher

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The Grimms’ Fairy Tales Stitch-A-Long design is now complete! Over the past year designer Amanda Butler has created a stunning sampler containing 12 much-loved Grimms’ Fairy Tales characters. If you enjoyed stitching it then turn over the page and yo

Writing Magazine

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WordFire Press is looking for full-length fantasy novels about portals to publish in late 2022. Novels may be in any fantasy genre except erotica, and should be no longer than 125,000 words. Website: https://wordfirepress.com/call-for-submissions/ Th

Chat It's Fate

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In the UK, we’ve got the Beast of Bodmin, Black Shucks and the Loch Ness monster – just a few of the weird and wonderful entities that are the stuff of British folklore and fairy tales. Other countries have their own crazy creatures – and they’re eve

Literary Hub

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In the happy country of fairies, one leaves it only to find one’s way back. One suffers only to become happy, whereas pain is for us an enigma and life a struggle without end where the better people are the first to fall. There, in the country of fai

Literary Hub

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Rachel Ingalls’ fictions are like nothing I’ve ever read before. To call her a practitioner of American Gothic doesn’t quite do justice to the blend of flavors she brings to the genre. Eerie hybrids of Richard Yates-esque domestic realism, B-movie ho

The Millions

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1. The logic of novice programming goes something like this: Run function (x, y) If x is greater than y: Do this Else if y is greater than x: Do that Else: Something else happens. I quickly learned that computers don’t like choice, and they don’t lik

Literary Hub

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I read hundreds of pages a week for my English PhD program. When I left my program after four years, I discovered an unexpected side effect: I could no longer read the vast majority of adult fiction. This wasn’t just a matter of taste, but of physica