Delve into a curated selection of insightful articles, blog pieces, magazine extracts, and unique content that celebrates the enchanting world of fairytales, myths, and folklore. Discover the voices of both established and emerging writers as they share their stories and perspectives.

The literary fairytale was born in kingdoms by the sea...

Do you enjoy fairy tales that rattle your bones? I may have a tale or two for you. Bones can be magical in fairy tales - granting wishes, fulfilling your heart's desire, gifting you a really great pair of gold shoes, or even making you Pope! However, bones, particularly human bones, also serve as warning or testimony, sometimes quite literally. A human reduced to bones is a terrible thing. In "The history of Jack and the Giants or Jack and the Giant Killer," better known to

The truth is, crude humour is socially levelling and there’s a lot of humour around sewerage, pooping, farts, and bottoms in fairy tales.

In a culture slowly being subsumed by AI, the art of old books reminds us that the material book itself is a thing of delight, well beyond its words.

A Silversmith's Perspective on Mythical and Fairy-tale Rings.

Pomegranate Seeds in Summer - A short story by Leila Lois

It was never about the beast. It was always about books, for this is the bibliophile's ultimate fairy tale.

Brocéliande Are you interested in a getaway from whence you may never return? Consider visiting Brocéliande (also known as Brécheliant, or Brécilien). Finding the forest itself is an adventure all of its own, as no-one can say for certain where it is, though it is rumoured to be deep within the old Celtic realm. Share a glass of fresh cider on the sloping valley that leads to the Vale of No Return, or wander the woods endlessly to see if you can find the great wizard Merlin…

Exploring the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood, an analysis

For as long as stories have been told the forests have played an important role in the telling.

How do I convey that fairy tales are so much more than what people perceive them to be?