We craft and tell stories because we’ve stood on the uncertain edge between the waking world and our imagination, between enchantment and fear. And we remember other stories that help us build our own stories, scraps of lumber and fragments of narrative we gather together to make stories for ourselves.
As a suitable pairing with our review of The Wild Girl, this week we’re pleased to be giving away one signed copy of Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth’s retelling of ‘Rapunzel’. Kim Wilkins called Bitter Greens…Continue Reading
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth (Allison & Busby 2013, £12.99) Reviewed by Katherine Langrish Kate Forsyth’s novel The Wild Girl is the story of Dortchen Wild, who would marry Wilhelm Grimm—literally the boy next door—after…Continue Reading
It’s the the darkest night of all the year, so all of us here at Unsettling Wonder are wishing you all the warmth and light and hope of the season. Whether it’s the bright memory…Continue Reading
Two of our editors, John Patrick Pazdziora and Defne Çizakça, are being interviewed by the remarkable Kate Wolford at Enchanted Conversation. They’re talking about a new fairy tale anthology that a lot of Unsettling Wonder…Continue Reading
The new issue of Unsettling Wonder is now available. On the topic of ‘Fairy Brides’, this issue is strange and angular, taking some unexpected turns along lesser-known paths of folk and fairy lore. We’ve got…Continue Reading
If you like poetry and foxes and Jane Yolen, then you’ll love this. Over at her blog Myth & Moor, the ever-astonishing Terri Windling has just posted her review of Jane’s new poetry collection Sister…Continue Reading
I’m delighted to be able to announce the release of the next title in our series of mythic arts books. Sister Fox’s Field Guide to the Writing Life is a new collection of poems by the…Continue Reading
