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Saturday, May 20, 2023

A Message Through Time by Anna Ciddor. Melbourne: Allen And Unwin, 2023

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  Australian boy Felix and his older stepsister Zoe have been on holiday in France, in the city of Arles. In the last hour or so before depa...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2023

The Key To Rome by Sophie Masson. Armidale, NSW: Eagle Books, 2023

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  The year is 84 CE, the place is the Roman province of Britannia. The rebellion of Boudicca is within living memory for many adults.   Tw...
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A To Z Challenge 2023: Myth And Folk Tales In Fiction - Some After Thoughts

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This year’s Challenge badge! So, another A to Z has come and gone. Every year I think I won’t come up with a theme, and then I do, and get p...
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Monday, May 01, 2023

A To Z Challenge 2023: Myth and Folk Tale in Fiction - Z Is For Zoology!

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Z is for Zoology, or, fantastical critters in fiction. For the last post in this series, we will check out some of the unusual folk lore o...
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Saturday, April 29, 2023

A To Z Challenge 3023: Myth And Folk Tales in Fiction - Y Is For Jane Yolen

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  I see I have already written about Jane Yolen in a previous post, back in 2019, but this one is based on the theme of using fairy tales in...
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Friday, April 28, 2023

A To Z Challenge 2023: Myth and Folk Tales In Fiction - X is For EXtras!

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  Let’s face it, X is always a difficult letter to come up with a post for - I think I only managed it once, for Greek mythology - X Is For ...
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Thursday, April 27, 2023

A To Z Challenge 2023: Myth And Folk Tales In Fiction - W Is For The Wee Free Men

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Two books for you today. Firstly, The Wee Free Men .   Terry Pratchett wrote a series of novels set on the Discworld, in a part that was sim...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

A To Z Blogging Challenge 2023: Myth And Folk Tales In Fiction - V Is For Valkyries!

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  So, let’s talk about some more Norse(V is for Viking?) stuff. Well, also German, same stories, right?   Valkyries are the “choosers of t...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

A To Z Challenge 2023: Myth and Folk Tales in Fiction - U Is For Under The Greenwood Tree(Robin Hood)

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  Okay, I’m cheating slightly, but “Under The Greenwood Tree”is from the Shakespeare play As You Like It (In fact, it’s the title I gave my ...
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