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What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives

Posted on 16th March 2026 by Reynard

Maybe there’s something you can learn from being a cat instead of a little girl. — Charles de Lint’s The Cats of Tanglewood Forest Iain here. So winter ends in just six days; sure, tell that to the weather outside. It’s been warm with temperatures … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music

Posted on 15th February 2026 by Gus the Estate Head Gardener

Under the Earth I go, On the oak leaf I stand. I ride on the filly That was never foaled, And I carry the dead  in my hand Scots trad If Reynard didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar

Posted on 18th January 2026 by Reynard

But that is the nature of grammar—it is always tense, like an instrument, aching for release, longing to transform present into past into future, is into was into will. — Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots I’ve been listening to the … Continue reading →

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What’s New for 21st of December

Posted on 21st December 2025 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling, Whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser gauds belong That startle with their shining Such common stories as they stray … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies

Posted on 14th December 2025 by Diverse Voices

From the archives of Sleeping Hedgehog, the in-house journal published here for centuries now. Welcome, laddy-buck. Come in and find a seat here by the fire, and tell me your pleasure! Take a settle; they’re cushioned and wide enough for two, should … Continue reading →

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What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more

Posted on 7th December 2025 by Reynard

She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting. — Alan Garner’s The Owl Service We’ve got our first snow here at the Kinrowan Estate — not that much but … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios

Posted on 14th September 2025 by Reynard

The lie wasn’t meant to be believed. It was just social grease, intended to keep wheels turning. — Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger Ahoy, matey! Gary, music editor, here with another new edition to shiver yer timbers. With International Talk Like … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Waltzing Matilda

Posted on 24th August 2025 by Gus the Estate Head Gardener

Her full name was Matilda Anna Grace O’Reilly. Her friends called her Maddie, but many knew her simply as a fiddler named Waltzing Matilda. Her passion was waltzes, both playing existing ones and composing new ones. Her tale is like so … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 17th of August: Lots of Cropredy reports and reviews, and some new jazz and Americana;

Posted on 17th August 2025 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

O I forbid you, maidens a’ That wear gowd in your hair, To gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tam Lin is there. Child Ballad 39A Ingrid, our Steward, declared earlier this week that today would be an Estate work free day as much … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation

Posted on 20th July 2025 by Reynard

“Butterflies are not insects,” Captain John Sterling said soberly. They are self-propelled flowers.” — Robert A. Heinlein’s The Cat Who Walks Through Walls To celebrate the release of a new Elizabeth Bear White Space novel, we’re running Gary’s review of it … Continue reading →

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