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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
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- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
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- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
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- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- 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
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- 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
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Tag Archives: fantasy
Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose
Eric Eller wrote this review. Though fairy tales were originally told to adults, they became a traditional literature for children and lost much of their original message for grown people. However, the best ones retain an ability to entertain adults … Continue reading
Hotaru Odagiri and Katsushi Sakurabi: Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru
I’m sure it will come as no surprise to learn that Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru is commonly referred to by fans as UraBoku. In spite of some major flaws, it’s one of the most engaging anime series … Continue reading
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
I saw Peter Jackson’s first installment on his trilogy of The Hobbit twice, and, strangely enough, An Unexpected Journey was better the second time. Fortunately, I haven’t read The Hobbit in years, so I wasn’t having to pull myself back … Continue reading
Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling’s The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
Here we have an anthology with so broad a range of subject matter that it really seems to call for more than one review. The volume can be seen as, variously: a) a patchwork quilt of fur, feathers, scales and … Continue reading
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Tagged animal folktales, fantasy
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Neil Gaiman’s Stardust
Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. It has been a l-o-n-g time since a book has so thoroughly transported me back to the world I used to live in as a child. That world, at its best, contained lots of fairy … Continue reading
Patricia A. McKillip’s Kingfisher
I’ve been reading Patricia A. McKillip’s fiction for more years than I care to admit at this point. It was always different, in one way or another, from her wry and sometimes slapstick humor to her very contemporary sensibility, no … Continue reading
Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of The Wind (Book One of The Kingkiller Trilogy)
The Name of The Wind is a first novel. It’s one of those “first” novels that blindsides the reader with such power and skill that one wonders how the author has managed to stay unpublished until now. The answer, of … Continue reading
Catherynne M. Valente’s The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
Tiffany Matthews wrote this review. There is a strange gift for the reader at the heart of Catherynne M. Valente’s new novel, The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden. Of the many prizes avid readers are granted while rustling through pages, there … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, oral tradition
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Catherynne M. Valente’s The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
Tiffany Matthews wrote this review. Catherynne M. Valente has quietly declared war on the pleasant lull and tawdry titillation that too often characterize contemporary fantasy fiction. Her new kaleidoscope of nested tales, In the Cities of Coin and Spice, offers the … Continue reading
The Witches
Michelle Erica Green wrote this review. There’s no denying the negative stereotyping in Nicolas Roeg’s The Witches, based on Roald Dahl’s novel of the same name. It’s a guilty pleasure, watching sophisticated women degraded by a little boy whom they’ve turned … Continue reading