…fairy tales, folklore, and everything in between
Posted in Fairy Tales, Review, Uncategorized on Sep 29th, 2008
From Sheryl:
Something uplifting to get us into the swing of things for a new week:
I’ve just started the latest offering from Maggie Stiefvater, “Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception”. So far I’ve met Deirdre Monaghan and a handsome–perhaps Victorian–boy, Luke Dillon, from her dream, who demands greatness from her.
“Do you know how some people can do [...]
Posted in Les Bonnes Fees, Uncategorized, admin, submissions on Sep 27th, 2008
It’s been a while since we posted about our upcoming issue, so here’s a little something to chew on ’til we go live on Sunday (we can’t go live on Saturday, otherwise the funny people at SNL might get a little cranky with us for stealing their thunder).
So, what’s in store for September? A bit [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2008
The lovely folk at Brown University have provided us with a new toy: a fairy tale generator.
…the Proppian Fairy Tale Generator, [is] an experiment in electronic (re)writing and an exploration of the retranslation of modernist theory within the electronic environment.
How does it work? Tick the boxes for traits and elements you want to include, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2008
Hi all,
Peta and I are putting together out third issue right now, and we realized that one thing we were missing (and would love to have) is a “letters” column – we want to hear from you! We would love to hear your reactions to our articles, our blog, or just about anything fairytale/folklore related.
You [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2008
We’ve just noticed that Amazon.com has opened up pre-orders of the Tales of Beedle the Bard (Collectors edition – standard edition also available). The book will be available on December 4th – just in time for the holidays.
We obviously haven’t read the book yet, but the previews on Amazon make it look quite interesting. And [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2008
The Good Fairies of New York – Martin Millar
In a dangerous, grungy, pre-Giuliani Manhatten, angry, untalented fiddler Dinnie and flighty, sickly musician Kerry live sad, pathetic lives. They are surrounded by the crazy and drunk homeless who die on their doorsteps and are lost in their personal tragedies.
Into this world burst a group of fairies [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2008
The second issue of Les Bonnes Fees has now gone live – Once again, Peta has put together an incredible collection of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. You can access it through our cover page.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2008
One day, the Moon up and disappeared; where it went, or why, none can say. Without the Moon’s light to keep them in check at night, monsters, crawling horrors, and other creatures of the dark run rampant [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2008
A number of critically acclaimed animated projects based on Indian folk tales have recently appeared.
In June this year “Sita Sings the Blues”, an animated interpretation of the Ramayana, won an award from the prestigious International Animated Filmfilm awards held in Anncey (France). The Indian feature film, Return of Hanuman was also appreciated by the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2008
When we publish work at Les Bonnes Fees, we always want to know more about it. Fortunately for us, most authors are happy to oblige. Here’s what came about when we asked Merrie Haskell to tell us more about Mother Gothel, grandfathers, and, of course, bells. So, without further ado, here’s Merrie:
Ramps
It started with ramps, [...]
