This month I’m recommending a pair of books by British author Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) which I would classify as Pastoral Fantasy. They are set in the English county of Sussex and share a central character – wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin. The first book, Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard was published in 1921 and has rarely… Continue reading
This month I’m recommending a challenging but very rewarding Fantasy Read – the Indian epic known as The Mahabharata. It has everything that a Fantasy-lover could want – conflict and adventure, heroes with superweapons, dauntless heroines, demons, monsters and interfering deities. The original Sanskrit poems were composed and collected between around 400 BCE and 400… Continue reading
This month I’m recommending a challenging but very rewarding Fantasy Read – the Indian epic known as The Mahabharata. It has everything that a Fantasy-lover could want – conflict and adventure, heroes with superweapons, dauntless heroines, demons, monsters and interfering deities. The original Sanskrit poems were composed and collected between around 400 BCE and 400… Continue reading
During this cold Spring, with many of us in Lockdown, I think we still need spirit-lifting reads. Few authors are as good at creating cheering books as Kim M. Watt, so this month my recommended Fantasy Read is the first in her Gobbelino London series. Gobbelino London and a Scourge of Pleasantries was first published… Continue reading
During this cold Spring, with many of us in Lockdown, I think we still need spirit-lifting reads. Few authors are as good at creating cheering books as Kim M. Watt, so this month my recommended Fantasy Read is the first in her Gobbelino London series. Gobbelino London and a Scourge of Pleasantries was first published… Continue reading
This is the first in a new monthly series of recommendations from Fantasy Reads. As many people are currently stuck at home trying to keep bored children stimulated and amused, I thought I’d begin with an almost forgotten children’s classic – The Little Grey Men by the English author known as BB. It was first… Continue reading
This is the first in a new monthly series of recommendations from Fantasy Reads. As many people are currently stuck at home trying to keep bored children stimulated and amused, I thought I’d begin with an almost forgotten children’s classic – The Little Grey Men by the English author known as BB. It was first… Continue reading