Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups at the British Library (online), Tuesday 21 April, 19.30 - 20.45, £5
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Fairy Tales have an older and darker past as stories for adults as well as the young. They were often sensual, bawdy, unflinchingly violent, sophisticated and morally complex. In recent decades, spearheaded by Angela Carter’s wild, witty and wonderful collection, The Bloody Chamber, there has been a revival of new versions of the fairy tale tradition by some extraordinary writers dark and bright; feminist; horrific and funny; sensual, stark and startling.
This exclusive online event gathers four of the world’s most acclaimed storytellers for an evening of conversation and readings: Gregory Maguire appears at his first UK event since Wicked was published here twenty years ago, and is joined by Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), Amal El-Mohtar (This Is How You Lose the Time War) and Terri Windling (The Wood Wife).
The event also marks the publication of a new British Library anthology, Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups, edited by Terri, and featuring stories by Amal and Susanna, as well as by A S Byatt, Emma Donoghue, Nalo Hopkinson, Ursula K. Le Guin and many more.
Part of the programme for the British Library’s summer exhibition Fairy Tales.
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Here's a link
Fairy Tales have an older and darker past as stories for adults as well as the young. They were often sensual, bawdy, unflinchingly violent, sophisticated and morally complex. In recent decades, spearheaded by Angela Carter’s wild, witty and wonderful collection, The Bloody Chamber, there has been a revival of new versions of the fairy tale tradition by some extraordinary writers dark and bright; feminist; horrific and funny; sensual, stark and startling.
This exclusive online event gathers four of the world’s most acclaimed storytellers for an evening of conversation and readings: Gregory Maguire appears at his first UK event since Wicked was published here twenty years ago, and is joined by Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), Amal El-Mohtar (This Is How You Lose the Time War) and Terri Windling (The Wood Wife).
The event also marks the publication of a new British Library anthology, Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups, edited by Terri, and featuring stories by Amal and Susanna, as well as by A S Byatt, Emma Donoghue, Nalo Hopkinson, Ursula K. Le Guin and many more.
Part of the programme for the British Library’s summer exhibition Fairy Tales.
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Amal El-Mohtar
Amal El-Mohtar writes fiction, poetry, and criticism.
Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked.
Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke's debut novel was Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
Terri Windling
Terri Windling is a writer, editor, and folklorist who has published over 40 books.
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