Juries for the National Book Awards (which will be presented later this week) are famous for coming up with nominees that defy expectation and prediction, but there are nevertheless a few things you ...

We love traditional fairy tales, but putting a sexier spin on old favorites can add some extra magic. We've rounded up some of the best retellings of classic tales out there — ones chock-full of evil ...

In Other Ever Afters, Melanie Gillman’s new graphic novel collection of fairy tales, queer people find happiness, community, and kindness. It feels almost revolutionary, updating fairy tales’ ...

Once upon a time — in January and February, to be specific — the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts scheduled three events dealing with fables and fairy tales. First, the BackStage Book Club’s ...

What if every fairy tale you heard as a child was just one part of the story? What if another version was more realistic and perhaps a bit more wild? Would you want to read it? Of course you would; we ...

A little magic can happen with children’s books that point to the natural world. Mix in a little imagination and add the ingredient of an online Spokane library class to build your own fairy house. Or ...

Fairy tales, Kate Bernheimer writes in the introduction to her new anthology, “My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me,” are our Ur-narratives. They deal with the subjects on which every ...

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There's no landscape more fantastic than a child's dreams and nightmares. Irish author John Connolly takes a break from crime fiction to turn fairy tales on their ear and drag them into this menacing, ...

A SALSA FAIRY TALE, a unique musical adaptation, from February 6-15. This production features a professional company ...