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Evander by Rachael HammondWhat happens when curious folk swap stories near a fairy tree? Zounds! A Fairy Tale Ring is born. Fairy Tree by Ola CohnThe Australian Fairy Tale Society is sprouting rings in...
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Wishing you a winged New Year!Dates for fey calendars:Wednesday 14th January 2015:Myth and Reality - the magic and realism of “The Mabinogion”(collection of 11 of the earliest Welsh oral stories, first...
View ArticleFairy post #3: conference & review
Mermaid Mirror photographed by Louisa 1990sSunday 21st June:Australian Fairy Tale Society’s 2015 annual national conference, Winter Solstice, NSW Writers’ Centre: Transformations: spinning straw...
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Sirens - Oceanides - by Gustave DoreFebruary Faery events in Victoria:Melbourne Fairy Tale Ring: Sunday afternoon, 1st February3pm, City Loop, Melbourne. Email Louisa for location.Mermaids, Selkies,...
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Hey ho, hoodwinking hurly burlies!News just in: hold the date, 13th June, for The Monash Fairy Tale Salon at the Glen Eira Storytelling Festival. We'll be celebrating Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's...
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Fey News, Events:Jackie Kerin with Kamishibai* * * * * * * *“I could see will-o’-the-wisps winking on and off like ten thousand fireflies, as their light threaded through the high grass and willow...
View ArticleFairy Blog post #7 - Interview with fairy tale academic Dr Rebecca-Anne Do...
Fey Events:The Monash Fairy Tale Salon13th June, Glen Eira Storytelling FestivalCelebrating 150th Anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandGlen Eira Town Hall, Hawthorn Road, Caulfield, Melbourne...
View ArticleFairy blog #8 - visiting Nell Bell, faerie elder
Can you find the waterfall spirits?Fairy Dates:Workshop: 3rd May, “Baba Yaga, Fair Vasilisa and the Wise Doll”: on a full moon ‘tween Samhain and Mother’s Day, storyteller Jenni Cargill-Strong gives a...
View ArticleFairy blog post #9: Great Forest Storytelling - Strathvea
Strathvea PeacockNews:Coming fairy tale ring event:Great Forest StorytellingWe have a couple of spare rooms for guests wishing to stay overnight after Great Forest Storytelling at Strathvea Guest...
View ArticleFairy blog post #10 - Report of Great Forest Storytelling & Review of Sophie...
News:Sunday 9th August: Storytelling Australia Victoria holds its Annual General Meeting. Please come along, and perhaps even consider joining the committee. We enjoy gathering to celebrate our...
View ArticleFairy blog post #11 - Interview with Eileen Haley
Interview with quilter Eileen HaleyA wise, whimsical, world-embracing artist& founding member of the Australian Fairy Tale SocietySpring 2015Eileen HaleyIntroduction:Eileen Haley is a Sydney-based...
View ArticleWonderwings Fairy reunion 2015
News Report - WonderwingsHistory: Part IWonderwings Fairy Shop revisited & reunion held April 2015 at Myths & Legends Fairy Shopin Gisborne, Victoria, Australia.What stays yet vanishes when you...
View ArticleFairy blog post #13 - fairy researcher Robyn Floyd
News / Dates:October:Hogwarts Fete, by Sand Box Land / GlasswingsWhen: 24th October 7pm - 8:30pmWhere:Club Voltaire, Level 203, 14 Raglan St, North MelbourneInfoMore infoNovember:Since my previous post...
View ArticleFairy Blog post #14 - news, recommendations & review of "Refugee Wolf"
NewsRecommended reading:Recently I received a marvellous new book of original fairy stories all the way from Canada, entitled "Seven Tales" by G.C. McRae, born of his abiding love of myth and folklore....
View ArticleFairy Blog post #15 - Interview with T.D. Luong
NewsNext year, The Australian Fairy Tale Society holds its annual national conference in Victoria!When: 26th June 2016Where: Glen Eira Town Hall, CaulfieldA free online course on Hans Christian...
View ArticleFairy post #16 - news - mushrooming stories
Faerie NewsHappy New Year, fey folk. Here is a pre-Raphaelite reminder of the four seasons, for those of us sweltering in Australia:The Masque of the Four Seasons, 1903, by Walter CraneThe Victorian...
View ArticleFairy blog #17 - Interview with Belinda Calderone
NewsThe Australian Fairy Tale Society's third annual conference comes to Melbourne this year on Sunday 26th June in Caulfield, Victoria.Call For Presentations closes 29th January. Theme: "Into the...
View ArticleFairy post #18 - News & Review of Seven Tales
Faerie NewsWelcome to the Dragonhorn Tavern! Where witches and wanderers and magical folk go for a relaxing evening in good company! Join the event When: Sunday 20 March 2015, Doors open 5pm Where: The...
View ArticleFairy post #19 - Interview with Sophie Masson & Review
Faerie Recommendations"The Golem and the Djinni" (Harper Collins), which recently received a change of spelling from Djinni to Jinni, was so compelling that I felt like a genie trapped in a flask,...
View ArticleFairy post #20 - Interview with Catherine Snell
Faerie News & RecommendationsAustralian Fairy Tale Society:Register herefor the annual Australian Fairy Tale Society conferenceat Glen Eira Town Hall, Caulfield, Melbourne, Sunday 26th June...
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