On Tuesday 29 May 2012 Issue 1 of Gramarye, the Centre’s new journal for folklore, fairy tales and fantasy, was launched to the public. The journal is designed to appeal to both academics and the interested public, and in 72 full-colour pages we’ve included:
- Jacqueline Simpson on her collaboration on folklore with Terry Pratchett;
- Maria Nikolajeva on her favourite story when she was young;
- Diane Purkiss on the ‘undomestic’ witch;
- Karl Bell on the permutations of the urban legend Spring-heeled Jack;
- Stephen Badman’s translation of a Danish fairytale;
- Robert Duggan reviews Anti-Tales: The Uses of Disenchantment;
- Karen Stevens reviews New World Orders in Contemporary Children’s Literature.
- Not to mention illustrations by Brian Froud, Arthur Rackham, Edward Dulac, Paul Kidby and others.
RRP £5.
Published by University of Chichester. ISSN 2050-2915, 72pp, 168 x 222mm. To order a copy please go to University online store. For more information please contact us here