Issue #1: The New Fairy Tales

Pub­lished: June 2019.

Themed is­sue ded­ic­ated to 

The New Fairy Tale of the 21st Century.

After a lot of plan­ning and post­pon­ing our magazine for children’s and young adult lit­er­at­ure opens just as stu­dents have just entered the vacation.

So, here we are, Sat­urday, 29th of June 2019: the first day of stu­dents’ va­ca­tion. The first on­line day of our magazine.

Even if we star­ted this as a school pro­ject, we now real­ize it took a liberty of its own, and we hope these pages will make a good sum­mer read.

Sections:

Once Upon a Thyme

Oh, we know it should be ”time” rather than ”thyme.” So, mistyped?

But what if we took a look at how Time in fairy tales is so of­ten shaped by the growth of a sprig of Thyme, or Ju­ni­per? What about all those craved-for spices that — well…– spice up myths, and le­gends and literature?

Read on …

Fairy tales unhooked

Whether post­mod­ern, or post­co­lo­nial, or just sen­sa­tion­al­ist and com­mer­cial, such un­usual stor­ies are thriv­ing, flood­ing our book­stores and screens. Some come form afar, like some somp­tu­ous ships, some lie un­com­fort­ably close to our skin, like some black bugs. Read on …

Twisting our own tails

… or was it ”tales”?

Three young ladies are spin­ning here the yarn of three fine, zany and cute fairy tales…

Un­usual they are. Sur­pris­ing too. And ori­ginal all the way.

Read on …

Any tales around worth telling?

Un­like The Light Prin­cess, McDonald’s heroine, who could af­ford to be light-headed, or light-minded, we will be tak­ing a light-hearted, yet level-headed and clear-headed pose. And we will be look­ing at the world around us. We’ll be check­ing the book­stores, the in­ter­net… Read on …