I was asked by the good people at the book recommendation site Booklisti to put together a list on whatever I wanted. What I wanted was to talk about my favourite retellings and reimaginings of fairy tales, because that is one of the sub-genres I love the most. (So much that I indulged in it […]

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Ok, I admit it. I did not keep a record of what I read and my memory is … um…. not what it used to be, so this is more a note about the best things I think I read in 2012 (or perhaps late 2011). Deathless Catherynne Valente I’d previously read The Girl Who […]

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My interview on Speculating Canada is up now. Many thanks to Derek for his thoughtful questions. Check out the other interviews on the site as well, especially the recent one with Helen Marshall, whose “Hair Side, Flesh Side” collection is currently in my “to read’ pile.

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