Karen Vaughan – illustratör

A collection of thirteen dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales for a teen audience from one of Ireland’s leading writers for young people. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover, not for the fainthearted. Intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings, in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, by a new Irish illustrator.

A collection of thirteen dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales for a teen audience from one of Ireland’s leading writers for young people. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover, not for the fainthearted. Intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings, in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, by a new Irish illustrator.

Bewitched retellings of classic fairy-tales with brave and resilient heroines.WINNER: Book of the Year 2018 (CBI Awards)WINNER: YA Book of the Year 2017 (Irish Book Awards)WINNER: Reader's Choice Award for YA Fiction 2017 (Irish Times Ticket Awards)A multi-award winning collection of twelve dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales from one of Ireland’s leading writers for young people. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover. Intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings.‘Exquisitely written and powerful – I’m enchanted by it.’ — Marian Keyes‘Deirdre Sullivan’s writing is beguiling, bewitching and poetic. Her prose is almost dreamlike, reminiscent of Angela Carter.’ – Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games‘Sullivan’s prose is delicate and masterful.’ – Dave Rudden, author of Knights of the Borrowed Dark‘Witchy, eerie and beautiful. These thirteen fairytale retellings already feel like feminist classics.’ – Claire Hennessy, author of Like Other GirlsDark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales for a teen audience – not for the faint-hearted

A dark and witchy feminist retelling of the Irish fairytale, The Children of Lir – from the author of the multi-award-winning Tangleweed and Brine.Aífe is a witch, a stepmother, and a woman pushed to the edge. When she marries Lir, a powerful chieftain, she finds herself living in the shadow of his four beloved children – and of the wife he lost. Consumed by jealousy, grief and rage, Aífe commits an unforgivable act, transforming the children into swans cursed to wander for nine hundred years.But this is not the story you think you know.Told in Aífe’s own voice, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and lyrical, brutal and beautiful – a story about female anger, motherhood, guilt and the cost of being silenced. As Aífe reckons with the consequences of her magic, she forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth: monsters are often made, not born.Perfect for fans of dark fairy-tale retellings, Irish mythology and feminist YA fantasy, this is a spellbinding novel that will linger long after the final page.‘No-one else writes like Deirdre Sullivan. She is lyrical, poetic and thoroughly intoxicating.’ – Juno Dawson‘Unsettling, haunting, and darkly lyrical’ Louise O’Neill

A collection of thirteen dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairytales from one of Ireland's leading writers for young people. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover, not for the faint-hearted.Intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings, in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, by a new Irish illustrator.