Dance of the Dandelion, by Dina Sleiman
Dance of the Dandelion By Dina Sleiman WhiteFire Publishing, 2011 ISBN: 978-0983455608 Price $14.99 for a print copy, under $4 for an electronic…
Interview with Jayden Woods, author of Godric the Kingslayer
In 2010 we interviewed author Jayden Woods about her novel Eadric the Grasper: Sons of Mercia Volume I. Jayden has now published the…
Almodis: The Peaceweaver
Tracey Warr of the University of Wales – Trinity St.David has published her first novel. Almodis: The Peaceweaver is a story of love,…
Possible narratives: re-telling the Norman Conquest
William of Malmesbury (1125) casts the Norman Conquest as an ‘ancipitous narrative’ – equally possible courses of events leading to the same outcome.
Mystery in the Minster
Mystery in the Minster: The Seventeenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew By Susanna Gregory Sphere Books, 2011 ISBN: 9781847442970 Publisher’s Synopsis: In 1358 the…
A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, released
The long-awaited fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, entitled A Dance with Dragons, was released this week. The…
A Viking Slave’s Saga
A Viking Slave’s Saga By Jan Fridegård, translated by Robert E. Bjork Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-86698-375-4 ACMRS…
Morgen of Avalon: Dreamspell
Morgen of Avalon: Dreamspell By Carol Weakland CreateSpace, 2011 ISBN: 978-1456347581 Carol Weakland portrays King Arthur’s rise to power in Morgen of Avalon,…
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Thone
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Thone By Evan Ostryzniuk Knox Robinson Publishing, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9567901-5-6 Publisher’s…
Guy Gavriel Kay to do online Q&A on May 3rd
The bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay will be taking questions online at a special web Q&A on Tuesday, May 3rd. The event will…
Parke Godwin and the Lessons of History
Parke Godwin and the Lessons of History Davidson, Roberta Arthuriana 20.4 (2010) Abstract Authors of historical fiction claim that their work restores a…
Representations of Anglo-Saxon England in Children’s Literature
The way in which children’s authors have translated medieval history into their own “historicity” has changed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as popular and scholarly attitudes toward the Middle Ages have changed. Looking at these changes, my purpose in this thesis will be to answer two questions: why would children’s authors draw upon Anglo-Saxon England for their subject matter? And, what relevance does children’s literature have for an audience of medievalists?