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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a lovely book, 'Green Women', in which I have a short story - along with many more fantastic women writers and of course the illustrations of the iconic Brian Froud whose wonderful idea it was. I can't wait to read all the others...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Lovely to discover that 'Writing the Magic' - a book of essays on writing fantasy edited by Dan Coxon - has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards! I'm proud to have had an essay in it, on writing fantasy for children.

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Here's a link to a post about 'Naming and Identity in Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales & Fantasy' - it starts with Adam and Eve and goes on to examine Earthsea, the summoning of fairies in Tudor times, fairytales, Irish legends and more. Naming is important... steelthistles.blogspot.com/2023/04/nami...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Thrilled to have contributed to this lovely book, 'Brian Froud's Green Women', along with many distinguished writers, some of whom are friends. It'll be published 6th October this year, and fans of Brian Froud will love it - as will anyone who loves fantasy. More at Brian's website: bit.ly/4cOoxUT

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

'The elders told how in the ‘white night’ of the Arctic summer a rope would be stretched between two trees to signify a gateway to the sky, and as the sun rose the gateway would be filled with aromatic smoke from two bonfires...' steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/12/flyi...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Lovely on a very wet morning to receive copies of the paperback of my book about the Narnia stories - 'From Spare Oom to War Drobe' published by Herne Books and available from UK bookstores and Amazon. As you can see, I'm very happy.

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I have some good news; there's an essay of mine (called 'The Door in the Mound' in this book: 'Writing the Magic: Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction' published 18th of this month by Dead Ink. Contributors include Juliet E McKenna, Francesco Dimitri, Hannah Kaner & many others. I love the cover!

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The Silver Apples of the Moon, The Golden Apples of the Sun Why are apples so evocative? Why was the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil assumed to be an apple? Why did golden apples of immortality grow in the Garden of the Hesperides...? steelthistles.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

A golden apple tree full of peacocks picking at the fruit, and underneath the tree a princess and a prince. By Arthur Rackham

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

On springtime, The WInter's Tale, and Shakespeare's flowers steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

A post about the May morning celebrations in Oxford, ten years ago now! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"There is a line of Homer, which I forget, which tells of mules going up a mountain pass: and you can hear the clatter of their hooves..." Lord Dunsany on poetry - part 2: steelthistles.blogspot.com/2022/08/lord...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

A post for Mothers Day, remembering mine. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

First of three posts about witches; this one's about "Goddesses, Queens and Witch-Queens". steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/09/godd...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year to you all and thanks for following me. Here is a ballad: 'The Song of the Winter King'. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

For anyone who loves fairy tales, a version of the Russian tale 'Father Frost': steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/12/fath...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Did a Scots legend about a fairy flag and a otherworldly army influence Tolkien's 'Paths of the Dead'? steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Forests can be spooky places even at midday, and here's a post about a phenomenon that turns up in similar folk beliefs from the NE woodlands of Canada, to the islands of Polynesia, to Japan. I'd love to hear of any European versions! steelthistles.blogspot.com/2022/11/fall...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

On portals in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials'. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/01/port...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

How do portals to other worlds really work? steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

A fine song of love. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fi...

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Katherine Langrish @kathlangrish.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

A post about voyages, the perils of making them, and their sometimes even riskier destinations: steelthistles.blogspot.com/2024/01/peri...

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