fairy tales

The Role of Women in Fairy Tales

This is the role of women in fairy tales. We’re not always the princess. We’re not always the witch. These are just labels or costumes, because what’s underneath is always the same, we are the ones who carry the tales through the dark, intact, even as we slowly fall apart,…

Cynthia PelayoJune 17, 2026

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A Tale of Transformation — Both the Magical and Personal Kind

What if the greatest magic isn’t casting spells — but learning who you really are? In A Witch, a Wizard, and a Princess, Joe Kulin offers a sequence of interconnected fairy-tale adventures that, at first glance, feel comfortably familiar: a curious princess, a shadowy forest, a mysterious witch and a…

Cynthia ConradApril 23, 2026

Fiction Recommended

Fables, Fairy Tales and Allegories Blend in Charming Short Story Collection

Tales From the Wind is a collection of 13 short stories by Emily Irish, that feel like sitting around a campfire, listening to folktales that are as timeless as they are magical. Through this compilation, the author bridges the gap between classic folktales and modern life lessons. Each story is…

Natalia KavaleDecember 13, 2024

Young Adult

The man whose Wicked tale inspired Once Upon a Time returns in a house with chicken legs

Are you a fan of Once Upon a Time and Maleficent? Then thank Gregory Maguire. His bestselling novels, like Wicked: the Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, helped usher in our current cultural obsession with the realistic fairytale. His latest…

Rachel CarterSeptember 12, 2014

Miscellany

Dining with: Maleficent. A menu fit for Hollywood’s favorite dark fairy

Our new series, “Dining With,” serves up our favorite books and intensifies the flavor as we journey into the imagined culinary lives of literature’s most compelling characters, concocting menus, dinner parties and other taste-forward scenarios divining what it might be like to dine with our favorite literary icons. In honor…

Amanda AldingerJune 9, 2014

Nonfiction

Myth and the Modern Woman: Why We Need Fairy Tales to Survive

When I was a child, I wouldn’t only read stories, I would become them. I would wear ball gowns of every color and insist that you call me Cinderella, Belle, or Snow White for weeks on end. It was not until I was twelve when I read The Power of…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 2017

Fiction

“Beneath the Moon” Mesmerizes with Mythology from Around the World

In times of division and confusion, stories are the universal way we connect with each other. Stories show us our roots to the past and give us hope for the future. No matter how different or far away a culture, identity or tradition seems, stories have the power to connect, inspire and unify. Beneath the Moon recounts stories — many centered…

BookTribSeptember 2, 2020

Children's Books

Star-Crossed Lovers Find Their Hoppily Ever After in “The Tale of Ferdinand Frog”

When it comes to children’s media, today’s market is brimming with fairytales. Whether you’re watching the latest Disney princess movie or reading a modern retelling of a classic tale, it’s a good time to be a fan. Children and parents alike love these feel-good stories, knowing that in the end,…

Cameron KimballMarch 12, 2021

Fiction

Cinderella Back by Popular Demand With a New Twist

Now here comes Slipper, Hester Velmans’ first adult novel, starring Lucinda as the luckless heroine who chases happiness through seventeenth-century England and Europe. Born to a woman who had secretly wed an aristocrat and died in childbirth, Lucinda is an orphan who spends her childhood being batted back and forth…

Claudia KeenanMay 17, 2018

BooksToScreen Fiction

From Into the Woods to Grimm, fairy tales get real

The term “realistic fairy tale” gets thrown around a lot these days, used to describe gritty books or movies that take a Disney-style fairy tale and un-Disney it. For an example, look no further than the soon-to-be-released movie musical Into the Woods. The first act is all traditional fantasy tales,…

Rachel CarterDecember 23, 2014

Fiction

Fiction’s five most misunderstood mothers

So maybe there was that incident with the apple. Or the embarrassment at the dance at Netherfield. And trying to rip Beowulf from stem to stern was probably a bit extreme. But really, aren’t some of fiction’s mothers just misunderstood? There are plenty of good mother role models: Marmee in…

Ann NordlandMay 10, 2014

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured Young Adult

Marianne Burgess on How to Create a Fantasy World

Shadow of the Spider by Marianne E. Burgess contains those magical elements of YA sci-fi fantasy that make for a surefire winner when done with a deft pen: curses, prophecies and quests. With this interview, BookTrib’s on a mini-quest to find out even more of its secrets, and spoiler alert,…

Judy MorenoDecember 27, 2021

Fiction Listicles

Love Classic Books? We Have Free Kindle Suggestions for You!

If you love books as much as we do, then you’re always up for a good read – no matter what time, what weather, or what day. What’s the best way to feed your book obsession? Free books, of course! At BookTrib, we are constantly suggesting new reads to people…

Maggie MeyersJuly 7, 2017

A Tale of Transformation — Both the Magical and Personal Kind

Fables, Fairy Tales and Allegories Blend in Charming Short Story Collection

The man whose Wicked tale inspired Once Upon a Time returns in a house with chicken legs

Dining with: Maleficent. A menu fit for Hollywood’s favorite dark fairy

Myth and the Modern Woman: Why We Need Fairy Tales to Survive

“Beneath the Moon” Mesmerizes with Mythology from Around the World

Star-Crossed Lovers Find Their Hoppily Ever After in “The Tale of Ferdinand Frog”

Cinderella Back by Popular Demand With a New Twist

From Into the Woods to Grimm, fairy tales get real

Fiction’s five most misunderstood mothers

Marianne Burgess on How to Create a Fantasy World

Love Classic Books? We Have Free Kindle Suggestions for You!

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