Why do we keep telling (and retelling) fairy tales?

WK Banham explores the ancient notion of the fairy tale and our fascination with them. The Wicked Witch, Hansel and Gretel and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves; these are characters familiar to most of us because the fairy stories they inhabit keep resurfacing generation after generation. If we consider that ancient myths and legends and … Continue reading →

In conversation with Jack Heath

Words by Jenni Curry, ACTWC Blogger in Residence (Photo: Ash Peak) I recently had the pleasure of meeting Canberra based author, Jack Heath. We met for a tangent filled conversation in which we both got off-track several times (although, I now have a whole list of interesting things to research and books to read), but … Continue reading →