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New book explains how to connect with nature and discover the spirit within, discover one's true self

Submitted by guide on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 21:31

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 18, 2010 (via GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Each person walks a different spiritual path. People can choose to follow or listen to the way of God, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Wicca, science, or even their conscience. For author Cynthia Schmidt, she chooses to believe in Fairies. In her new book, Stoned Naturally, she takes readers on a journey to spirituality—to discover the spirit within and connect with nature.

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Quick hit: fairy books on the rise

Submitted by guide on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 21:57


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Dawn is breaking on the Y.A. aisle of the bookstore, and the dew is suspiciously glittery. Look quickly and you may catch the hoofprint of a magical steed and the flutter of a wing. A recent crop of fairy-themed novels and reworked fairy tales is proving the surprising resilience of an age-old genre.

These aren’t gift-shop fairies. They’re capricious, twilight creatures that travel between the fairy realm and our own, meddling in human lives. In Cyn Balog’s “Fairy Tale,”a clairvoyant high school girl discovers that her perfect boyfriend is actually a changeling — a fairy child raised by unsuspecting humans. Malinda Lo’s somber and lovely “Ash” is a lesbian retelling of “Cinderella.” Lisa Mantchev’s theatrical fantasy “Eyes Like Stars” pits a plucky orphan, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, and her fairy attendants against the wiles of Ariel and a stuffy stage manager. In Aprilynne Pike’s “Wings,” the new girl at school is mortified to realize she’s sprouting a set of perfumed flower-wings.		 ”
-Regina Marler

Read more at the New York Times.

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Labor Day Giveaway! Interview with artist Joseph Corsentino: "How would faeries fare if they do return to our modern world?"

Submitted by guide on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 16:53
FairyGuide Labor Day Giveaway!
Congrats to Gary for correctly guessing cat and winning the free book! Kudos to beckybee for her right answer. We'll extend a runner's up prize.
"What is my favorite answer? The answer is cats. I don’t know how people can figure this out though. Although, there are pictures of our cats with wings in many places. We have four cats." - Joseph Corsentino
Correctly guess Joseph Corsentino's "favorite answer" (hint: its also his pet) in the comments to win a free copy of his book Time of the Faeries! Plus, earn quadruple Faepoints for your posts all week! Spread the word about Time of the Faeries, let us know about it, and get 50 special gift Faepoints!

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What do fairies do in their free time? Review of novel "Fairy Senses" and Interview with author Frances Ruiz!

Submitted by guide on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 13:29

Fairy Senses offers an astonishingly visceral experience of the fairy life -- author Frances Ruiz thought out all the details and took no shortcuts in sharing what it means to exist in the fairy realm.

With the help of some fairy friends, Kelly discovers that she is a fadaman (half-fairy) upon turning thirteen. Since the reader shares Kelly's ignorance of the fairy world, the reader gets to enjoy the all surprises along with Kelly.

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Nature's Art Box book review: Filled with fairy-friendly project tutorials

Submitted by guide on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 12:13

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Fairy novel takes home 2009 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

Submitted by news on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 20:13

The 13 Treasures by debut author Michelle Harrison manged to beat out numerous other stories and secure the 2009 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize with its accompanying £5,000 award.

The 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
Image © Waterstone's Booksellers Limited

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Fairies protect earth in new "Purple Butterflies" novel

Submitted by news on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 08:57

When two high school misfits, Darby and Lucy, begin to see pixies dancing, they disregard it as their imagination. Then, Darby, as she grows taller and thinner, learns that the developing lumps on her back are the beginning of fairy wings: she is a fairy, not a human!


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