Tag: WB Yeats

• Fairy Tales of Ireland

  Fairy Tales of Ireland by WB Yeats, published by Young Lions, is a magical, lyrical collection of 20 stories chosen from those collected by the poet. Mostly they tell of fairies, giants and witches from the Otherworld, and the dealings they have with humans, with guile and cunning used on both sides. The juxtaposition of…

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  August 28, 2012

  Fairy Tales of Ireland, Ireland Challenge 2012, WB Yeats

• August Reading

  It hardly seems possible that August is here, the shops are already full of ‘Back to School’ displays, and summer will soon be over – though this year it never really seems to have started. Perhaps we’ll get an Indian Summer during the autumn, with plenty of sunshine. Anyway, I always find it comforting to…

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  July 31, 2012

  August reading, Beatrix Lehmann, Canada, Carol Ann Duffy, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Ireland, WB Yeats, Zora Neale Hurston