Six of the world's most exciting and best-loved writers have chosen six fairytales
as inspiration for their own stories in this second volume of Tales from the Tower.
In
this companion to The Wilful Eye, six much-loved writers - Catherine Bateson,
Victor Kelleher, Cate Kennedy, Maureen McCarthy, Nan McNab and Kate Thompson -
give fresh voice to age-old stories of abandonment, desire and entrapment.
PRAISE
FOR VOLUME ONE:
'The writers in The Wilful Eye imbue all of their characters,
including the villains, with a deep sense of psychological realism, producing
often tender, engaging, and insightful results. Unnamed soldiers and hideous beasts
are given a voice, even if that voice is at times unsettling, and wolves are still
wolves, however they disguise themselves.' - Australian Book Review
'Sublime,
with each tale landing a punch squarely between the old and the new, bewitching
and terrifying.' - Australian Bookseller & Publisher
Isobelle Carmody
has had over 30 books and many short stories published. She is now working on
the last book of her award-winning fantasy series, The Obernewtyn Chronicles,
and on a second collection of her own short stories, titled Metro Winds. She lives
between Prague in Central Europe and her home on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria,
with her partner and daughter. Nan McNab is a writer and editor whose books include
Body Bizarre Body Beautiful and Victoria's Market. She lives in Airey's Inlet,
Victoria.
'The Wicked Wood' is available now.