Tangleweed and Brine

With an additional story in this paperback edition, this collection offers bewitched retellings of classic fairy-tales featuring brave and resilient heroines. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover. These tales of blood and intrigue, betrayal, and enchantment from a new Irish author are not for the faint-hearted, or damsels in distress. The stories are intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings, in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, by a new Irish illustrator.

Deirdre Sullivan is the winner of the YA Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2017 and the Irish Times YA Book of the Year 2017. Her book Primperfect was shortlisted for the European Prize for Literature. Karen Vaughan is a designer and illustrator. This is her first book, which won the YA Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2017 and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Most Beautiful Book Awards 2017.