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Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
A spellbinding reimagining of 'Sleeping Beauty' set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets. The Pre-Raphaelites were determined to liberate art and love from the shackles of convention. Ned Burne-Jones had never had a painting lesson and his family wanted him to be a pars ...Show more
Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
The Pre-Raphaelites were obsessed with liberating art and love from the shackles of convention. Dante Gabriel Rossetti was the self-professed leader of the mysterious brotherhood of young men who were convinced they could change the world. Rossetti was smitten with his favourite model, Lizzie Siddal. Li ...Show more
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
Winner of the 2015 American Libraries Association prize for Historical Fiction. A lovely stew of sex, fairytales and, well, sex really. THE AGE. An exquisite rendering of the story behind the Rapunzel fairy tale. Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, ...Show more
Dragonclaw: Book 1, The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy | Series: Witches of Eileanan
The Witches of Eileanan, Book One. A gripping story of witches, enchantment, magical creatures and dragons. Since the Day of Reckoning witches and magic have been outlawed on Eileanan. The great towers, once centres of learning, are now abandoned ruins. The penalty for practising witchcraft is death. Ye ...Show more
Gardener's Son and the Golden Bird and other Tales of Gentle Young Men by KATE FORSYTH
$32.95 AUD
Category: Children's Education
Finn travels the world in a magical quest to find the golden bird, in the company of a wise old fox. Rory releases a captured mermaid from his fishing net, and her father gives him a ring that will bring him his heart's desire. Bahram saves the life of a cat, a dog and a snake so, when he loses all he l ...Show more
Kate Forsyth's Long-Lost Fairy Tales by Kate Forsyth
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy
Fairy tales are as old as language itself. In this collection of long-lost fairy tales, author Kate Forsyth and illustrator Lorena Carrington work together to bring tales of wisdom, compassion, and courage to life for the modern-day reader. Long, long ago, storytellers all around the world told tales of ...Show more
Psykhe by Kate Forsyth
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
Kate Forsyth gives voice, power and agency to Psykhe telling this much loved myth from the perspective of the woman at its centre. It is not wise to anger the gods ... or to fall in love with one. Psykhe has always been different. Fair as Venus, the goddess of love, and with the hard-won ability to sav ...Show more
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author (Charlotte Waring Atkinson) by Kate Forsyth; Belinda Murrell
$34.95 AUD
Category: Reference Literature
In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that ...Show more
Snow White, Rose Red and Other Tales of Kind by FORSYTH KATE
$32.99 AUD
Category: Children's Education
An enchanting collection of little known fairy tales about young women who prevail because of their kindness and compassion. 1. Snow-White & Rose Red save an enchanted bear from an ungrateful goblin 2. Marushka is sent to find strawberries in the snow by her cruel step-sister but wins the help of th ...Show more
The Battle of the Heroes (Impossible Quest #5) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Teenage | Series: The Impossible Quest
Quinn, Sebastian, Elanor and Tom have defeated the black witch Githa and found the last crucial piece of the prophecy--the sea serpent's scale. But time is running out. Back now at Wolfhaven, they search desperately through the castle crypts for the sleeping heroes who they hope will save them all . . . ...Show more
The Beast of Blackmoor Bog (Impossible Quest #3) by Kate Forsyth
$14.99 AUD
Category: Teenage | Series: Impossible Quest
After escaping the bog-men in the wilds of the Witchwood, Sebastian, Quinn, Elanor and Tom journey south on their impossible quest. Sebastian and Elanor seek help from Crowthorne Castle, but both allies and enemies will reveal themselves. Tom and Quinn venture into the mysterious moors...where a hideous ...Show more
The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth
$79.99 AUD
Category: General
'Ava fell in love the night the Nazis first showed their true nature to the world …' A retelling of the Grimms' Beauty and The Beast, set in Nazi Germany. It's August 1939 in Germany, and Ava's world is in turmoil. To save her father, she must marry a young Nazi officer, Leo von Löwenstein, who works ...Show more