Here’s a list of all the events and publications that we can link you to in the coming weeks.

Events

January 16 at 7:00 PM ET

Fairy Tale Salon – January is traditionally the time to start something new, and what better new thing to start than some NEW (to you) FOLKLORIC PRACTICES! We maintain that there’s no better way to inject a bit of magic into your life. So what folklore-y stuff do you want to cultivate in the new year? What traditions have you let slip away that you want to bring back? Or, if you’ve heard about a fun tradition that you want to try, how can you go about incorporating it for the first time?

If you’d like to participate, just make sure that you’re on the Salonnières tier or higher for the month of January!

January 17 at 12:00 PM ET

FREE Workshop: Be Your Own Fairy-Tale Heroine – Want to be a fairy-tale heroine?

Are you clever or formidable? Adventurous or feminine? Brave, creative, justice-seeking, powerful, resilient, or romantic? Maybe you’re a combo or all of the above! 

On January 17th, we’re putting on a free workshop where you’ll:

✨ Cut through the tsunami of New Year’s resolutions so you can find what you really need

✨ Identify your core values so that you’ll feel steady and grounded going into the new year

✨ Tap into your inner strength and what lights you up through the lens of the fairy tale to reclaim your unique sparkle

✨ Choose your own hero(ine) adjective and an alter ego name to help you channel your power!

We had so much fun running this last year in Fairy-Tale Heroines that we wanted to open it up to everyone. Don’t miss it (it’s literally FREE), it’s going to be a fantastic time!

And yes, there’s a recording if you can’t make it live!

January 27 at 7:00 PM ET

Book Club – Join us on January 27th, 2025 to discuss Mia Tsai’s urban fantasy novel, Bitter Medicine!

Here’s the description:

“As a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, ignored middle child Elle Jiang was destined to be a doctor. Instead, she is underemployed as a mediocre magical calligrapher at the fairy temp agency. Nevertheless, she challenges herself by covertly outfitting Luc, her client and crush, with high-powered glyphs.

Half-elf Luc, the agency’s top security expert, has his own secret: he’s responsible for a curse laid from an old assignment. To heal them, he’ll need to perform his job duties with unrelenting excellence and earn time off from his tyrannical boss.

When Elle saves Luc’s life, they begin a dangerous collaboration, but their chemistry blooms. Happiness, for once, is an option for them both. But Elle is loyal to her family, and Luc is bound by his true name. To win freedom from duty, they must make unexpected sacrifices.”

We LOVE a good contemporary, folklore-infused fantasy!!

Here are some reviews:

“Sparks fly in Tsai’s refreshing and enchanting paranormal debut…. With brilliantly developed, multifaceted characters; a clever magic system; and witty prose, the pages of this fantasy fly. This marks Tsai as a writer to watch.”

—Publishers Weekly [Starred Review]

“There are so many joys in this paranormal. The wealth of languages, mythologies, religions and magicks are a weight that balances the emotional tenderness.”

—New York Times Book Review

If you would like to join us, make sure you’re on the $7+ tier on our Patreon for the month of January!

February 25 at 6:45 PM

Smithsonian Associates: Sleeping Beauty – Once Upon a Dream – You probably think you know the story of the cursed girl hidden away in the castle overgrown with thorns. There’s an evil, jealous fairy and a magical spinning wheel, and it all turns out well due to true love’s kiss. It’s one of our most famous, well-loved, and most often retold fairy tales. But “Sleeping Beauty” actually has a long and complicated past, one filled with goddesses, magic rings, astrology, and atrocities far beyond anything you’d ever see in a Disney film.

“Sleeping Beauty” has existed in countless versions around the world, and its roots go back to at least early French medieval texts. We can even connect it to earlier stories about the seasons. The idea of the beauty of nature undergoing a temporary death in the autumn, only to return to life with the arrival of spring, is a cross-cultural concept perhaps best exemplified by the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone. It’s also easily applied to the story of the cursed sleeping maiden who reawakens to a world born anew. This is a tale that repeatedly raises questions of cycles, propriety, and what love really means.

Folklorists Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman of the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic explore “Sleeping Beauty,” delving into how people tell the story around the world, what changes it has undergone, and how it has been retold to tackle new ideas in recent times. What captivates us so much about this tale, and how might we take possibly the most passive fairy-tale princess of all and make her relevant for modern audiences? The lecture also includes a few prompts for audience interaction.

Click here to get your tickets!