It’s just two weeks now till my book Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now is out (except for the US, where it’s June 2) so please forgive a wee bit of excitement/promotion!

It was a pleasure to speak about it and about all things fairy tale with Sara Cox for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, as part of the BBC’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ season. You can listen here; it’s just ten minutes: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p…

And also to say that there are some a couple of excellent preorder offers available on the gorgeous hardback right now – from a 25% preorder discount from Waterstones, to a limited edition tote bag (while stocks last) with preorders from my local bookshop, Westwood Books (they will also send overseas) and you can find them all in this Linktree: linktr.ee/ripeningsharo…