Karen Vaughan

Jan 8, 2024 | booksirelandmagazine.com | Kalynn Bayron |Deirdre Sullivan |Karen Vaughan |Axie Oh

As January unfolds, we talk about reinventing ourselves and starting afresh. This got me thinking about what role retellings have in our lives. Retellings of folk stories, fairytales, myths, and legends encourage us to take a known story and reinvent new ways to make them engaging to a contemporary audience. They can be renewed through a feminist lens, an alternative protagonist, a change in circumstance—all to motivate readers to consider new perspectives.