Banshee

You don’t need to be familiar with the original Irish fairy tales to be ensnared by this anthology of their re-jigged versions, though once you race through them, you’ll crave to know the backstories of these resilient and strong women * Irish Independent *
The editor’s passion for Irish folklore and mythology is the magic ingredient in this enthralling short story anthology … a must, not just for lovers of Irish folklore * Irish Times *
A dazzling modern mythology of our oldest stories, richly imagined by the very best of Irish writers * DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA, author of A Ghost in the Throat *
Dark, lyrical and exhilarating, these stories feel both timeless and urgently modern * LOUISE O’NEILL, author of Idol *
Whether set in an ancient past or the present day, all these brilliantly innovative reimaginings of Irish myths crackle with real magic * ANNA CAREY, author of This is Not the Jess Show *
A mystical, magical, empowering modern re-imagining of the Irish goddesses, I LOVED these superb stories * PATRICIA SCANLAN, author of City Girls Forever *
The stories in Banshee are traditional, timeless - and now even more timely * Financial Times *
Bold, beautiful and bleak, these powerful reimaginings of ancient Irish myths and old folktales put women at the centre of stories that focused on male protagonists * Daily Mail *
Ailbhe Malone brings together some excellent female writers and charges them with taking the ancient myths of Celtic Ireland and placing them in a context that shows the original female characters in a different perspective * Buzz Magazine *

Ailbhe Malone is Senior Editor at the Strategist (New York Magazine). She has also worked for the Guardian, Irish Times, Wired and Nylon (US). Educated at Trinity College Dublin, Ailbhe spent summers in the west of Ireland, surrounded by the foundations of legends featured in this collection. From learning about the salmon of knowledge from a seanchai to reading Sinead de Valera’s Irish Fairy Tales under the covers at night, she gobbled up every variant of folktale she could find. Yet the women of these legends are rarely the protagonists, even in the stories named after them. Banshee asks: why not let the women lead?

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