Gloucestershire Folk Tales for Children by Anthony Nanson and Kirsty Hartsiotis
(The History Press, 2020)
How do you survive a mermaid’s curse? Where lurks the immortal cat? Who cooks old boots in a stew? Is treasure really buried down under May Hill ?
Dive into these tales from forest, vale and high blue hill, on a journey that will take you far into the past, deep into other worlds and through the seasons of the year – all without leaving Gloucestershire! Strange and fabulous stories from all over the county are brought to life in this book by Stroud storytellers Anthony Nanson and Kirsty Hartsiotis.
Kirsty is also contributor to Ballad Tales ed. Kevan Manwaring (2017), The Anthology of English Folk Tales (2017) and Stroud Short Stories Anthology Volume 2 (2018). She also writes for Cotswold Life, the Gloucestershire Echo and for other academic and museum journals. Check out her publication list here.