Canongate Myth Series

...of small-town Southerners. In 2002, it was reported that Tartt was working on a retelling of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus for the Canongate Myth Series, a series of novellas in which ancient myths are reimagined and rewritten by...

In this article: Donna Tartt, Willie Morris, The Secret History, The Little Friend, Acetate, Bret Easton Ellis, Chip Kidd, Bennington, and Orange Prize for Fiction

The Penelopiad is a novella by Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the Canongate Myth Series where contemporary authors rewrite ancient myths . In The Penelopiad, Penelope reminisces on the events...

In this article: Penelope, Odysseus, Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad, Helen, Telemachus, Odyssey, Anthropology, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Eurycleia

...is Life of Pi, the first Scottish-published book to win the Booker Prize or to sell a million copies in its first year, and the Canongate Myth Series of novellas, in which contemporary authors reimagine ancient myths from a variety of...

In this article: Canongate Books, Barack Obama, Booker Prize, Dreams from My Father, Life of Pi, Miranda July, and Edinburgh

...of death from the perspectives of three generations, while the novel Anna In in the Catacombs 2006 was a contribution to the Canongate Myth Series by Polish publisher Znak. Her latest book Bieguni /"Runners" returns to the patchwork...

In this article: Olga Tokarczuk, Poland, Wroclaw, Psychology, World War II, Zielona Gora, and Walbrzych

Canongate Myth Series is a series of short novels in which ancient myths from myriad cultures are reimagined and rewritten by contemporary authors. The project was conceived in 1999 by Jamie Byng, owner of the independent foundation...

In this article: Metro, Canongate Books, Karen Armstrong, Daedalus and Icarus, Donna Tartt, A. S. Byatt, Su Tong, and Natsuo Kirino

...for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Miss Garnet's Angel (first published 2000) Instances of the Number 3 (2001) Where Three Roads Meet (2007) (part of the Canongate Myth Series) Aphrodite's Hat, The Collected Stories of Salley Vickers

In this article: Salley Vickers, Literature, London, Psychology, Republicanism, Open University, Oxford University, and Cambridge University

...issued by Canongate in 2006, as The Apple. Faber's latest work, a novel titled The Fire Gospel, was published in 2008 as part of the Canongate Myth Series. Inspired by the myth of Prometheus, it tells the story of a scholar of Aramaic...

In this article: Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Sunday Times, Hiv/aids, Sugar, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Under the Skin, Scotland, and Australia

Girl Meets Boy is a 2007 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith and published by Canongate in the Canongate Myth Series. It was one of the 'best books of 2007' according to critics at The Independent. The cover drawing on the first edition is by...

In this article: Ovid, Tracey Emin, Ali Smith, and Inverness

...her to stone. As written in Homer's Iliad, Iphis was also a name given to the mistress of Patroclus, Achilles' companion-in-arms. Ali Smith's 2007 novel Girl Meets Boy is based on Ovid's story, and is part of the Canongate Myth Series.

In this article: Iphis, Isis, Ovid, Apis, Anubis, Venus, Hymenaios, and Metamorphoses

..."Ackroyd's Lives," a planned 10-book series for which works on Chaucer, Sir Isaac Newton and J.M.W. Turner already have been written. The Canongate Myth Series, short books on mythology, expects contributions from Margaret Atwood, Joyce...

In this article: James Atlas, Robert Dallek, Bill Bryson, Jane Smiley, Peter Ackroyd, HarperCollins, Times Books, Karen Armstrong, Shakespeare, and Edgar Allan Poe