Fairy Tales
Rachel Marlow - painting a story with light
Rachel Marlow is one of this country's most in-demand lighting designers, and co-founder of design company Filament Eleven 11. She works on everything from straight theatre productions to outdoor… Audio
Translating the darkness
The NZ Festival's Reader and Writer's section is a chance to see some of your favourite authors and find many new ones. A very new author - at least to English language fiction - is Indonesian writer… Audio
Do fairy tales still have something to say in 2017?
Fairy tales which perpetuate stereotypes still have lessons to teach modern children, as long as they are put in their proper historical context, says an Auckland University academic. Audio
Why scary fairy tales are good for kids
Dr Ellen Handler Spitz explains the psychology of fairy tales. Why they're necessary, irresistable, and why being frightened by them is important. Audio
Maria Tatar: fairytales
Professor at Harvard University who chairs the Programme in Folklore and Mythology and teaches courses in German Studies, Folklore, and Children's Literature. She visited the University of Auckland to… Audio
Kate's Klassic: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Kate Camp discusses Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Audio
Holly Melancholy - Night That Saved The Day
Lucy Orbell meets a couple who put the Goth back into gothic fairy tales. Audio
Jack Zipes - Translating Folklore
Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. He's specialised in translating fairy tales from German to English. Audio