British author Michelle Harrison has recently completed her Thirteen Treasures trilogy with the release of The 13 Secrets. The 13 Treasures won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize in 2009, and the second book, The 13 Curses was also well received. The stories follow the fortunes of three friends, Tanya, Fabian and Red and their entanglements with the Faery Folk around the mysterious Elvesden Manor. It is a highly entertaining trilogy, full of suspense, mystery and danger, but also well researched fairy lore and a believable sense of place appeals to older readers who like a good adventure story.
Michelle also recently wrote about her top 10 books featuring bad fairies for The Guardian recently, which you can read here.

British author Michelle Harrison has recently completed her Thirteen Treasures trilogy with the release of The 13 Secrets. The 13 Treasures won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize in 2009, and the second book, The 13 Curses was also well received. The stories follow the fortunes of three friends, Tanya, Fabian and Red and their entanglements with the Faery Folk around the mysterious Elvesden Manor. It is a highly entertaining trilogy, full of suspense, mystery and danger, but also well researched fairy lore and a believable sense of place appeals to older readers who like a good adventure story.
Michelle also recently wrote about her top 10 books featuring bad fairies for The Guardian recently, which you can read here.

For this art journal entry I have decided to select the Venus of Willendorf statue as my selected art piece. This 25,000 year old oolitic limestone statue even today remains a complete mystery to the historians who study it. Of particular interest is that oolitic Limestone is not local to the Krems area of Austria. The Venus received her name from the region in Austria where the small statue was excavated. What makes the statue so unique to art historians is the fact that it is the first of its kind to display such details.

The presentation of Hamlet's Denmark is first seen in the opening scene of Hamlet where the two guards enter and the first thing that is said is "who is there?" This immediately sets the mood of the whole play and to a certain extent what kind of state Denmark is in which is in a state of high alert, also the darkness and the mystery of who is there sets an ominous tone for the play and also sets an ominous mood for Denmark. It also suggests that the opening scene of Hamlet is set in the dark of night as they are unable to identify one another and so are on edge as to who the other person could be exactly.

This article is about the short history of the Chinese dragon. It describes the myths and legends surrounding the dragon symbol in Chinese mythology. It aims to educate the reader about the meaning and depth of symbol in the Chinese dragon to assist the potential buyer of Asian art and/or collectibles. It ends on a pleasant note.