Banshee
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Mythological Irish Women Retold
In this spellbinding anthology, Ireland's most electrifying female writers breathe new life into ancient Irish myths, reclaiming the stories of women who have too long stood in the shadows of warriors and kings.
Editor and journalist Ailbhe Malone was raised on these legends - but the women, always cast as mothers, warriors or witches, were never given the lead. And so, Banshee was born: not just a retelling but a radical reclamation. Banshee transports you to treacherous landscapes and salt-crashing seas, generational curses and mystical islands. Here you'll find unruly mothers, rule-breaking queens, and women outrunning their destiny - stories pulsing with desire, danger and defiance. With contributions from every corner of Irish literature, Banshee features luminous re-tellings by Naoise Dolan, Megan Nolan, Jess Kidd, Wendy Erskine, Nikita Gill, Sarah Maria Griffin, Jane Casey, Anne Griffin, Sheila O'Flanagan, and Salma El-Wardany. This is a celebration of womanhood - and an homage to the ancient stories that still shape us.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781408749340
- Author: Ailbhe Malone
- Pub date: 05.02.26
- RRP: $65.00
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Ailbhe Malone
Ailbhe Malone is Senior Editor at The Strategist (The New York Magazine). She was previously Lifestyle Editor at BuzzFeed UK and was a founding member of the UK team. She has also worked for Nylon (US), the Guardian, Irish Times and Wired. Ailbhe has featured as an industry expert on BBC's The Apprentice and Digital Human, and in Phaidon's WHERE TO EAT PIZZA (2016). Educated at Trinity College Dublin, Ailbhe was selected by Paul Muldoon to take part in a poetry masterclass, aged 18. Aged 22, Ailbhe was runner-up for the RTE Francis McMahon Short Story Competition. She has written two non-fiction books, the second of which, 101 TINY CHANGES TO BRIGHTEN YOUR WORLD, was published in 2019.