Hansel and Greta: A Fairy Tale Revolution

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A retelling of 'Hansel and Gretel' from A Fairy Tale Revolution, a series designed to remix and revive our favourite stories Jeanette Winterson retells 'Hansel and Gretel'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. 'Deep in the wood' Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest - a forest in danger of destruction. GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn't appreciate Hansel and Greta's plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they're horrible little vegetarians. GreedyGuts doesn't give two hoots about nature. She favours luxury and living it up- eating, shopping and partying hard. And so she hatches a plan to get rid of the meddling, do-gooder kids...deep in the wood.

Jeanette Winterson (Author) Jeanette Winterson CBE is a British writer. After graduating from Oxford University, she published her first novel at 25. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is based on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character. She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years later she re-visited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written thirteen novels for adults, two collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. 12 Bytes is her latest book. Laura Barrett (Illustrator) Laura Barrett is an illustrator inspired by the darker side of folk and fairy tales, and enjoys working in the medium of traditional Scherenschnitte (paper cutting). Since graduating from University of the Arts London and with over 10 years of industry experience, Laura has worked with a stellar client list including the BBC and The Guardian. Laura works from her home studio in South East London.

Enjoyably monstrous -- Imogen Russell Williams * Times Literary Supplement * A humorous, spellbinding fairy tale * Woman's Weekly * [A] riotously funny re-telling of Hansel and Gretel... Hilarious -- Eithne Farry * Sunday Express *