Gossip from the Forest (Maitland book) explained

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Gossip from the Forest
Author:	Sara Maitland
Country:	UK
Subject:	The connections between forests and fairytales in Northern Europe
Published:	2012
Isbn:	9781847084293

Gossip from the Forest: the Tangled Roots of our Forests and Fairytales is a 2012 book by Sara Maitland about the connections between forests and fairytales in Northern Europe. It is structured around accounts of walks through 12 forests in Scotland and England, one per month of the year, and 12 associated retellings of traditional fairytales, and was published by Granta .^{[1] [2] [3]}

Maitland has described the book as "a hybrid book ... history and photographs and nature and politics and science and anthropology and fiction (my own retellings of 12 Grimm stories) and, indeed, gossip."^[4]

The chapters: the forests and the retold tales

• March

• "Thumbling"
• April

• Saltridge Wood, near Stroud, Gloucestershire

• "The White Snake"
• May

• The New Forest, Hampshire

• "Rumpelstiltskin"
• June

• Epping Forest, Greater London and Essex

• "Hansel and Gretel"
• July

• The Great North Wood, Dulwich, Sydenham and Norwood, London

• "Little Goosegirl"
• August

• "The Seven Swans' Sister" - see "The Six Swans"
• September

• Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

• "The Seven Dwarves"
• October

• Ballochbuie, near Braemar and the Forest of Mar, Aberdeenshire

• "Rapunzel"
• November

• Kielder Forest, Northumberland

• "Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf"
• December

• The Purgatory Wood, near New Luce, Dumfries and Galloway

• "The Four Comrades" - see "Town Musicians of Bremen"
• January

• Glenlee

woods at this house near New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway

• "Dancing Shoes" - see "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
• February

• "The Dreams of the Sleeping Beauty"

Notes and References

1. News: Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland – review. Lang. Olivia. 28 October 2012. The Observer. 21 October 2013.
2. News: Paperback review: Gossip from the Forest, By Sarah Maitland. McDowell. Leslie. 1 June 2013. The Independent. 21 October 2013.
3. News: Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland – review. Segal. Victoria. 21 June 2013. The Guardian. 21 October 2013.
4. News: Sara Maitland's top 10 books of the forest. 14 November 2012. The Guardian. 22 October 2013.