Tag: cinders magazine

  • Enter the Dragon – Interview with Samantha Shannon

    Enter the Dragon – Interview with Samantha Shannon

    There was never a single eureka moment for this book, as there was with The Bone Season – it was a few different ideas coming together over twenty years. I can trace the thread of inspiration right the way back to my fifth birthday, when I first saw Dragonheart. That film sparked a lifelong love…

  • What we’re Reading – Sally Green, Melinda Salisbury and Margaret Rogerson!

    An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson An Enchantment of Ravens is an incredibly beautiful winter read. It is a gorgeous lyrical story that takes a talented painter with a set of unusual client – Faeries. This urban fantasy followed Isobel, a painter who’s skill is something that is envied and coveted by the fair folk. However when she…

  • Three fantasy novels you don’t want to miss: Albert, Cogman, and Mostyn

    Three fantasy novels you don’t want to miss: Albert, Cogman, and Mostyn

      The Hazel Wood By Melissa Albert  Was the original Alice in Wonderland a little too tame for your taste? Are the Grimm Brothers not dark enough for you? Are you hungering for something a little creepier in your childhood fantasy heroines? Then by all means pick up a copy of The Hazel Wood by…

  • Arming the nerd girls – an appreciation post for Kelly Marie Tran and Millie Bobby Brown

    Arming the  nerd girls  – an appreciation post for Kelly Marie Tran and Millie Bobby Brown

    Cinders was conceived as a free online haven for nerd girls. Fandom, the internet and popular culture are our absolute favourite things. And that’s why it upsets us so much to see bullying and toxicity win on platforms that we use to spread our stories and others. So, in the spirit of Hear me Roar…

  • The Hawkman by Jane Rosenberg La Forge – Book Review

    The Hawkman by Jane Rosenberg La Forge – Book Review

    The Hawkman is a unique fairytale set against the backdrop of WWI and examines the trauma of war, isolation and the perennial fairytale notion that if we just extend a helping hand, we can change a life.  Taking inspiration from lesser-known fairytales such as The Bearskin, it tells the story of the strangely nick-named, Hawkman,…

  • Geekerella by Ashley Poston – Book Review

    Geekerella by Ashley Poston – Book Review

    With a name like Cinders you can hardly expect us to pass up a book like Geekerella can you? Geekerella is a modern Cinderella story, except this particular Cinder’s prince is of the sci-fi variety – can you say meant to be? Geekerella follows a dual narrative, between Elle, our Cinderella fangirl and Darien, our…

  • Dream Child: An interview with Irish Musician Sive

    Dream Child: An interview with Irish Musician Sive

    Sive is an Irish singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist , with a voice that sounds like the Irish sea. Her music is full of depth and haunting lyrics. Cinders was lucky enough to sit down with Sive and chat about her latest album, The Roaring Girl, the Irish music industry and what she hopes to see…

  • Happy International Women’s Day! Cinders Reading List

    Happy International Women’s Day! Cinders Reading List

    Happy international women’s day to all of the friends, mothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, co-workers, inspirations and activists out there! You all inspire us daily and make us take pride in who we are and make us choose who we want to be. This year our thanks go out to all of the brave women…

  • New issue of Cinders Magazine out now!

    New issue of Cinders Magazine out now!

    Cinders magazine volume two issue two is out now! This issue is all about empowerment. From fearless Irish women to #MeToo and body positivity, to remembering great’s like Ursula K. Le Guin, this issue is all about women supporting women. Don’t forget to check out our in-depth interviews with writers Stefanie Preissner, Siobhán Parkinson and Theodora…

  • Book Review: Owning It by Caroline Foran

    Caroline Foran’s Owning It has swept onto our shelves and excited new readers. Anxiety is something that we are all familiar with, whether in ourselves or in another person’s point of view. Anxiety has a place in our world now and it’s very welcome to have a book from someone who has experienced it for…