Historian revives Scandinavian past through mythology

"These are the cultural stories that really shaped Scandinavia,” says Jill Johnson of the Nordic Arts Alliance, which is bringing in the speaker ... Johnson says that while (Ingibjörg) Gisladottir is billed as a storyteller who shares myths, the stories aren’t necessarily pure fiction and she tells them in some historical context." Read the full story at InForum.

'Percy Jackson' author planning book on Norse gods

""There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world, just like I did with the Greeks and Percy Jackson," (Rick) Riordan said. "I'll give the books an urban setting and have young people interacting with the Norse gods." Read the full story at the Utica Monitor.

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen author Alan Garner to publish his Collected Folk Tales

"The book, which will draw from 1969's The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins and 1984's Book of British Folk Tales, as well as never-before-published stories from Garner's archive, will be published as Collected Folk Tales this November."  Read the full story at The Guardian.