Asexual Myths & Tales
Elizabeth Hopkinson
Paperback
Drawn from many times and places, retold and reimagined for the 21st century, Elizabeth Hopkinson’s second book of myths and tales brings asexuality out of the closet and gives it the history it has been denied.
- ISBN 9781800420236
- Published Oct 2020
- Paperback
216 x 140mm (156 pages)
Once upon a time, our ancestors told tales of asexuality, symbolic stories that hint at other identities: a princess who grows a beard to escape marriage, a knight who forsakes his wife’s bed to become a werewolf, a goddess with detachable parts, a planet where everyone is asexual.
Drawn from many times and places, retold and reimagined for the 21st century, Elizabeth Hopkinson’s second book of myths and tales brings asexuality out of the closet and gives it the history it has been denied.
"Asexual Myths & Tales is a fairy tale connoisseur’s delight. The stories are both
fresh and familiar, delicately told, and filled with magic, romance, heartache and wonder.”
Leife Shallcross
Author of The Beast’s Heart
Elizabeth Hopkinson is the author of Asexual Fairy Tales, which featured in the BBC’s We Are Bradford project, and earned her a place in Wikipedia’s Timeline of Asexual History.
Her short stories have appeared in The Forgotten & the Fantastical and Dancing with Mr Darcy, along with many other anthologies and magazines. Her story A Short History of the Dream Library won the James White Award.
Elizabeth has appeared at Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival, Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe and Swanwick Writers’ Summer School. She lives in Bradford with her husband, daughter and cat.
Find out more about Elizabeth at: www.elizabethhopkinson.uk
Anna Hopkinson is an illustration student at the University of Huddersfield. She is the illustrator of Asexual Fairy Tales.
To see more of her work, visit her Instagram: annahopkinson_art
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