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If you like books filled with magic and marvels, suspense and surprise, then you will love the many worlds of Kate Forsyth. Kate is a passionate believer in the power of stories to set us free...

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Kate has begun a new book for adults!

To be called Bitter Greens, it interweaves the story of Charlotte-Rose de la Force, who wrote one of the first literary collections of fairytales in France during the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, with the story of Parslinette, a young girl who is imprisoned in a tower in a forest after her parent stole a handful of parsley from a mysterious and compelling woman in 16th century Venice.

'Parslinette', written by Charlotte-Rose de la Force while she was locked up in a convent near Paris by the king, was one of the earliest recounts of the story we know as Rapunzel. The first published account was written by Giambattista Basile in Italy in 1634, but it is Charlotte-Rose's story which shaped the story later told by the Grimm Brothers.

Some of the sections set in Venice will be told from the point of view of a Venetian courtesan, the red-haired muse for many of Titian's most beautiful paintings, as well as from her castrato servant. It was a time of darkness, with plague and the Venetian inquisition preying on the people of the La Serenissima, and a time of creative brilliance, with Renaissance art and early opera changing the world for ever.

Kate's latest book is 'The Wildkin's Curse', released in Australia in May 2010.

The Wildkin's Curse is a tale of true love and high adventure, set in a world of magic and monsters, valiant heroes and wicked villains. It tells the story of two boys and a girl who undertake the impossible task of rescuing a wildkin princess imprisoned in a crystal tower.

A fantasy novel for readers aged 12+, The Wildkin's Curse is a companion book to The Starthorn Tree. The third book in the series, The Starkin Crown, will be released in Australia in mid-2011.

Appearances

Saturday 4th September - Brisbane Writers Festival – CYA Conference, Brisbane
Saturday 4th September - Aussiecon 4 in Melbourne
Tuesday 7th September - CBCA lunch at St Patrick's, Manly
Saturday 11th September - Saturday Storytime at Manly Library – Kate will read her picture book "I Am" and talk to young children.

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