The Book Rat: FAIRY TALE FORTNIGHT 2015 WELCOME & SCHEDULE!

IT'S TIME!

If you're new to Fairy Tale Fortnight (or FTF), basically it's a 2 week-long celebration of all things fairy tale and fairy tale-esque. Every day you'll find numerous fairy tale goodies — reviews, discussions, giveaways, interviews, guest posts, vlogs — probably some other things, too! And all of these things will be brought to you not just by me and my co-host, Bonnie from A Backwards Story, but from so many awesome fairy tale lovers, like yourselves! And everyone is welcome to get involved and jump in on the fun, so if you feel inspired to join in with your own fairy tale related post, share it on the linky!

On each page during FTF, you'll see something like this:

Want more fairy tales? Return to the main schedules
by clicking here for The Book Rat or here for A Backwards Story

Generally at the bottom of each post, when you see this, you can click the picture or the text that says "click here" to return to this Main Page, to access the schedule, navigate to posts that have already gone up, see what's coming next, etc. Feel free to snag this button to share on your sidebar, or in your own fairy tale posts!

I've been calling this year's button "Whimsical Antlered Fairy Girl," which is maybe a little on the nose, but there is just something about humans with antlers that intrigues me, and screams FAIRY TALE. Bonnie and I owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to a few awesome deviants whose awesome stock I used to make this year's button. Seriously, there are some truly amazingly talented, generous people out there, and they deserve ALL TEH CREDITS: the lovely faestock (as always) for her continually awesome stock images and TinaLouiseUK for her awesome antler stock. You ladies rock!

That's probably all you need to know about the background of FTF, though if you're curious and want to know more, feel free to browse through the events of the last few years! (One, Two, Three, Four.) This year's schedule is located below, and will be updated daily to show you what's coming next. The only other thing I need to impress upon you before we kick this bad boy off is that:

FAIRY TALE FORTNIGHT IS TURNING FIVE THIS YEAR!!!

Bonnie and I are so excited, and I'm kind of overwhelmed that, not only has this lasted half a decade, but that throughout the year, I have people email and tweet me, asking about the next event! When this flight of fancy entered my head, I had no idea that it would last so long, or that I'd connect with so many of you as a result. So a huge THANK YOU to Bonnie, my original co-host, Ashley, all of the authors, publicists and guest posters who have made it possible over the years, and most of all, all of YOU for sticking around, getting involved, and making this crazy mess worthwhile! I {heart} you all big time!

To commemorate five years of FTF, Bonnie and I have a few little fun bits planned, and each day, I will be linking back to a post from previous years as an ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), so that we can relive these fun moments and experience these fanciful books all over again.
Happy reading and hope you enjoy!

~ Misty

THE SCHEDULE

*Please note: sometimes things will have links that aren't active yet, but will go active at some point that day; posts are staggered. =)

~ Wednesday, April 1st ~

MAIN PAGE: Welcome & Schedule! (you are here)
FTF 2015 Giveaway Registry
Participation Linky -- add your voice to FTF!
#WednesdayYA Book Club Invite: The Raven Boys
Giveaway: Cinderella's Glass Slipper Watercolor! (painted by yours truly! =D )
ICYMI: Genre Pushing Fairy Tales -- What better way to get us started than this vlog from year 3, where I tried to help everyone to find their perfect tale. ^_^
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!

~ Thursday, April 2nd ~

Fairy Tale Princess Rap Battle
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett live show wrap-up
Fashion & The Artisans, from Julie Reece - steampunk + fairy tales FTW
ICYMI: "Shades of Monsters" by Cat Hellisen -- I'll be reviewing Beastkeeper later in FTF, but until I do, why not take a look back on how it came to be?
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!

~ Friday, April 3rd ~

Once Upon a Time...Again...and Again... -- guest post from Jane Nickerson, author of Strands of Bronze and Gold
Friday Face Off: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
Teaser & Giveaway: A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J Maas!
ICYMI: How Twisted Fairy Tales Changed My Life, from Enna Isilee, formerly of Squeaky Books
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!

~ Saturday, April 4th ~

Once Upon a Recipe, #1 -- guest post from Beth of Printcess
Galavant: a fairy tale musical comedy of the absurd
Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
ICYMI: The Real Housewives of Disney -- I shared this skit in FTF 2.0, and I find myself coming back to this one every so often. Still cracks me up (and gifs of Kristen Wiig as a drunken Cinderella have become quite popular since... ;P )
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!

~Sunday, April 5th ~

The Author and the Wind... -- guest post from Danielle E. Shipley
Tea Chat: Fairy Tale Elements I Want to See "Fixed"
Fairy Tale-ish: Fairy Tales Around the Interwebs
ICYMI: My Top "Ten" Tales I Think Everyone Should Have on Their Shelves (and by ten, I mean 19)
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!

~Monday, April 6th ~

Fairy Tales in Regency England -- guest post & giveaway from Shereen Vedam
Excerpt & Giveaway: Red August by HL Brooks!
Princess Alethea Rants... -- guest post from Alethea Kontis
ICYMI: I shared a reading from one of my favorite, most memorable (and beautifully told) tales, Keturah & Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!

~ Tuesday, April 7th ~

Giveaway: Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany Schmidt!
Interview with Liz DeJesus, author of the First Frost series
Top Ten Tuesday: Checking in with fairy tale characters
ICYMIi: Interview with Marissa Meyer -- I thought that today, to go along with the chat with Marissa we have going on over on Bonnie's blog, I'd throw it back to the first time we interviewed Marissa, waaaay back a good 8 months or so before the release of a little book we may have come to know and love, called Cinder... ;)
and don't forget to stop by A Backwards Story today to see what else we have in store!