Comments on: Scatterheart wins Ena Noël Award (plus giveaway!)

By: FairytaleDreamer

FairytaleDreamer — Sat, 14 May 2011 02:07:12 +0000

I loved Scatterheart the moment I picked it up. A special friend bought it for me and it has become one of my all time favourite stories. Not unlike many other girls, I dream of my own fairytale to live up to the ones in boks. Scatterheart is my inspiration. Awesome job you REALLY deserve it.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:55:08 +0000

Welldone!!!You totally deserve it, from your other books I’ve read.Where do you get such imagination?
My favorite fairy tale is the golden bird. It’s a story about a apple tree that gave gold apples, that the king would pick every day….one day an apple disappears. The king asks his three sons to go find the robber. I won’t tell you the end, but I assure you it is wonderfull!

By: Lucinda

Lucinda — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:14:33 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS! That’s fantastic.

I’m reading lots of fairy tales to Charlotte at the moment. I never noticed when I was younger but reading them now, they seem rather brutal. Two out of three pigs, AND the wolf, meet a bad end…

By: Trish Kennedy

Trish Kennedy — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:56:08 +0000

Hi Lili,
Many congratulations – you’ll never look back!
The fairy tale that has made the biggest impact on me is also my most feared – that of Rumplestiltskin. For me it’s about a mother who makes some dumb choices, without any understanding of the ways of the world, then potentially loses her baby to a pedophile. Fortunately, in this tale, her social contacts and her wile enables her to snatch her baby back. Real life is not always so kind but his story offers hope.

By: Anjulie Pickett

Anjulie Pickett — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:14:00 +0000

Hmmm… I’m not sure if this counts but my mum always used to read us The Story of Rama and Sita, a couple torn apart by an evil tenheaded demon king Ravana.

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:49:03 +0000

Congratulations, Lili! Oh, how lovely to be acknowledged for your work.

My favorite “traditional” or “classic” fairy tale is… hmmm… Actually, I have problems with a lot of the “they lived happily ever after” stories. I tease that I prefer tales about fairies! In that case, my favorites are PETER PAN by J.M. Barrie for the classics category and THE FAIRY REBEL by Lynne Reid Banks for contemporary. Tinker Bell and Tiki RULE.

Congratulations again.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:20:10 +0000

Congratulations Lili! That’s fantastic news, and a really good choice.

Celebrate in style!

Cheers

By: Lynn Priestley

Lynn Priestley — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:24:54 +0000

Congratulations Lili,
What a great achievement. You must be thrilled. My favorite fairytale is The Nightingale. I think it helps me realize what’s really important and to not take for granted the beautiful things in life.

By: Nomes

Nomes — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:09:24 +0000

A big congrats! And to follow in the footsteps of Markus Zusac and Sonya Hartnett is the best of writerly company to be in.

My favourite fairy tale as a kid was The Three Little Pigs. Mainly because my dad read it to me (in a booming theatre-esque style) and made the wolf manage to be both comedic and scarily badass all at once. I always thought the brick pig was incredibly boring and sensible even though he saved the day.

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I hope you’re partying hard

By: Kate C

Kate C — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:37:11 +0000

Congratulations, Lili!

I think my favourite fairy-tale is The Ugly Duckling, because it holds out hope that we all, eventually, will find our tribe.

(I didn’t learn until recently that HCA was gay, which makes so many of his stories all the more poignant.)