Fantasy - Gwyneth Marshman

Book review: The Chronicles of Prydain

9 February 2026 GwynethJournal

Thanks to a recent bout of sickness, which had me confined to bed for three days, I recently had the time to re-read this childhood favourite, the ‘Chronicles of Prydain’ series by Lloyd Alexander. It’s many years since I last read the books, but I must have read them multiple times, as so much of the narrative and dialogue was […]

In defence of fantasy

31 October 201612 September 2025 GwynethJournal

Fantasy writing often gets a bad press. It’s accused of not being serious literature, providing nothing but escapism, and encouraging us to sit around waiting for a magic resolution to all our problems. I disagree with all of the above. I will declare an interest in the matter: speculative fiction (SF; encompassing many sub-genres including fantasy, sci-fi and, yes, the […]