Podcasts & Publications
Dissonance of Bird Song - interview and audio opening
Sink beneath the waves with this introduction into the Dissonance of Bird Song world.
"Our guest on the Writing Worlds podcast this week is novelist and musician Alexandra Beaumont. Alex’s fantasy is inspired by folklore, mythology, history and the coastline of Cornwall in the far south west of England. Her novels Dissonance of Birdsong and Ballad of River Bones (together known as the Myst Cycle) tell the story of a young woman, Eseld on a mission to cure the sacred birds her people rely upon. Dissonance of Birdsong is a storm riven, atmospheric novel that has received a good deal of acclaim and we’re going to be looking at the settings and world building within it in our chat today."
Other Publications
Alex's debut, The Testament of the Stars, is a story about two women in love that have to the fate set for them by the stars. A romantic fantasy inspired by Shakespearean stories and Elizabethan history, published before Romantasy became cool.
Drink the blood of the stars and
become one with us...
A fierce star-cult governs the lives of both the blessed from the plateau of Gemynd and the rebellious word-weavers of Rask. Forced to drink the blood of the stars and steal their thoughts, Einya ends up at the heart of a fierce rebellion, caught between a fight for freedom and the strange luring magic of the stars. A sapphic tale of star crossed lovers and the lengths people will go to in the pursuit of power...
A complete duology:
- Testament of the Stars
- The Astral Tide
“Fast-paced, with nuanced characters and believable parallels to our own world.”
—Kirkus Reviews
For fans of folklore, folk horror and sapphic fantasy.
The Folklore Podcast interview
An interview with the excellent Folklore Podcast about using folklore to build fantasy worlds.
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