Channel Island Monsters

by Michaels, Erren; Wilde, Amelia

• ISBN13: 9781803994727
• ISBN10: 180399472X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-02-02
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

The Channel Islands have a vast treasure trove of ancient tales. Their rich legacy of interwoven folklore sparkles like an antique tapestry full of fairy creatures and mythical beasts. This book weaves a web of deliciously dark monster stories from centuries of fables and fragments. It contains fantastic adventures and fearsome fairy tales, forgotten treasure, tall tales, horror and high romance.

Some monsters of the islands will seem familiar, there are Werewolves, and Mermaids, Changelings and Dragons. There are also monsters which are strange and unique to the Channel Islands; the Vioge, Les Cocagnes, the Belengi and L’Emanue and more. These ancient creatures wait to be rediscovered, in whispering woods or rushing waves, with their eyes still shining and their claws still sharp.

Author Biography

Erren Michaels has a BA (Hons) in Literature and ten years experience of marketing in the Arts. While working in theatre she wrote, and performed in, live sketch shows. When her first two THP books, Jersey Legends and Jersey Ghost Stories, were published she used those skills to perform shows and book talks for both publications. Ghe participated in the inaugural Jersey Festival of Words, did library talks, a number of radio interviews appeared on local TV news for a short reading. She has also worked extensively with Jersey Heritage, did charity events for (Gerald Durrell’s) Jersey Zoo. She has done multiple school talks and every year Legends is taught to Year 7s in Jersey’s largest secondary school. She has been delighted to see children, island-wide, engage with the subject matter.