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   What books did Alan Garner write?

   • He also published a series of British folk tales which he had rewritten in a series of books entitled Alan Garner's Fairy Tales of Gold (1979), Alan Garner's Book of British Fairy Tales (1984) and A Bag of Moonshine (1986).

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   What books did Alan Garner retell?

   • Garner retold legends and folktales in the collections Alan Garner’s Fairy Tales of Gold (1979), The Lad of the Gad (1980), A Bag of Moonshine (1986), Once upon a Time (1993), and Collected Folk Tales (2011).

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   • If not, help out and invite Alan to Goodreads. Alan Garner OBE (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist who is best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional Briti...

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   What is Alan Garner best known for?

   • Alan Garner's most beloved and enduring novel is The Owl Service. In a complex, haunting story of burgeoning sexuality, violence and folk tales retold, three teenagers are thrown together in a remote manor house in Wales, in the shadow of a mountain.

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   Where did Alan Garner grow up?

   • Garner grew up in Alderley Edge, a Cheshire village at the base of a steep escarpment of red sandstone, often known as The Edge (Credit: Alamy) "She wants to be flowers but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting." Alan Garner's most beloved and enduring novel is The Owl Service.

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   How does Alan Garner weave the past with the present?

   • Alan Garner skillfully weaves the past with the present with ease, using plot devices like books and village gossip to give hints to tell part of the story. Complete order of Alan Garner books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

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   His debut novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960. Later in 1979, Garner produced a series of four short novellas about the lives of four generations of his family titled The Stone Book Quartet. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is the debut in the Tales of Alderley series.

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   Studying at Manchester Grammar School and then briefly at Oxford University, in 1957 he moved to the village of Blackden, where he bought and renovated an Early Modern Period (circa 1590) building known as Toad Hall. His first novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960.

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   Oct 13, 2024 · His first book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley (1960), is a fantasy tale in which twins Colin and Susan must contend with supernatural forces after discovering that they possess a magical gem. It is set in Alderley Edge in Garner’s native Cheshire.

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   The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley is a children's fantasy novel by English author Alan Garner. Garner began work on the novel, his literary debut, in 1957, after he moved into the late medieval house, Toad Hall, in Blackden, Cheshire.

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   A couple of years ago he found himself on the Man Booker shortlist for his slim, stunning novel Treacle Walker, which is, on its surface, a book about a sickly boy’s encounter with the past,...

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   Oct 17, 2022 · With Treacle Walker, Alan Garner has become the oldest writer to be nominated for The Booker Prize. His wonderful books have delighted generations, writes Laura Venning.

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    His first novel, , was published in 1960. A children's fantasy novel set on the Edge, it incorporated elements of local folklore in its plot and characters. Garner completed a sequel, (1963), but left the third book of the trilogy he had envisioned.