Broccoli – Fruit of Mythic Dreaming: Imagined Folklore | Books & Mags

In the pages of this beguiling book, Bethany van Rijswijk’s imagined folklore conjures histories that must be felt to be believed. Styled as fragments of lost texts and scholarly works and accompanied by Bethany’s evocative collages, these tales speak of encounters with fairy cats and petrified flowers found in ice caves. They tell of the ways of hog witches, the rites of bear marriage, and the weaving of spider silk, drawing readers into new realms of possibility.

Bethany van Rijswijk is a writer and collage artist based in Tasmania, Australia. Offering up new worlds created from remnants of our own, she seeks to challenge some of the “oppressive phantasms” of our time through a critical engagement with folklore and fantasy.

40 pages, 5.8 x 8.25 inches, soft-bound with full-colour art.

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Broccoli is a publisher of unusual delights. They create artful magazines, books, and an array of creative products designed to spark curiosity. An independent, women-led brand that launched in 2017 with a flagship magazine called Broccoli, which has expanded into a multifaceted universe including events, newsletters, podcasts, books, magazines, and a growing line of playful merchandise.