Tolkien, Fairy Tales and Telling Stories Today | with Nicholas Kotar

Nicholas Kotar and I discuss the relationship between traditional stories, fairy tales and how they relate to modern understanding of history, as well as how Tolkien's vision of Fantasy proposes a solution for modern storytelling.

You can find Nicholas' website here:
http://nicholaskotar.com/

His Kickstarter still going for two more days:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1402845448/raven-son-epic-fantasy-inspired-by-russian-fairy-t

The books we discussed can be found in the following links;

Song of Sirin by Nicholas Kotar
https://goo.gl/PSPi1J

The Curse of the Raven by Nicholas Kotar
https://goo.gl/DCyNqf

Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
https://goo.gl/JmypHi

Essays by Tolkien
https://goo.gl/HKkZUg

Check out also the Storytellers Channel with whom I will collaborate
https://goo.gl/v4JdYk

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