Neil Philip


Everything Ends Up in the Rubbish	BfK No. 241 (March 2020)	Neil Philip on Hans Christian Andersen’s unhappy endings
The Legacy of the Arabian Nights	BfK No. 192 (January 2012)	Neil Philip discusses Marina Warner’s latest book.
Folk Tales for Giving	BfK No. 191 (November 2011)	Neil Philip selects new collections with Christmas giving in mind.
The Grimm Reader	BfK No. 187 (March 2011)	Neil Philip explains the importance of the Grimms.
Why Do We Really Tell Stories?	BfK No. 168 (January 2008)	Neil Philip challenges the notion of seven basic plots.
Hans Christian Andersen: the man	BfK No. 152 (May 2005)	Neil Philip explores his life.
The Arabian Nights	BfK No. 134 (May 2002)	Neil Philip on the genesis of the tales.


Reynard the Fox	Reviewed in BfK No. 245 (November 2020)
The 100 Best Children’s Books	Reviewed in BfK No. 239 (November 2019)
East of the Sun, West of the Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
The Brothers Grimm: Folk Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
Three Ladies Beside the Sea	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
Grimm’s Household Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Poetry and Childhood	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Shapeshifters: Tales from Ovid’s Metamorphoses	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
Quentin Blake's The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor ; One Thousand and One Nights	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion; Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Wand in the Word, The: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
Swedish Folk Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Folk & Fairy Tales: A Book Guide	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)