Ep 37 - Rosemary & Gold

This week on River Reads, Episode 37- Rosemary & Gold, features four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Beauty & the Beast, Foolish Jim & Clever James, The Pied Piper of Hamelin and The Sprig of Rosemary. 

River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles words, and then there’s those stories whose premises have perhaps not aged as well over the years. Let’s face it you can’t be too picky when you’re dependent upon free material available to you through creative commons. 

River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show and may contain content suitable for a mature audience. Listener discretion is advised.

River Reads has won Best Podcast in the Small Market category at 2023 Broadcast Dialogue's Canadian Radio Award

This episode's fairy tales are: 

1. Beauty & the Beast. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.

2. Foolish Jim & Clever James. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.

3. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.

4. The Sprig of Rosemary. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.

Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip and play with traditional gender roles, reimagining classic fairy tales. Only revealing which tale is our Gender Blender tale at the end of each episode.