Book Launch: Gail de Vos

The Watkins Book of Urban Legends is a comprehensive and entertaining collection of urban legends from around the world, with a history and analysis of the origin of each tale, compiled by a leading authority in the field. This is the first popular book to bring together stories with both traditional and digital media origins and to examine how the phenomenon of social media has affected both the spread of urban legends and their very nature.

Gail de Vos is an associate professor at Alberta University and author of several books on folklore and storytelling. She has won the Storytelling World Award and is a regular speaker at international folklore and storytelling conferences around the world.