Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold

'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday Times

DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.

Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men.

From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today.

'A thoroughly original package that has a hint of Angela Carter' The Times

'Sharp writing and cleverly done' Spectator

Liv Little (she/her) is an award-winning writer, culture consultant and creative director. She is the founder of gal-dem, a media company committed to spotlighting the creative talents of people of colour from marginalised genders. Her career spans audio, journalism and TV. She's worked in commissioning at the BBC and is a writer in residence at BBC Studios, where she's developing an original pilot script. She's fronted projects for multiple brands including Absolut, Squarespace, Links of London, MAC, and Google. Liv has hosted a range of podcasts and shows, her awards include LGBTQI+ Broadcaster of the Year, Future Leader and Rising Star at WOW. Liv wrote a short story - alongside Daisy Johnson and Eimear McBride - for the critically-acclaimed,
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold. She is currently working on her debut novel, which will be published by Dialogue Books in 2023.

Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short story collection Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Nudibranch, her second collection was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the story Grace Jones won the 2020 AKO Caine Prize. A fellow and Vice Chair of The Royal Society of Literature, she is the co-presenter of the BBC's Novels That Shaped Our World podcast, Turn Up For The Books. She was awarded an MBE For Services to Literature in 2021.