Brigid Lowe – författare

A gorgeously dark and magical tale of female revenge inspired by Celtic folklore and wild nature'A masterpiece... an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling AuthorThree figures loom from the gathering dark of Britain’s oldest story: a queen risen from slavery, a sorceress of the moon and an unwilling wife conjured from flowers. Their fates are bound together by the cruelty of a magician whose hunger scars the land.The Bloody Branch retells Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd’s story from the inside, revealing an epic not of male conquest but of women’s transformation. They may suffer alone but they will fight back together.Brigid Lowe’s dark and sensuous reimagining of the founding epic of Wales – The Mabinogion – casts ancient light on desire, sex and nature, as her heroines blossom into fierce new life.'Rich with passion and relevance for our modern world... Stunning! Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo‘A rich, visceral fever dream’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch... this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body

Kick-start your baby''s progress in life with this brilliant source of games, exercises and ideas, all of which have been proven to improve your child''s intellectual development. It uses cutting-edge research, delivered by an author team which includes a leading child psychologist and a mother of two, to give you unparalleled insight into the miracle of your baby''s mind and what really works to enhance it (and what doesn''t). There are hundreds of ''brain training'' games for you to try out with your baby, boosting everything from their language to their physical development, in a book which is fun, but stress-free, and essential reading for any and every parent interested in self-development - both their own and that of their children.

A gorgeously dark and magical tale of female revenge inspired by Celtic folklore and wild nature'A masterpiece... an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling AuthorThree figures loom from the gathering dark of Britain’s oldest story: a queen risen from slavery, a sorceress of the moon and an unwilling wife conjured from flowers. Their fates are bound together by the cruelty of a magician whose hunger scars the land.The Bloody Branch retells Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd’s story from the inside, revealing an epic not of male conquest but of women’s transformation. They may suffer alone but they will fight back together.Brigid Lowe’s dark and sensuous reimagining of the founding epic of Wales – The Mabinogion – casts ancient light on desire, sex and nature, as her heroines blossom into fierce new life.'Rich with passion and relevance for our modern world... Stunning! Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo‘A rich, visceral fever dream’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch... this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body

A gorgeously dark and magical tale of female revenge inspired by Celtic folklore and wild nature'A masterpiece... an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling AuthorThree figures loom from the gathering dark of Britain’s oldest story: a queen risen from slavery, a sorceress of the moon and an unwilling wife conjured from flowers. Their fates are bound together by the cruelty of a magician whose hunger scars the land.The Bloody Branch retells Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd’s story from the inside, revealing an epic not of male conquest but of women’s transformation. They may suffer alone but they will fight back together.Brigid Lowe’s dark and sensuous reimagining of the founding epic of Wales – The Mabinogion – casts ancient light on desire, sex and nature, as her heroines blossom into fierce new life.'Rich with passion and relevance for our modern world... Stunning! Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo‘A rich, visceral fever dream’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch... this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body

*AS FEATURED ON WOMAN’S HOUR – BBC RADIO 4After Brigid Lowe’s life is upended, she turns to Scotland’s wild waters for refuge and for reckoning. Drawn deeper by their bone cold comfort, she set herself a challenge: to swim a thousand lochs.And so her adventures begin: stepping into ice and caves and sacred springs, she swims with birds, conger eels and seals, in lochs held in dripping forest, towering mountains and ancient moor, alone and with her children in tow. Immersed in these secret pools, with their vaulting chasms and softer shallows, she tests the line between recklessness and safety, pain and pleasure – and, at last, life and death – discovering new depths of strength, endurance and fluent potential.Shiver is a love-letter to Scotland – its flowers and rocks, myths and legends, highlands and islands – and to its chill waters, which swept Brigid off her feet only to carry her back home again._______‘A book to bring delight to lovers of water in all its forms and manifestations, to wild swimmers and lovers of wildness, gorgeous landscapes and, above all, of Scotland.’ Esther Woolfson, author of Corvus‘As clear and magical as the Highland lochs and as filled with colour as the Hebridean seas in which she swims.’ Annie Worsley, author of Windswept‘Luminous, graceful, and immersive... its greatest gift lingers long after the final page is closed, like a long-forgotten call to return to the watery world of our wild selves.’ Victoria Bennett, author of The Apothecary By the SeaWINNER OF THE RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD FOR NON-FICTION