Natasha Carthew – författare

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

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023

''Important and beautifully lyrical'' THE TIMES''A fierce, urgent memoir'' AMY-JANE BEER

To grow up in rural poverty is to fight for life before you can walk. Natasha Carthew was born into a world that sat alongside picture-postcard Cornwall - one where second homes took the sea view of council properties, summer months shifted the course of people''s lives, and wealth converged with poverty on sandy beaches.

In the rockpools and hedgerows of the natural world, Natasha found solace in the wild landscape, and a means of escape in her mobile library. In Undercurrent she retraces the cliff paths of her childhood, determined to make sense of an upbringing shaped by political neglect and a life defined by the beauty of nature._____

''A story of queer resistance, of community and of finding your own voice'' DAMIAN BARR''By turns marvellous, moving and mesmerising'' ANITA SETHI''A proud, defiant account'' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER''Haunting and powerful'' KATE MOSSE

''Fierce and honest'' BBC COUNTRYFILE MAGAZINE