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Modern feminist fables uncovering the wild, untold stories of Britain and Ireland.
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    304 pages

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    5 January 2027

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Summary

‘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 islan…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349020792
ISBN-10:0349020795
Author:Daisy Johnson, Kirsty Logan, Emma Glass, Natasha Carthew, Mahsuda Snaith, Naomi Booth, Liv Little, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Irenosen Okojie, Eimear McBride
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:5 January 2027
Weight:275g
Dimensions:22mm x 126mm x 198mm
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Hag by Daisy Johnson - ISBN: 9780349020792
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Critics Review

Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang * Sunday Times *
A thoroughly original package that had a hint of Angela Carter * The Times T2 *
Sharp writing and cleverly done * Spectator *
Relevant and intriguing * New Statesman *
It’s easy to get lost in the stories from diverse voices * Guardian *
Simply and beautifully executed * Observer *
Freshly feminist * Times Literary Supplement *
Leaves the reader yearning to believe in the redemptive power of magic * Irish Times *
Vivid, perceptive. At the heart of each mystical story is a woman, who, often on the cusp of a new beginning, remains haunted by traumas from her past. * New Statesman *
Hag swarms with mermaids, boggarts and shape-shifters but it also explores the hopes and visceral dreads from which those creatures emerged in the human imagination. Daisy Johnson’s wittily disquieting take on The Green Children of Woolpit is a masterclass. * Glasgow Herald *

About The Author

Daisy Johnson

The authors of Hag have published over 50 works, with several national bestsellers. They have won awards including the AM Heath Prize for fiction, the Harper’s Bazaar short story prize, the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, the Polari Prize, the Saboteur Award, the Scott Prize, the Gavin Wallace Fellowship, the Goldsmith Prize, the Women’s Prize, the SI Leeds Literary Prize, the Bristol Short Story Prize, and the Betty Trask Award. They have also been nominated for countless other awards.

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