Now She is Witch

Kirsty Logan’s mesmerising and evocative novel represents an imaginative triumph in this new subgenre [of “witch lit”]… There are echoes of everything from the Brothers Grimm to Angela Carter in Logan’s deceptively simple storytelling * Observer *Logan builds Lux’s world with an eye for striking detail…the images snap and sizzle with portent and possibility * Guardian *One of our national writing treasures, Kirsty Logan’s latest tale is a deeply atmospheric, sometimes gory but ultimately uplifting… a story that will hold you tight and not let go * Stylist *An impassioned reclaiming of female desire. Stuffed, Russian-doll like, with stories…an absorbingly atmospheric adventure * Daily Mail *A dark conjuring of a book: angry, powerful, hypnotic, told in prose of dazzling power. – Kiran Millwood HargraveBeautiful……fierce and dream-like…powerful…compelling, haunting, and enriching * Scotsman *Powerful, imaginative, compelling - this is myth-making at its best – Val McDermidSpooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling... this book is every bit as atmospheric and compelling as you’d hope. – Viv GroskopA hugely compelling book that seeks to rewrite what we think about witches. Dark, luscious prose wrapped around ideas that have enormous contemporary relevance. Kirsty Logan is at the height of her powers – Heather ParryPowerful, beautiful and deeply unsettling. The prose is magical – Sally Magnusson

Kirsty Logan is a professional daydreamer. Her first story collection, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, won the Scott Prize, the Polari First Book Prize and the Saboteur Award. Her first novel, The Gracekeepers, won a Lambda Literary Award and was selected for the Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club. A Portable Shelter won the Gavin Wallace Fellowship and Things We Say in the Dark, a collection of feminist horror stories, was optioned for TV. Her short fiction and poetry have been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Italian and Chinese, adapted for stage, recorded for radio and exhibited in galleries. She lives in Glasgow with her family.

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