A review by myweereads
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Irenosen Okojie, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Carthew, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan
4.0
“Ohh my darling wee fishie, it’s time to go to bed
The fire’s warm, the bed is soft, no worries in your head - “
Hag features the re-tellings of dark folktales written by talented women from Daisy Johnson to Eimear McBride. This collection includes an introduction by Carolyne Larrington who is an author and professor of medieval literature at Oxford University. She provides some interesting insight into the original regional folktales.
Originally this collection was a published as an Audible podcast where the authors were interviewed after each version of their folktales.
Some of the stories featured are:
The fire’s warm, the bed is soft, no worries in your head - “
Hag features the re-tellings of dark folktales written by talented women from Daisy Johnson to Eimear McBride. This collection includes an introduction by Carolyne Larrington who is an author and professor of medieval literature at Oxford University. She provides some interesting insight into the original regional folktales.
Originally this collection was a published as an Audible podcast where the authors were interviewed after each version of their folktales.
Some of the stories featured are: