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A powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in
Scotland's history: the North Berwick Witch Trials. IT'S THE 4TH OF
DECEMBER 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison
cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch
Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor - Iris, who says she
comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they
are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches,
Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture,
confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace - and the
tantalising prospect of escape. Hex is a visceral depiction of what
happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition,
exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade
against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present
day. 'This series has already produced two works of note and
distinction. It raises the question - if a country cannot re-tell
its history, will it be stuck forever in aspic and condemned to be
nothing more than a shortbread tin illustration? Hex and Rizzio are
showing the way towards a reckoning, and about time too' - Stuart
Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
A powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in
Scotland's history: the North Berwick Witch Trials. IT'S THE 4TH OF
DECEMBER 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison
cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch
Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor - Iris, who says she
comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they
are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches,
Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture,
confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace - and the
tantalising prospect of escape. Hex is a visceral depiction of what
happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition,
exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade
against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present
day. 'This series has already produced two works of note and
distinction. It raises the question - if a country cannot re-tell
its history, will it be stuck forever in aspic and condemned to be
nothing more than a shortbread tin illustration? Hex and Rizzio are
showing the way towards a reckoning, and about time too' - Stuart
Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
These poems are alive with electricity, pulsating with a frequency
that vibrates throughout. In a journey from there to here, The Bone
Library examines and interprets all of human life. Throughout the
collection Jenni Fagan responds to broader themes of identity, of
place, of love and the unloved. Written in the old Dick Vet Bone
Library during the author's time as writer-in-residence there, this
is a vivid exploration that is honest and searching and cuts to the
very core of what it is to be alive.
JENNI FAGAN HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE'S BEST OF
YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK
PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2013 'One of the
most cunning and spirited novels I've read for years' Ali Smith 'An
utterly magnificent achievement' Irvine Welsh Fifteen-year old
Anais Hendricks is smart, funny and fierce, but she is also a child
who has been let down, or worse, by just about every adult she has
ever met. Sitting in the back of a police car, she finds herself
headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders where
the social workers are as suspicious as its residents. But Anais
can't remember the events that have led her there, or why she has
blood on her school uniform...
Nearly 10,000 young people in Scotland are homeless. Some we see on
the streets, thousands more are 'hidden' - sofa surfing, in
B&Bs and living in unsafe homes. Every one of them has their
own story to tell. For 30 years Rock Trust has been listening to
their stories and helping them find a home. In All the Way Home,
some of Scotland's leading authors have come together with young
people to mark this anniversary of Rock Trust's urgent, ongoing
work. Across first-hand accounts, poetry and fiction, this
anthology brings to life the visible and invisible realities of
home and homelessness, of family and belonging.
ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION, THE DESMOND
ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR THE PANOPTICON and THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2021
'One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years'
Irvine Welsh 'Dazzlingly ambitious' Douglas Stuart, author of
Shuggie Bain 'A gloriously transgressive novel' Ian Rankin 1910,
Edinburgh. Jessie, the devil's daughter, arrives on the doorstep of
an imposing tenement building and knocks on a freshly painted
wooden door. She has been sent by her father to bear a child for a
wealthy couple, but, when things go wrong, she places a curse on
the building and all who live there - and it lasts a century.
Caught in the crossfire are the residents of 10 Luckenbooth Close,
and they all have their own stories to tell. While the world
outside is changing, inside, the curse creeps up all nine floors
and through each door. Soon, the building's longest kept secret -
the truth of what happened to Jessie - will finally be heard.
The Dead Queen of Bohemia is a journey through a life lived on the
edge. With a poetic style influenced by Gertrude Stein and William
Burroughs, this collection is woven with surrealistic imagery that
is both unflinching and dislocating. Fagan's poetry is raw and
tough yet beautiful and tender and with themes of loss and
recovery, hope and defiance, represents a clarion call from a
self-taught poet who started writing at the age of seven and so far
has not stopped. The Dead Queen of Bohemia documents the
progression of a voice and a life written over the last twenty
years. It opens with Jenni's most recent work and includes her
previous two collections, both now out of print.
It's November 2020 and the world is freezing over. As ice water
melts into the Atlantic, and vast swathes of people make for the
warmer south, Dylan is heading to Scotland, once the home of his
late mother and grandmother. Twelve-year-old Stella and her
survivalist mother, Constance, scrape by in the snowy Highlands,
preparing for a record-breaking winter. Living out of a caravan,
they spend their days digging through landfills, searching for
anything of value. When Dylan arrives in the middle of the night,
their lives change course. Though the weather worsens, his presence
brings a new light to daily life, and when the ultimate disaster
finally strikes, they'll all be ready.
This new book, The Witch in the Word Machine, is a collection that
underpins Jenni Fagan's entire approach to words. Her spell poems
are portraits of people, lovers and cities: Paris, New York,
Edinburgh, Detroit, LA, and San Francisco. The excerpts of her
Truth poem are a political response to great uncertainty in the
world right now. This collection is an exploration of words as
spells, incantations, curse and solace.
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