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Hag

Written by: Daisy Johnson, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Kirsty Logan, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Natasha Carthew, Mahsuda Snaith, Tom Curry
Narrated by: Cameron Crighton, Amy Lunn, Eimear McBride, Anjli Mohindra, Rhian Morgan, Maggie Service, Michelle Tiwo, Taj Atwal, Edward Rowe
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  • Summary

  • Exploring otherness, identity, faith, religion, gender and sexual trauma, Hag brings together a gripping collection of tales that are unsettlingly timely and wickedly sinister. Each story is inspired by a forgotten folk tale sourced from across the UK by Professor Carolyne Larrington, a specialist in Old Norse and British fairy tales at St John's College, Oxford. Drawn from illuminated manuscripts and other folkloric traditions, these stories have been revised and reimagined by authors local to each region. Just as the Brothers Grimm codified Germany's rural folk lore, Hag catalogues the early myths and legends that have shaped the UK's storytelling heritage.

    Each story has been richly sound-designed, combining subtle vocal effects, atmospheric textures and an original score.

    Listeners who want to find out more about the forgotten folk tales that inspired Hag will be able to explore further with a series of accompanying interviews between Professor Carolyne Larrington and the authors.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 8 episodes to your Library now.

    ©2019 Daisy Johnson, Eimear McBride, Kirsty Logan, Mahsuda Snaith, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Natasha Carthew, Liv Little (P)2019 Audible, Ltd.
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Episodes
  • The Sisters by Liv Little

    The Sisters by Liv Little

     Forgotten Folk Lore, Retold As Feminist Fables
    Aug 28 2019

    As their mother lies dying, Chlo takes her chance to paper over the cracks of the past, whilst Grace breaks through to a new, independent future.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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  • The Droll of the Mermaid by Natasha Carthew

    The Droll of the Mermaid by Natasha Carthew

     Forgotten Folk Lore, Retold As Feminist Fables
    Aug 28 2019

    Lowman’s family have handed down the gift of healing from father to son for centuries, terrorising the local townspeople more with every passing generation.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
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  • The Dampness is Spreading by Emma Glass

    The Dampness is Spreading by Emma Glass

     Forgotten Folk Lore, Retold As Feminist Fables
    Aug 28 2019

    Eira longed to be a mother, but when a young girl arrives at hospital alone, and heavily pregnant, her maternal dream quickly becomes a parent’s worst nightmare.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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so much for headlines being optional

Most of the retellings were chilling and compelling. Great recordings and sound design! The woman conducting interviews following each tale was a real bonus.

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Bad editing

Whoever put this together has likely never listened to an audio book and certainly never used the audible app. Take out the long pauses at the beginning of each segment and/or make them all one book not episodes. Horrible user experience for something intended from the start to be heard.

Stories are lovely and the discussions about them after are really great and informative (even though a few authors have some annoying habits and one really outed themselves as being a bit of an idiot).

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Thoroughly enjoyable.

I actually missed the "feminist" part of the theme up to the point where I finished the fourth book. The women feature prominently, of course, but the flavour of the old stories come through, so the feminist leaning is subtle, modern, and quite refreshing.

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