{"title":"Books Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks written by Allyson Shaw\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"widdershins-e-book","title":"Widdershins Novel e-book","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAllyson Shaw's fantasy novel \u003ci\u003eWiddershins\u003c\/i\u003e travels from the Northern Isles to Edina in a rollicking, lyrical fairy tale. Kara's story is vibrant retelling of the selkie myth and an epic tale of connected lives spanning a thousand years. She time-slips through myth and folklore to a post-apocalyptic future and back again, fleeing hunters and collectors as she travels to the end of time in search of her lost skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRead a free sample of Widdersins here:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/allysonshaw.substack.com\/p\/free-reading-sample-of-widdershins\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/allysonshaw.substack.com\/p\/free-reading-sample-of-widdershins\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1783537099379000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2j8VOrcRjThu69MuMGf-F8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/allysonshaw.substack.\u003cwbr\u003ecom\/p\/free-reading-sample-of-\u003cwbr\u003ewiddershins\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eListen to this playlist I created, evocative of the world of Widdershins:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tunemymusic.com\/share\/4YCV09o854\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.tunemymusic.com\/share\/4YCV09o854\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1783537099379000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZVFzsYvS44H_XGzAcukC7\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.tunemymusic.com\/\u003cwbr\u003eshare\/4YCV09o854\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr clear=\"all\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"A bold and absorbing exploration of how a soul - and its story - can survive its tellings and retellings. Over a thousand years and through shifting landscapes, Kára finds and forgets herself in an epic quest for connection and belonging. An intricate fantasy with folkloric roots, Shaw guides us through distant pasts, terrifying futures and a retelling of the selkie myth with a sure hand.\" —Lynsey May, author of \u003ci\u003eWeak Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt’s so empowering and beautiful. I really want more people to read it.\u003c\/i\u003e —Bron, @brons.books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e…so well written, it actually feels like it’s been written by a genius. It’s really beautiful and almost Shakespearean. —James, Creepy Corner Books on booktok\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book speaks to my soul…it pulled me in. I couldn’t stop reading once I got into it…\u003c\/i\u003ewitchy and strange and rooted in myth…The weird girl vibe had me sold…I already know I’ll be rereading it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e—@honestlybookedjulie on Booktok\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feral Strumpet","offers":[{"title":"epub","offer_id":58335412027776,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"pdf","offer_id":58335412060544,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/9525\/files\/widdershins_cover_small_e6b67ee4-1407-43aa-9a76-226c4ad8f925.png?v=1782473223"},{"product_id":"ashes-stones-signed-paperback","title":"Ashes \u0026 Stones Signed Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eThis is the UK paperback edition with cover illustration by Iain Macarthur, individually signed by Allyson.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eshortlisted by the Royal Society of Literature for the Christopher Bland Prize \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea Waterstones Book of the Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epublished by Sceptre\/Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e292 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAshes and Stones\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and modern cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. We visit modern memorials, roadside shrines and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folklore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...an incantational group biography...Shaw passes over centuries-old footsteps like fingers on Braille; the lilt of her voice on the page is lyrical magic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- The New York Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...atmospheric, scholarly – and gripping – \u003cem\u003eAshes \u0026amp; Stones\u003c\/em\u003e... gives life to many of the women burned as witches in Scotland.  Shocking and important – it made me realise this hasn’t been done before, nor have I questioned why until now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- \u003c\/cite\u003eLaline Paull, author of\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003eand\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e…attentive and reverant, grounded in place and presence…a book that listens as much as it tells.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Charles Martin, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mountain Between Us \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Allyson Shaw has built a monument in words to the thousands persecuted as witches in Scotland. A fascinating and necessary book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- \u003c\/cite\u003ePeter Ross, author of\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tomb with a View\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ashes \u0026amp; Stones is its own reminder of a dark period in Scotlands’s past, but also carries a warning for the present day…This is not the book you think it is, and it is all the better for it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e-- \u003c\/cite\u003eAlistair Braidwood\u003ccite\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSnack Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable book alive with the beauty and terror of Scotland centuries earlier – as if the author reached out a hand and took the reader with her on that journey...The delicate balance between Allyson Shaw’s inner life and personal reasons for making the journey set against the stories of those whose lives were lost is beautifully rendered, while the writing throughout is sublime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Carol Ann Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eA Cruel Love: the Ruth Ellis Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Feral Strumpet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58672227549568,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/9525\/files\/AshesAndStonesPB_B_030723.jpg?v=1786376867"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/9525\/collections\/Bazaart_2B80DB82-6023-4B48-9BA3-089DCE8F58B2.jpg?v=1786377481","url":"https:\/\/feralstrumpet.com\/en-no\/collections\/books-collection.oembed","provider":"Feral Strumpet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}