Natasha Carthew

'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday Times Dark, potent and uncanny, Hag bursts with the untold stories of our isles, captured in voices as varied as they are vivid. Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones, and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests...

'This is essential reading for anyone who loves this country's seasides' — Fiona Robertson, author of Stone Lands 'A powerful synthesis of perspective and self-determination' — Irish Times 'Natasha Carthew writes with an insight and an acuity of vision that few can match' — Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean 'Fascinating ... affecting ... illuminating ... [Carthew] has genuinely interesting...

Breath-takingly fierce, smart and tender, Only the Ocean is a story of survival and courage in the midst of darkness that will thrill fans of Patrick Ness and Sarah Crossan. The two girls sat at opposite ends of the boat and Kel dug and stretched the oars into the ocean like her life depended upon it because it did. ‘Just...