Claire Askew

Winner of the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year 2022 (Scotland's National Book Awards). Claire Askew's electrifying second collection is an investigation of power: the power of oppressive systems and their hold over those within them; the power of resilience; the power of the human heart. It licks flame across the imagination and rewrites narratives of human desire. It is...

Novelista is a friendly, straight-talking writing guide for people who want to write a novel but don't know how to begin. It asks all the important questions and gives a host of reassuring answers that demonstrate that anyone can write a novel—even you! To begin with, what the hell is a novel? It's basically a tiny world, where characters are...

The Modern Craft offers galvanising and electrifying glimpses from the brink of contemporary Craft. This eclectic collection of essays on responsible witchcraft provides a fascinating snapshot of contemporary occult practice. Essay topics include the ethics of decolonisation, meditations on what it means to honour Mother Earth during the Anthropocene, and the reclamation of agency for working-class and queer witches through...

‘Compelling’ IAN RANKIN ‘Stunning’ SUNDAY TIMES The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew. A city that's no longer safe... An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss - they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts. A detective in...