A storm, a disappearance, a band of women and a remote island where anything is possible...
Alice Albinia is the prize-winning author of two books, Empires of the Indus and a novel, Leela's Book. RLF Fellow at King's College London, she has spent the past seven years travelling around the edges of Britain, from Orkney to Anglesey, piecing together ancient, medieval and modern tales of islands ruled by women, research that has inspired both this novel and a work of non-fiction, The Britannias, due to be published by Allen Lane in 2022.
'A clever, strange and wonderful book, which brims with mystery. A
group of women recount their past and present stories, revealing
their visions of the future. CWEN by Alice Albinia is a rare book,
bold and powerful.' - Xiaolu Guo
'A wild, original, sure-footed feminist reimagining of the present
and the past that brushes up against the mythical. Beautiful work.'
- Neel Mukherjee
'A phenomenal novel showing us that learning to love our female
selves is essential for survival.' - Farhana Yamin, Environmental
Lawyer, Woman's Hour Power List: Our Planet
'I loved everything about Cwen, a fable that is filled with wisdom
but leavened with humour, balancing the light and dark, and
expressing female fury as well as tenderness.' - Ceridwen Dovey
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