I was thoroughly absorbed. Zoe Gilbert's invented folk-world is sensuous and dangerous and thick with magic

Tessa Hadley, author of The Past

Folk is absolutely stunning. I loved it. With gorgeous, incantatory prose, it submerges you in a mysterious and utterly compelling world. Its illumination lingers long after you close the book

Madeline Miller, Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles

Wild, domestic, powered by elements both natural and weird, Folk hauls us into a past where there's room for magic and for mystery. Give in and go there

Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels

An utterly tantalising new voice. With Folk, Gilbert casts a powerful spell, creating a world on the page that feels as old as the hills and yet exquisitely alive ... To read Folk is to find oneself rapt

Alison MacLeod, author of All the Beloved Ghosts

As delightful and as dark as the collected Brothers Grimm. The village of Neverness is misted with secrets and sticky with magic. But as mystical as their circumstances might be the villagers are neither Cinderellas nor wicked-witches ... These tender portraits are, perhaps, Zoe Gilbert's greatest act of conjuring

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You

Brilliant. It's visceral and savage, but the savagery always comes with a light touch ... The stories all have a beautiful fairytale quality that makes them look like they were spun out of one of Neverness's half-magic mists. It's a gorgeous, uneasy siren of a book

Natasha Pulley, bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street