Announcing six new novellas for The Northern Weird Project
We are happy to report that we have acquired six new novellas for The Northern Weird Project, a set of books by authors living in the North of England and who are also engaging with the North as setting, subject and character.
Ariell Cacciola, publisher at Wild Hunt Books, acquired world English rights for all six novellas. They will be published starting in early 2025 and released throughout the year.
The six authors include Matt Wesolowski (Six Stories series), Gemma Fairclough (Bear Season), Katherine Clements (The Coffin Path), Neil McRobert (Talking Scared podcast), Jodie Robins and Stephen Howard (Ophelia in the Underworld).
The novellas incorporate eerie and uncanny incidents including a strange occurrence on a train, a young boy’s disappearance in a village, a grieving couple renovating a haunted house, a group of mysterious strangers by the beach, a sinister wellness retreat and the unearthed danger beneath an ancient peat bog.
Cacciola said: ‘I’m so excited about this project. The novellas will transport readers into the strange and dangerous corners of the North, and it will be impossible not to read each book in one sitting.’
The books will be designed by Luísa Dias and will be available individually and as a set.
For further press and media queries, contact campaigns [at] wildhuntbooks.co.uk
*Rights for Matt Wesolowski were acquired from Sandra Sawicka at Marjacq and rights for Neil McRobert were acquired from Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency.
*Photo collage: Top (l-r) Katherine Clements, Matt Wesolowski, Stephen Howard; Bottom (l-r) Neil McRobert, Jodie Robins, Gemma Fairclough