Press Kit / Bear Season by Gemma Fairclough
BEAR SEASON
by Gemma Fairclough
Publishing 29 February 2024
Paperback (also available as an ebook)
ISBN 9781739458003
£9.99
https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/bearseason/9781739458003
‘Bloody hell! Bear Season is terrific...utterly impossible to put down’
Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces
‘Compelling’
Zoe Gilbert, author of Folk and Mischief Acts
‘Innovative, atmospheric and unsettling’
Jane Claire Bradley, author of Dear Neighbour
Jade Hunter, a PhD student from Manchester, goes missing in Alaska in 2016 and all suspicion turns to reclusive survivalist Ursula Smith. No body has been found but Ursula is convicted of murder, nonetheless.
Years later, Jade’s doctoral thesis is leaked online and investigative journalist Carla Young digs into Jade’s disappearance but more importantly, what brought the young student to Alaska in the first place. A dark fairy tale told in found texts and shifting points of view and reliability.
His Bloody Project meets The Vegetarian in this story of isolation, loss and transformation
Gemma Fairclough is a writer living in Manchester. She has a BA (Hons) in English Literature and a Master’s in Contemporary Literature and Culture from the University of Manchester. She recently completed the Write Like a Grrrl programme and formed a writing group with peers from the course. A range of unsettling influences, including horror films, surrealist art, and folklore inspire her writing, which frequently centres upon experiences of alienation, grief, and aberrant desire. Twitter @GemFairclough
Gemma Fairclough, author of Bear Season
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