Had a great day yesterday co-hosting the online Festival of Magical History with @witchesetc.bsky.social @magicnotwitches.bsky.social and @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social
Four more talks on witchcraft, Herne, Pan and ghosts today and still time to join us:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-o...
Poster for the festival of magical history with QR code
Tomorrow and Sunday - last chance to get tickets for online festival of magical history! we’ll be announcing our Academy of Magical History too… @folklorepod.bsky.social
Poster for Festival of Magical History with QR code
Cover of Witchland history book American edition, pink broom on black background with spectral trees
Small black and brown jack russell in tartan jumper
Festival of Magical History online weekend 11-12 April. I’ll be talking about the research for my new book Witchland! Tickets via QR code in photo 1. Please also enjoy random photo of my little dog, Friday, who might interrupt…
#history #witches #folklore
Poster with details for the conference, which is on April 11th and 12th via Zoom. A range of speakers are listed and the prices, which are £10 per day or £15 for the weekend
We are going to start profiling the talks at our 2-day online FESTIVAL OF MAGICAL HISTORY CONFERENCE on April 11 and 12.
On Sat 11th at 2pm @witchesetc.bsky.social will speak on
"Welcome to Witchland: Recovering the Stories of Britain's Civil War Witches"
Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklo...
Thanks - hope to see you there! Tell everyone 😀
Online Festival of Magical History! Talks on witches, ghosts, cursing, folklore and myth!
Tickets via the QR code on the poster 🧙♀️
@magic @history @witchcraft
Waterstones’ advert for 25% off preorders of Witchland until 20th Feb using code FEB26
If you think you might fancy buying Witchland, now’s the time… ⬇️
It was a surprising amount of fun making this Arte film about witch trials - I LOVE their animation! #hexenverfolgung #arte youtu.be/iLSSx5lm0So?...
Me in pink- and blue-lit studio with links to other After Dark episodes
After Dark - new podcast episode on the Vardo #witch trials with me, @maddypelling.bsky.social and Anthony Delaney
www.historyhit.com/podcast/afte...
If you want to know more: my book Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials and the work of Norwegian expert Liv Helen Willumsen
Cover of the book Witchland by Marion Gibson showing a bright pink broom against a frosty-looking nightscape of pale blue tree branches
The beautiful cover of the North American edition - out 2026!
The book doesn’t deal with that, but certainly they were a long-term influence. However, I think the cover image was picked because it’s very striking and and it echoes the cover of the last book
Good! And happy Christmas to you too 😀
You can pre-order it! In fact that would make the publisher very happy indeed :) It will be out in late July
Ooh I’m so pleased! I’d like to have heard that discussion :)
Yes it will. It’s only naked women, for heaven’s sake…
New book cover! Isn’t it lovely?
Er, I wonder if Bluesky will flag this one as “adult” like they did the last one?
Bright pink book cover with four pale pink naked witches based on Hans Baldung Grien’s illustration of witches round a pot spewing magic; they celebrate, one rides a flying goat
New book cover!!! Out in July, telling stories of accused “witches” in #Essex #Suffolk #Norfolk #Berkshire #Newcastle #Cornwall and #Lothian This is the UK and Commonwealth cover 🩷
It was a cracking evening - and do check out our interview with Marion as released just before Halloween this year. And her *brilliant* books of course, in case you haven't already! 🖤
#witchcraft #witches #witchy
Poster advertising Gloucester History Festival digital Winter Warmer event showing Celia Imrie, Alice Roberts, Olivetti Otele and Sebastian Faulks
If you missed my chat with @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social @candiamckormack.bsky.social with music and folklore from @threeravenspod.bsky.social and @inkubussukkubus.bsky.social then you can catch up here: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk
Looking forward to seeing this exhibition of esoteric artefacts, art and culture! At The Vaults, London… #witches #magic #history
I found this fascinating… #books #bookshops #bookstores #authors
That was really interesting, thanks!
And one final #Halloween treat…
Can’t wait for the final? Try our take on #Traitors, #witchhunts, #folklore and #history, especially our favourite faithful @davidolusoga.bsky.social www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-181....
A witch toy about ten inches tall, dressed in a black coat and hat with moon and star symbols, a blue spotted dress and orange and white stockings. She’s positioned in front of four pumpkins and above Halloween lights in the shape of pink bats and green spiders.
This witch is a dog toy, believe it or not, called “Corrina Witch Flattie Toy”. She’s too pretty to let the dogs near her, so she’ll join my collection of bizarre seasonal clutter. Happy Halloween!
An anthropomorphic root vegetable chauffeur driving a witch and a black cat around in a car made from a hollowed out marrow
Happy Halloween!
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
More #Halloween goodness here with @folklorepod.bsky.social and me #witches #history #books - enjoy!
Today I'll be giving a talk at The Wharf, Tavistock at 2pm. Come along if you're in the area and interested in witch trials, archival documents and family history
For our third Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025 Martin chats with Dr Marion Gibson a.k.a. @witchesetc.bsky.social 🖤
Settle in for a good ol' chinwag about the relationship between the witch and Halloween, ghostly familiar spirits, The Exeter Book, and a whole bunch more...
Thanks!