A Spell in the Wild
A Year (and six centuries) of Magic
$39.96
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
11 October 2021
Summary
Witches occupy a clear place in contemporary imagination. We can see them, shadowy, in the corners of the past: mad, glamorous, difficult, strange. They haunt the footnotes of history - from medieval witches burning at the stake to the lurid glamour of the 1970s witchcraft revival. But they are moving out of history, too. Witches are back. They’re feminist, independent, invested in self-care and care for the world. They are here, because they must be needed.
What it means to be a witc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529380866 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529380863 |
| Author: | Alice Tarbuck |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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These enchanting words make the world feel less broken.
These enchanting words make the world feel less broken. * Emma Mitchell, author of The Wild Remedy *Part-primer, part-chronicle; a fresh and personal account of a contemporary witch’s year told with lucidity and verve. * Eley Williams, author of The Liar’s Dictionary *A Spell in the Wild is a beautiful and intimate set of reflections on the persistence and necessity of magic, not just in our mythologies but our in daily accommodations with the changing natural world. * Paraic O’Donnell *The wise words in A Spell in the Wild offer solace for our hearts and homes in a changing world. Every reader will find themselves under her spell. * Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice *A joyful foray into wild landscapes, celebrating nature’s calendar and harnessing the power of lunar phases * The Herald *
About The Author
Alice Tarbuck
Dr. Alice Tarbuck is the author of the poetry collection Grid and an academic working at the University of Dundee. Her work on witchcraft has been featured in 404 Ink’s Nasty Women and the Dangerous Women Project, and she runs Toil and Trouble, a witchcraft course. She has been invited to speak on witchcraft as feminist practice by Scottish PEN and by Freedom TV. Additionally, she has taught workshops for the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish Poetry Library. When she was born, a white wizard came to her house to bless her, and this, she suspects, is where the trouble started.
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