Guest Blog – Writing the Weird by Rosie Garland

  One of my earliest – and happiest memories – is being read to by my grandmother. I curled into her lap as she accomplished the miraculous feat of wrapping her arms around me and holding the book at the same time. Since then I have associated being read to with being hugged. My favourite…

Guest Blog – Katherine Clements on witchcraft

From Homer and Shakespeare to JK Rowling, witchcraft has long been a source of inspiration for authors. Novelists return again and again to re-imagine well known historical cases, such as Pendle and Salem, for their enthusiastic audiences. But what makes for such enduring appeal? What’s the attraction? It’s a question I’m asked often, and one…