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…

On the Toilet Circuit? My First literary Gig

  John Harris made a great programme for BBC Radio 4 on the ‘toilet circuit’, music venues that were so small, they were likened to loos. Whether or not they were a public convenience or inconvenience, I guess, is another story. My first ‘literary gig’ took place courtesy of the wonderful Archway With Words, down in the…