The Modern Craft edited by Claire Askew and Alice Tarbuck is an "engaging must-read for contemporary practitioners, and for anyone interested in discovering what modern witchcraft is and entails." Joanne Owen, Expert Reviewer.

This anthology was released on the 14th June and is a collection that Joanne described as "At once political, personal and underpinned by the notion that modern witchcraft should be a force for positive change, this collection is as fiery and thought-provoking as it is diverse". To read Joanne's full expert review click here.

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The Modern Craft is an eclectic and radical collection of essays on witchcraft practice and the ethics of magic, which gives that much-needed modern context to timeless wisdom. It offers a fascinating snapshot of contemporary occult practice viewed through an intersectional lens. Essay topics include:

the ethics of decolonization

meditations on what it means to honour Mother Earth during the Anthropocene

the reclamation of agency for working-class and queer witches through practical spellwork

a gender-fluid perspective on breaking down traditional hierarchies in magical symbolism

a day in the life of a disabled Pagan Irish practitioner

Inspiring and electrifying glimpses from the brink of the contemporary Craft, these essays show how anyone, no matter who they are, can find positivity and the force for change in the subversive unknown.

Contributors include: Claire Askew, Lisa Marie Basile, Stella Hervey Birrell, Jane Claire Bradley, Madelyn Burnhope, Lilith Dorsey, AW Earl, Harry Josephine Giles, Simone Kotva, Iona Lee, Briana Pegado, Megan Rudden, Sabrina Scott, Em Still and Alice Tarbuck.

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Dr Alice Tarbuck is a writer, author of A Spell In The Wild and academic specializing in witchcraft and environmental humanities. She has been featured in Nasty Women and The Dangerous Women Project, and she has spoken on witchcraft at Scottish PEN, Freedom TV and the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre.

Dr Claire Askew is the author of three novels: All The Hidden Truths, What You Pay For and Cover Your Tracks. A fourth, A Matter of Time, is out this year. Also a poet, Claire's second collection How to burn a woman features voices from the European Witchcraft Hysteria. Claire’s accolades include the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, a Jessie Kesson Fellowship and the McIlvanney Debut Prize.

We're excited to shout about the dazzling array of voices and thought compiled into this anthology and we hope that you'll love this book as much as we do.

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9th August: Motley Reviews

10th August: Lochan Reads

11th August: Rachel Read It

12th August: Bethany's Book Shelf