Professor Marion Gibson
@witchesetc
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The Witches of St Osyth (Cambridge UP, 2022) Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (SandS/Scribner, 2023). Loves history, books, stories. Agent Joanna Swainson
Joined May 2009
Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials will be out in paperback this month ✨✨✨ 📚 This boxful got delivered to my neighbour who was expecting a box of coffee and opened it - wow, was he surprised!
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Tomorrow: I'm giving an online history talk on The Witches of St Osyth for The Last Tuesday Society @TheLastTuesdayS Tickets here is you'd like to come along:
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RT @JoannaSwainson: Very happy to see not one but TWO authors I represent on the NEW YORKER ⭐️Best Books of 2024 ⭐️@witchesetc for WITCHCRA…
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@SundayMargot @UniofExeter @mubiuk Thanks for spotting this! It was an honour to be asked to participate in this doc - post-partum anxiety, depression and psychosis is an important subject and in doing this work I realised how closely it relates to some 16th-17th century “witch” stories
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Fancy attending an online talk about witches? I’m doing two for @TheLastTuesdayS. The first one is next Monday - 2nd December - and the second is on 11th February. You can see details and book here:
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@adberginwriter @mandybu23626477 @HistoriaHWA @novelcarolyn I’ll be fascinated too! Not long till the start of my research leave now, when I can start processing everything I’ve read and read more. I feel quite sympathetic to Gardiner at the moment. An anti-cartel pro-“witch” troublemaker? Or just a troublemaker?
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RT @CaitlinStarkey6: Today at 5pm I will be presenting a paper on constructing identity in early modern witch trial executions. Join us if…
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Hello all. I’m not deleting my account, since lots of you are kind enough to be interested in my work here, but I’m @witchesetc.bsky.social if you prefer. It’s much livelier recently, better ethically and functionally than X and cheeringly like old Twitter 🦋
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