Witch Trials Author Event (Dunbar Library)

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7:30 pm - 8:30 pm February 27, 2025
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm February 27, 2025
Dunbar Library
New author event! A.D. Bergin and Naomi Kelsey will be travelling to join us at Dunbar Library next month to discuss their historical fiction novels The Wicked of the Earth and The Burnings, set during the Newcastle and North Berwick witch trials - book your spot to join us via our website!
About The Wicked of the Earth:
October, 1650, traumatised Parliamentarian spy James Archer returns north seeking his sister Meg, missing in the aftermath of Newcastle’s recent witch trials. Aloof, enigmatic Elizabeth Thompson draws him to investigate the ongoing killing of women who had worked to free the accused. But when Elizabeth herself becomes hunted, the only chance of escape lies in Archer setting himself as bait.
Telling the true story of Britain's largest witch trial, and the extraordinary all-female campaign to free the accused, The Wicked of the Earth is perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, S G MacLean, S J Parris, or C J Sansom.
About The Burnings:
Nothing scares men like witchcraft…
1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries “witch”, no woman is safe. Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light.
For the first time in history, could black magic – or rumours of it – be a very real tool for women’s political gain? As the North Berwick witch trials whip Scotland – and her king – into a frenzy of paranoia, the clock is ticking. Can Margareta and Geillis keep each other safe? And once the burnings are over, in whose hands will power truly lie?
Inspired by the incredible true story that set 16th-century Scotland and Denmark alight, The Burnings is 2023’s most bewitching debut novel, by multi-award winning new star of historical fiction.
Huge thanks to Dunbar Library for hosting us!