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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS Friendly reminder that the abstract deadline for this year's York Magic and Witchcraft conference is 14th March 📜 the theme is NATURE AND THE SUPERNATURAL, broadly defined 🌦️🌛🌍 Please send your abstracts to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ! @drdebsmoretti.bsky.social

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hey #Frome, let's talk about witches! There's still some tickets for my talk on the 22nd 🌟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Cunning Folk is coming out in Japan! I've been sitting on this for a while because, frankly, it seemed too amazing to be real. But now I have the translation to prove it, and I'm very excited!

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

There's only a few tickets left for this! Come drink cider and hear about magic and witchcraft with yours truly 😊 🍎 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

If 'join a book club' was one of your resolutions, take this as a sign to join @TheUL.bsky.social's ONLINE Really Popular Book Club! I'm excited to be the guest for January's meet, on R. F. Kuang's Katabasis. 27th January, 7-8pm GMT. Sign up here: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Are there any beautiful Latinists out there who could help me translate this? I can get the gist, but the specific details elude me. It regards the trial of Agnes Westland for bewitching Elizabeth Cheesewright to death (happy New Year!)

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨ Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿 Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

HOORAY I'm back in London on 25th November! Did you know that a magician used to ply his trade where The Gherkin now stands? Come join me for more weird facts that will make you see England's history differently 🌟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-magic-witchcraft-tickets-1743090002119

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Having one of those moments where I do not feel cool enough to be doing the thing, but I'm really looking forward to this event with the Sophia Club next month. Tickets available here: sophiaclub.co/event/the-se...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Spooky history, coming soon to a town near you! Very excited about all the talks and events I've got lined up this season - full list ➡️ www.tabithastanmore.co.uk/upcoming-eve...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I've been sent an advance copy of Bog People and it is 💯 so far 👌 #currentlyreading #books

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

My algorithm is being helpful today

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Had a wonderful time recording @witches7hunt.bsk.social podcast episodes today, with @witchesetc.bsky.social and @folklorepod.bsky.social! And bonus discovery of Owls in Towels which isn't relevant but IS great Episode 2 out on Monday! www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Really looking forward to speaking at Somerset Rural Life Museum this evening about cunning folk, rural magic, and animal medicine 🌿 Shout-out to Terry Pratchett's witches, who are still the best fictional portrayal of cunning folk (albeit by a different name) 👌 #folklorethursday #speakhisname

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If you haven't already, check out Anne Lawrence-Mathers' THE MAGIC BOOKS. I had the good fortune to read an advance copy and loved it - accessibly-written, stunning illustrations, and, of course, absolutely fascinating! #newbooks #magic #amreading #history

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

CUNNING FOLK has been translated into Russian! I've known about this for a while, but didn't know how I felt given what's going on in the world. But isolationism and curtailing knowledge never made the world a better place, so ultimately I think I'm glad. Plus the cover is mad and I love it.

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Random archive find of the day: inquest of Alice Flower, 'died following an incident with a cart laden with peas and three horses'

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

How perfect is this tree 👌 Look at that bark!

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

There's still time to register for the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference! We've got some incredible speakers lined up, I'm so excited WHEN: 23-25 June WHERE: Uni of York OR Online HOW MUCH: Starting at £25 for online day ticket WHY: Because it's FASCINATING www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words? The Cambridge University Press new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email drfrancisyoung@outlook.com if you'd like a proposal form! #cfp #folklore

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I've had great fun working on my talk for Somerset Rural Life Museum today ✍️ I've been going through my database for South West cunning folk and spells useful for farm life. A favourite is the cure for 'a cow that cannot dung' 🐄 Tickets still available! swheritage.org.uk/events/life-...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

My beautiful book is out in paperback in TWO DAYS! Come join me at @bookhaus.bsky.social to celebrate!

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

All set up to record not one, but two podcasts today! It took a while, Faust wouldn't shift. Really looking forward to chatting with @wiseherbalways.bsky.social‬ and @newworldwitchery.bsky.social‬ about cunning folk in history 😊

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

First draft of an article done! VERY much Draft Zero - written only for me, absolutely no-one else can read it - but it's good to have the thoughts down on a page. Now to leave it alone for a week while the ideas percolate 🧠 💭 #amwriting #fens #witchhistory

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Now the ink's dried (and in time for #FolkloreThursday) I'm delighted to say I've been appointed as series editor (along with Dr Francis Young) for the new Cambridge Elements in Folklore series! We'll be looking for 20-30k 'minigraphs' in all things folklore 😊 And YES, they'll be accessibly-priced!

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🌟 CUNNING FOLK IS OUT IN PAPERBACK ON 28TH MAY 🌟 Look at its shiny new cover! Pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451800...

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Registration for the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025 is now live! 23-25 June Join us in York (or online) for three days exploring the question: what is a witch in history? #skystorians #witchcraft #conference #history www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

Poster advertising the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft conference. The keynote speakers are Julian Goodare, Ceri Houlbrook and Rita Voltmer. The poster is decorated with a woodcut-style border with flowers, cornucopias and a bat flying across the page.

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Birds outside my window this morning 🐦‍⬛♥️

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

In case you're wondering what the @greenparty.org.uk have been up to this month 🌳

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 The CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2025! Come join us in York (24th - 25th June) to tackle the gnarly question - what is a witch? Answers in abstract form, please - due 14th March 😊🧙‍♀️

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

It's finally cold and I adore it ❄️

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

It says hooray for a good time slot at IMC! No exciting images attached, so probably just shut outlook down til 2025 👍 here's a photo of some Christmas magic to smooth the transition!

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Part-time time job alert! ASE in Bath is looking for a tutor for their History of Magic and Witchcraft module next term. I've worked with ASE off and on for years, and it's great fun - you get a lot of academic freedom and the students are super enthusiastic 👍

Job description for part-time, fixed term role at Advanced Studies in England, Bath. The role is for a tutor in Spring 2025 to teach a module on medieval and early modern witchcraft

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Cunning Folk is one of the Financial Times' History Books of the Year, which is a difficult thing to process (it still baffles me that anyone not related to me would willingly read my brain thoughts), so I'm treating it as both delightful and hilarious

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

How simple and beautiful is this manicule 👌

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I'm humbled and very touched that Cunning Folk has won this year's Katharine Briggs award from the @folkloresociety.bsky.social - it's hard to express what it means to add my research to the historical canon, but I'm grateful that it's in the world and being read ❤️ thank you

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Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

HI FRIENDS! There's a lot more of you on here than when I last logged in 👋 Huzzah for a friendlier, sunnier space that's better for the blood pressure. Faust approves.

Black cat asleep in the sun on a picnic table

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