Event:  Festival of the Accused at The British Library

Festival of the Accused: Saturday, November 4, 2023 (In-Person and Online)
This event will take place in the British Library Knowledge Centre. Some sessions will be simultaneously live streamed on the British Library platform. Tickets may be booked either to attend in person (physical) or to watch on our platform (online) either live or within 48 hours on catch up. Viewing links for the online version will be sent out shortly before the event.

The witch has long been a source of fear and revulsion but has become a symbol of feminine power, sexual liberty, indigenous knowledge and political rebellion.

The Festival of the Accused delves into the history of witchcraft and summons a host of writers and performers who praise the modern witch. It tells the true stories of those accused in the English Witch Trials, a violent reckoning that gripped the country for hundreds of years and affected thousands.

It also celebrates modern devotees of the craft, in all their strangeness and subtlety. From the authors of "WitchLit" telling tales of powerful covens, to queer performance artists who draw inspiration from the occult.

Witchful Thinking author Zoë Howe will present Witchful Thinking: How to Live a Charmed Life and Reveal Your Inner "Wise-One".

Learn more and register here.