A history of witchcraft and witchhunts, from Exeter University’s Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures.
Cost: Free, booking essential info@ivybridgebookshop.com
About the author: Professor Marion Gibson researches and teaches the literature of witchcraft and magic at the University of Exeter, UK. Her work spans a long time period - basically, from Macbeth to Harry Potter and beyond. She is also interested in the ways ancient paganism is represented in literary texts. She is the author of Reading Witchcraft (1999), Early Modern Witches (2000), Possession, Puritanism and Print (2006), Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (2007), Imagining the Pagan Past (2013) and the forthcoming Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft, and Witchcraft: The Basics (both 2017).
Accessibility Statement: Disability parking spaces are available in the lay-by in front of the shop. Ivybridge as a town is fairly flat with no steps, and quite easy to get around.
The shop is on the ground floor with the entrance at pavement level on Fore Street. The shop is set out with wide aisles, and is mobility scooter, wheelchair, pram, pushchair and dog-friendly. Seating is also available, for adults and little animal stools for children.