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Wise Women at Cymera Festival

  • The Pleasance Pleasance Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 United Kingdom (map)

I’m so excited to be taking part again in Scotland’s SF, Fantasy and Horror book festival! It’s such a lovely event with a great atmosphere. I’ll be chatting with Rebecca Ferrier, author of The Salt Bind.

What happens when the women who know the old ways decide to use them?

In Rebecca Ferrier’s The Salt Bind, on the storm-lashed Cornish coast in 1779, Kensa becomes apprentice to a wise woman, learning the ancient magic that binds land and sea. But when her mentor falls gravely ill, she turns to the Bucka, a vengeful sea god, striking a dangerous pact. As omens rise and tides shift, Kensa must face the true cost of the Old Ways—and the power she is only beginning to understand.

In Shona Kinsella’s Daughters of Nicnevin, amid the upheaval of the 1745 Jacobite uprising, witches Mairead and Constance call upon the fae queen Nicnevin to protect their village. Creating men of earth to defend their homes, they soon question who the real enemy is and what will happen when the balance of power shifts. Rooted in Scottish folklore, this is a story of magic, survival, and the strength of women in a time of war.

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Wise Women with Rebecca Ferrier and Shona Kinsella — CYMERA