Professor Marion Gibson

Author of Witchland (coming 2026), Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (2023). Loves history, books, stories. Agent Joanna Swainson

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

Witchland: stories of ordinary women and men accused of witchcraft in 1640s Britain, out this summer 😀

[Annie Garthwaite @anniegarthwaite]

Calling all historians! Entries for the 2026 MHS Essay Prize are open! Check to see if you're eligible and get writing! And please, please share this post so that as many people as possible find out about this great opportunity! Details at https://t.co/kkLpIIQwEf

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

View from my room! @h1bennett

[Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop @blackwelloxford]

On Saturday 22nd August at 3pm, We're delighted to be hosting a free afternoon event with Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures @witchesetc

This event will be chaired by @blackwellbooks own, Beverley Wass.

Free to attend, Registration is a must

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@h1bennett Ohhh small dog! Warm small dog up!

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

Tomorrow at Ludlow Assembly Rooms! #Ludlow #history #Marches #churchhistory #witches #Wales #Shropshire

[G H Bennett @h1bennett]

@PlymPrivateer - great stuff! Plymouth expert busts myths ahead of popular pirate weekend https://t.co/qNTxt9YYHb

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

Tomorrow and Sunday - online festival of magical history! Last chance to get tickets and hear about: witches, the green man, fairies, cursing and ghosts! We’ll also be announcing our Academy of Magical History too…

[G H Bennett @h1bennett]

Over recent weeks you may have been surprised to see me posting about Strategic Minerals Ltd (#SML) and thought I was losing the plot. Well below is the headline from yesterday's WMN on news of what they've found near Kelly Bray. For Cornwall this is huge and just the start!

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

Festival of Magical History online weekend 11-12 April. I’ll be talking about the research for my new book Witchland! Tickets via QR code in photo 1. Please also enjoy random photo of my little dog, Friday, who might interrupt…

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@h1bennett Nice!!

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@fugitiveink I did like this. You write especially well about cats, unsurprisingly - and especially the silly, pied one!

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

If you think you might fancy buying Witchland now’s the time…

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@anniegarthwaite @VikingBooksUK @immmy @RosaSchierenbe1 It’s so well deserved Annie!

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@HistoryHit’s new After Dark podcast on the Vardo witch trials with me, Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney - you can watch or listen here https://t.co/mvuVqUNHDW

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@h1bennett - Pullen’s Yards and Highgate

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

New book cover!!! Witchland - now ALMOST finished - will be published in July. It tells stories of accused “witches” and their civil war communities in #Essex #Suffolk #Norfolk #Cornwall #Berkshire #Lothian #Newcastle This is the UK and Commonwealth cover #witches #history

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

If you missed my Witch Night chat with @DrJaninaRamirez @CandiaMcKormack and music and stories from @threeravenspod and @InkubusSukkubus you can catch up here:
https://t.co/qRPmUZsoAk

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@fugitiveink Much love to Spoon, a very fine little cat indeed 🥄

[Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc]

@h1bennett Ooh pretty!