Thursday, 6 November 2014
Friends of Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft Get Together
I will be at the Friends of the Museum of Witchcraft Get Together and AGM on Saturday 8th November and will be doing a special AGM price on Red Thread Books. There will be a stall in the lounge upstairs at the Wellington Hotel in Boscastle which is open to the public - talks and AGM section of the day is open to 'Friends' only.
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Friday, 8 August 2014
Pagan Dawn Review
The latest copy of Pagan Dawn (August 2014) has an excellent review of Mike Howard's book The Witches' Herbal. It is currently available at The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle and online at the museum shop www.museumofwitchcraft.com.
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
New website
A new redthreadbooks website went live today. I will not be selling online for a few months but have linked to the Museum of Witchcraft shop and Atlantis Bookshop where my books are sold.
Please check out the site at http://redthreadbooks.co.uk/
Please check out the site at http://redthreadbooks.co.uk/
Monday, 12 May 2014
Magic In Modern London has arrived
At last my latest publication Magic in Modern London 1925 has arrived in stock - just in time for the Museum of Witchcraft's event on Saturday 'The Day of the Departed'. It sold well on the day and is proving to be very popular already. I have printed 200 hardback copies to start with but may do more. My new website should be up and running tomorrow. You will be able to purchase the Edward Lovett book at the Museum of Withcraft online shop shortly. I will let you know when it is on the site.
Monday, 21 April 2014
The Witches' Herbal
Mike Howard's book The Witches' Herbal is selling well and is available from The Museum of Witchcraft store. It will shortly be available from their online shop.
Copies can also be purchased from Atlantis Bookshop in London.
Magic in Modern London 1928 - Edward Lovett
An illustrated hard back reprint of Magic in Modern London 1928, written by charm collector Edward Lovett, is currently at the printers and will hopefully be ready for a book launch at The Museum of Witchcraft's Day of the Departed event on May 10th. The book is illustrated with photographs of charms held at the Museum of Witchcraft and has the addition of the Lovett's booklet Folklore and Legends of the Suffolk Downs and Surrey Hills...
more to come when it's arrived.
more to come when it's arrived.
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Book Launch at Atlantis
What a lovely afternoon we had at Atlantis Bookshop last Saturday. The afternoon was very well attended and many fans of Mike Howard turned up to have The Witches Herbal signed and a few people turned up to have some of their previous Mike Howard books signed. Mike talked about how he collected some of the information in his book - back in the late seventies/early eighties he put an ad in newspapers asking for information on traditional magical herbal uses - the information he received is included in this book along with a history of magical herbal use, and a section on the Celtic Tree Alphabet. It sparked much in the way of discussion about Robert Graves, ritual use of plants and the pharmaceutical industry.
Along with Mike we had Simon Costin of The Museum of British Folklore who has recently taken over directorship of the Museum of Witchcraft. He talked about plans for the MOW and dispelled some of the rumours flying around about the Museum's future. In essence, new managers are shortly to be announced, the MOW is staying in Boscastle, and no, the collection is not being broken up and sold to America!!
Thanks very much to Geraldine and Bali who put on a lovely selection of cakes and tea. I've included some photos of the day. Along with many others, anthropologist Helen Cornish, author and magician Steve Patterson, and authors Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince were there to show support.
Along with Mike we had Simon Costin of The Museum of British Folklore who has recently taken over directorship of the Museum of Witchcraft. He talked about plans for the MOW and dispelled some of the rumours flying around about the Museum's future. In essence, new managers are shortly to be announced, the MOW is staying in Boscastle, and no, the collection is not being broken up and sold to America!!
Thanks very much to Geraldine and Bali who put on a lovely selection of cakes and tea. I've included some photos of the day. Along with many others, anthropologist Helen Cornish, author and magician Steve Patterson, and authors Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince were there to show support.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Happy 2014
Happy New Year to you all. After a few weeks break touring around France in a campervan we're now back to start the year with some exciting plans for Red Thread Books.
Sales of Mike Howard's new book The Witches' Herbal are going well and on January 18th there will be a book signing with Mike at Atlantis Bookshop in London between 2pm & 530pm. Simon Costin will also be on hand to answer questions about his new directorship of The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. Please come along to say hello and find out what we are up to.
I am working on a reprint of Magic in Modern London 1925 by Edward Lovett which should be going to the printers in the next few weeks. This will be illustrated with charms from the Museum of Witchcraft. More on that later.
Sales of Mike Howard's new book The Witches' Herbal are going well and on January 18th there will be a book signing with Mike at Atlantis Bookshop in London between 2pm & 530pm. Simon Costin will also be on hand to answer questions about his new directorship of The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. Please come along to say hello and find out what we are up to.
I am working on a reprint of Magic in Modern London 1925 by Edward Lovett which should be going to the printers in the next few weeks. This will be illustrated with charms from the Museum of Witchcraft. More on that later.
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