Photo courtesy of  Deborah Harkness Deborah Harkness “The View From My Desk: Plot Twist! One of my favorite sayings is “when something goes wrong, just yell ‘plot twist!’ and move on.” I use it whenever the unexpected happens–good or bad–and this saying has been echoing around in my house lately. There is so much going […]

As we journey to this ending, we must remember that there are still new beginnings! Description: Jean calls this episode a prologue to Season 3, and it is, but it does manage to tie up Season 2 sufficiently enough for us. We say goodbye to Goody, the coven, Susanna, Father Hubbard, Pierre, Françoise, Jack (😢), […]

Ah, the Ridiculously Random Recap!  Why the name?  Because it’s a recap.  And it’s random (ridiculously so).  There is no rhyme, reason or rationale, reference the timing of it’s recurring release.  Also, alliterations are almost always adored by able, yet addled daemons! We have quite a few things to report in case you missed them […]

Description: Gallowglass. That’s what we’re talking about here! Daemons and Discussers alike have all of the feels! Both good and bad! We also discuss our own reception of the Book of Life back in 2014. SPOILER ALERT! We (The Daemons) approach this podcast with an assumption that the listener has read The All Souls Trilogy, […]

Description: Time has arrived for us to start diving into these books!  Now that we’ve covered many of the primer subjects, it’s given us sufficient foundation for the dissection of this trilogy called All Souls.  Join along as we revisit the beloved words in our favorite series!  Not so much a read along per se, […]

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor Description: It’s a double feature! Yes, we are covering chapters 26 and 27 of Shadow of Night in one shot (it explains the length of the episode). In chapter 26, we meet a new (to us) de Clermont; Verin … and her husband Ernst. We reunite with present-day Gallowglass, and […]

Photo from Georgia State University website Hey fellow fans! We have a treat for those of you who didn’t get the chance to see Deb at this lecture held back on the 7th of April. No fear! We have the experience chronicled by someone who has! We’d like to thank Dorimar Rosado for agreeing to […]

Description: The more formal title of this would be “What to read while waiting for The Serpent’s Mirror, the TV series and more!” – We discuss books and series we’ve enjoyed and why we like them.  Since we have The All Souls Trilogy in common, perhaps you, the listener, may find something you can enjoy.  […]

The pamphlet that Danforth was waving around . . . Description: Let’s talk about the secrets and surprises we receive in these chapters, shall we?! As part of her elucidation lessons directed by George Chapman, Diana Bishop is reading the Faerie Queene (by Edmund Spenser). The boys are discussing philosophy, playing dice, arguing about astronomy […]

Happy April, everyone! We are going to usher in April with a GIVEAWAY! UPDATE, 2 April 2016:  Congrats to Lisa S.!  Thanks to everyone who participated! UPDATE TO THE UPDATE, 11 April 2016:  Lisa got her package (An odd-sized – ex-pat edition – signed copy of The Book of Life, a Penguin tote bag, a […]

A UK/US edition end-page mash-up. *UK edition comes in three colors, blue/witch, red/vampire, yellow/daemon Description: It’s been a couple of weeks since Time’s Convert has come out, and we figured it was time to discuss this book. This is a general overview; chapters discussion deep-dives are to come once we get through the trilogy! WARNING: […]

We are thrilled to present this Q&A with Richard Ovenden!  He is the current librarian at the Bodleian of Oxford University.  Ever since the beginning of our All Souls adventures, we’ve been fascinated with the Oxford and the Bodleian in particular (as we are sure many of you are!)  Mr. Ovenden is the 25th Librarian […]

Ludovico Sforza Matthew’s Italian “escapades” as Philippe referred to them involved the Italian Wars of 1494 -98.   This interlude involved quite a cast of characters – the Borgia pope Alexander VI, his son Cesare Borgia, the Medici family, Fra Savonarola, and Ludavico Sforza  (daVinci’s foremost patron). Charles VIII of France, at the urging of Ludovico […]

✮ All Souls Con is coming! Are you in? We have been shouting from the rooftops since January, but now that we are at the “sooner, rather than later” point, it’s time to shout some more! Here’s what’s in store: ✮ EARLY BIRD PRICES — They end on the 15th of June! The right time […]