Photo: Deborah Harkness Update from Deb, plus some stuff from us!  From Deb’s Facebook page: The View from My Desk (actually my dining room table): Hitting the Pause Button  It’s time for my monthly update on all things All Souls. Today is a rarity for me, because I’m taking two days for R&R after some […]

Aly Davis – photo by Jennifer Mahuet 23 September, 2016  By Aly Davis Looking back, I honestly can’t remember exactly how I came upon the All Souls Trilogy. If memory serves, a friend with whom I boarded my horse suggested it when I mentioned needing new reading material. As she listed off the book titles, […]

Aly Davis – photo by Jennifer Mahuet Dear readers, you are in for a treat!  If you are into the real-time reading of A Discovery of Witches, we are creeping up on the time-frame of the wonderful pages detailing Diana and Matthew’s yoga sessions with their ‘mixed class’!  Perfect! We connected with Aly on Instagram, […]

All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land. The same was true for chicks. Description: A visit with Mary Sidney, the Hilliard miniatures, and a teen witch! So much to unpack in this chapter! We come to it with new eyes because we find […]

Description: Time to talk about Diana’s people!  The Witches!  In A Discovery of Witches, witches either fell into the category spell-casters, or elemental witches.  Turns out there were more types of witches (weavers!), as there are many types in the ‘realm’ we live in.  We discuss the pagan practices that Deborah Harkness may have drawn […]

Latest News on the All Souls Trilogy and Beyond! 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 its recurring release. Also, alliterations are almost always adored by able, yet addled daemons! Welcome to Issue 8!  We are covering […]

Cover of the All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion Yes!  In case you’ve missed it (perhaps taking a social media break?  Maybe we’ll try that one day! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) We are going to get an official real-time reading  companion for our e-readers from Penguin Books, just like our friends in the UK (or wherever Headline Books […]

Description: Join us as we meet the wise Goody Alsop. She reveals the whole story behind Diana Bishop’s erratic powers to her, Matthew Clairmont (Roydon/de Clermont . . . etc.), Susanna Norman, and to us! After careful negotiation, and some protestation from both Susanna and Matthew, Goody Alsop agrees to be Diana’s teacher, no matter […]

Latest News on the All Souls Trilogy and Beyond! 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 its recurring release. Also, alliterations are almost always adored by able, yet addled daemons! Welcome to Issue 8!  We are covering […]

Let’s try this personality thing again, shall we? Description: We’re “on the tens” once again, and it’s time for a character study! We thought that this would be an excellent way of handling the subject this go-around. We’re revisiting our personality episode from way back when (2017), and doing a updated version; Personality 2.0, if […]

Didn’t we all know a Cassie and Lydia? 🤬 Description: After everyone’s apparent survival of the –now famous– Lugnasidah party, the local coven witches who have been invited into Matthew and Diana’s lives, suddenly get way more involved than anyone intended! This was the result of Diana’s inadvertent burst of magic used to save young […]

This Weekly Geek is dedicated to one of our favorite holidays – Halloween!  We are going to explore the American traditions mentioned in Chapter 42, A Discovery of Witches. A tiny witch and a slightly larger vampire were holding hands on the front porch.“Trick or treat,” they intoned, holding out their open pillowcases.“I’m a vampire,” […]

Lilly watched the whole convention through her lens! Deborah Harkness and Jennifer Ikeda in a ‘huddle’! Today’s guest post is from Lilly Derway – the awesome photographer from AllSoulsCon!  When we asked her to do a piece from her perspective, we didn’t expect this story, but we are honored to share it with her permission.  […]

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 its recurring release.  Also, alliterations are almost always adored by able, yet addled daemons! We have a few things to report in case you missed it on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, […]