hi all, just to let you know I have a CLEARANCE SALE on in my print shop for the month of Feb with some items under £10. help me make space in my studio! #art #printmaking #witchsky shop.frankduffy.co.uk/8100-2/

Rabbit rabbit! Blessed Imbolc-tide! Happy St Brigit's day/ Dydd Santes Ffraid hapus! And happy national storytelling week 😁 In honour of the incoming inspiration season I thought I'd share some stories with magical musings, from my Faery Doctor livestream: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling

In specifics, and in general, this.

The Pagan deaf/hard if gearing moot is meeting online this Thurs 30/01/2025 at 20:00. Please follow the link to join the group and get more details. 😊 www.facebook.com/groups/62335... #paganmoot #deaf #pagansky #witchsky #druidsky #occultsky

Nimue has written a lovely review of my next book, out on Tuesday! I love both storytelling and magic, and one of my home traditions has a strong relationship with stories, but I know a lot of people who feel intimidated by the idea of even learning a tale so I wanted to show how easy it could be!

Moon Books are really good to work with, there's a lot of transparency at every stage of the process and the team work hard to help the authors act as a community. If you've got a pagan book you fancy pitching to a publisher, now is a good time.

*bouncebounce* so excited for this book! And I'm offering a gift to folk who preorder a copy - The Magic of the Voice Masterclass (through any platform, though I encourage you to support indie!) Remember: your local library will also order books in! Request it! haloquin.net/published-wr...

UK based illustrators, please fill out this survey from AOI by January 31st. The UK government is proposing a new AI policy that would let AI companies freely use copyright protected work without permission — unless you explicitly opt-out. www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...

This sounds like an interesting book!

Also, today is the Aberystwyth Pagans Cafe moot. @haloquin.bsky.social Moots take place in Aberystwyth between 3pm and around 6:30/7pm. #paganmoot #pagansky #witchsky

Rather than making one big resolution for a new year, I like to do a BINGO sheet with lots of different goals. Even if I fail at one resolution, there are so many other ways to score a win for myself. Here's a blank if you wanna try it out.

I love this question, and the conversations arising in the comments are golden! (I've added my response below this quote post, but definitely check out the original thread!)

It's Mercury retrograde! I was born under Mercury Retro & somehow do better when it comes around. So, just saying: don't be worried. Do tie up loose ends, research, reflect, revisit old interests... And remember it's only 1 aspect of the sky weather. Look for where things are supportive for you.

AI could be used for marvelous things... Instead we're getting rip-off merchants charging authors $5000 to have AI do the work (probably poorly), & flood the market. It's a get rich quick scheme for them, exploiting people who like the idea of being published. Don't feed these trolls.

Hi new folk! I'm Halo Quin; pagan author, storyteller, singer-songwriter, witch, & teacher of magic. My magic is spirit led, rooted in Feri, Reclaiming, & Druidry, but not limited there. I'm also adhd, disabled, queer, PhD in philosophy, living in West Wales. Nice to meet you ☺️ www.haloquin.net

Today I missed my bus because I got hyperfocused on writing. I'm annoyed at the hour wait for the next one but actually really happy that writing without a deadline is becoming easy again.

Nimue is good people... And writes daily! Today: on rest as anticapitalist, environmentally friendly, magical practice. 💖 Remember that rest looks different for different folks, and at different times. It might be sleeping, daydreaming, crafting, hiking, reading, socialising with trusted people...

The witch uses temporary alters. The witch uses altar gifted by nature. They are never any less strong than altars of man-carved stone. We consecrate with intent, not slivers of saint bone. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #Witchcraft

Can't believe we're on our 4th year of the Goblin Masquerade! A fantastical mini festival in Wales, just before the season kicks off, for wyrd & wonderful folk to come share shinies, dress up or down as their magical selves, & show off their talents! Sat 8th March '25 www.goblincircus.carrd.co

One of my favourite singer songwriters... Check out their gorgeous work! I love hearing about why people are proud of their creations 💖 (though I usually forget to share my own in this way, to be fair 😅)

I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)

New blogpost up: reflections on Dr Robert A Plimer's talk at the South Wales Occult Conference - Egyptian Fetishes! (magical objects). haloquin.net/2024/11/18/o... (image: a notebook open to illegible scrawled notes in black biro with red and yellow watercolour highlights)

Back to my blog and writing up reflections from the South Wales Occult Conference earlier this month... Next up: Dr Bob Plimer's talk on Egyptian Fetishes (no, not that type!) I want to get back into the practice of writing blogposts more often... How many of you are reading blogs on magic?

But really, the MAGA blocklist is a must subscribe to, as it catches most of these before they even start. bsky.app/profile/skyw...

If you don't know Olwen, of Welsh, Arthurian legend, "Culhwch ac Olwen": Protagonist Culhwch is bespelled to fall in love with Olwen, but Olwen's father is a violent giant, prophecied to die when she is finally married. Olwen is kept isolated, and her father kills any suitor that comes near... 1/3

Today I was lucky to volunteer at the "Young Storytellers of Wales Festival" - storytellers aged 5-17 shared their voices, & retold tales in their own ways. Welsh dragons, Japanese ghosts, Slavic Lake goblins, deals with the devil & a secret life of Olwen the giant's daughter. A treasure trove. 1/2

Reposting from A Different Site b/c it applies here since it's growing so quickly. If you’re going to stay on social media, like me, here’s some advice from a Professional Online Person: 🧵

Presented in the style of a naturalist’s field notes, The Dragon Journals comprises 52 pages of pencil sketches, studies and observations of tiny Welsh Dragons. Find it here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/7311...

Had such a lovely time at our first full moon faery circle tonight... Online means we could circle with witch-kin from across the planet, could share in magic across language barriers, & explore & learn together. The spirits cross those boundaries anyway, now we can too. Happy full moon, #WitchSky

Before they come to roost the starlings dance at dusk, where the land meets the sea, as the summer turns to winter. Their flocking is a murmer in the sky, painting messages in a liminal place, twice-liminal time, as groups merge, becoming one, coming home. Finally they settle down to dream.

So, in terms of #FolkyFriday, if you've never taken part, we're a daily hashtag along with #MythologyMonday, #FairyTaleTuesday, #WyrdWednesday, #FolkloreThursday, #BookWormSat, and #FolkloreSunday. Our theme for 22/11 will be "Pagan Gods" so tag related posts #FolkyFriday then and let's DO THIS!!!

Mark Norman is a fantastic speaker - entertaining, informative, and passionate. If you're an indie bookstore who hosts speakers, check him out!

World events notwithstanding this year has had some excellent highlights for me... Teaching witchcraft in Italy, speaking at Occult Conferences, setting up a performance CIC, the 3rd Goblin Masquerade, teaching multiple monthly magical classes in TEA, being part of Worldwide Witchcamp... Much joy.

The starter packs I need: Paranormal-but-not-fash Occult-but-not-Nazi Witchy-but-not-anti-science

Halo Quin offers advice for Witches and Pagans with ADHD and for ritual leaders to make their rituals welcoming to neurodivergent practitioners. “My neurodivergent brain has some great magical strengths! But it definitely comes with challenges – like when someone was… wildhunt.org/2024/03/how-...

It’s still out there. In Atlanta one of the critical roles in the Pride Parade is the Pansy Patrol, who carry giant cutout pansies on sticks to block out the violently hateful signs that protesters carried. I love the reclaiming, but I’m not sure how many of the younger folk get the reference.

Opening the evening part of The Goblin Masquerade in Borth at the weekend.

The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered. NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.

Nimue will be at Borth with Keith Errington, James Weaselegrease and Jessica Law - not as Ominous Folk this year, but as Jessica Law and the Outlaws. There will be copies of New England Gothic and The Oddatsea on the table.

I have some fairy events coming up, and I love how inclusive they feel. druidlife.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/i...

The Goblin Masquerade is this Saturday... I'm both excited and nervous!!! Running events is so weird, you put all the things in place and then *hope* people turn up, and ideally have fun!

I've just signed another book contract, this time with @politybooks.bsky.social for 'Fairies: A History', which will be a complete history of the origins and development of belief in fairies and kindred beings in Europe and beyond drfrancisyoung.com/2024/03/04/f...

This is how you do it. The overturning of Roe vs Wade is driving change across the world. This is a world first from France.

Hello #Pagan and #Witchcraft writers - I'm looking for pitches from new writers for @thewildhunt.bsky.social's weekend section, especially Pagans outside of the Anglosphere. If you are interested, send a pitch to eric at wildhunt dot org. We pay $40 per article. I fear BSky doesn't support hashtags.

the quote that got me into writing @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com 💙📚👀

Finally had the headspace to contact the local uni about offering philosophy classes through their "lifelong learning" department. I did my PhD because I love philosophy and want to lecture but had almost given up on that dream... And then I got asked to guest lecture on ADHD & it relit the spark!

Depression isn't always cured by changing how you think. Sometimes the answer is to escape from the source of your distress druidlife.wordpress.com/2024/02/24/t...