Lucy Atkinson 🧡

Thrilled to say that I have a new piece up at @ConversationUK talking about witch lit and @kirstylogan’s newest novel Now She is Witch.🐈‍⬛ 🧹 theconversation.com/witch-lit-how-…

This #Halloween we hear from Creative Writing PhD student @_Lucyatkinson_ @READEnglish with an extract from her novel Fifteen Witches. Lucy’s research sheds new light on the Newcastle witch trials. 🔊👂 brnw.ch/21wOgya

On this day in 1650 14 women and 1 man were executed for witch craft in Newcastle. substack.com/home/post/p-14…

So good to see a Gateshead boy on the podium. Congradulations Kieran!

I hope the blue tits know that my entire sanity is being able to watch them from my window to distract myself from PhD work

Absolutely astounded by @HadestownUK just beautiful. This is what adaptation is all about. Feel like every musical from this point forward will pale in comparison 🎸 🌺

A very wet and rainy trip to @NewcastleCastle today. A perfect waterlogged trip through history.

You can catch me on bbc radio tees today at 11:20 and 11:35 talking about my research and my novel about the Newcastle witch trials.

Had a lovely article about my research come out in the northern echo today.

A dog is a requirement for survival during the PhD. 🐾

Excited for a great night of theatre 🦁

Had a wonderful night in that there London at the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, where my story, 'Sour Hall', picked up the Reader's Prize. Enormous congratulations to @berniemcgill 💫💫💫 and massive thanks to @LRBbookshop and @EHUShortStory

@suereedwrites @durham_uni @READEnglish Absolutely. I’ll send you a private message and we can figure out a day to chat

@_Lucyatkinson_ @durham_uni @READEnglish How splendid! Shall we Zoom sometime?

Read how Creative Writing PhD student Lucy Atkinson is shedding new light on the Newcastle witch trials, through her research and her novel. ➡ brnw.ch/21wGh9U @READEnglish #witchtrials #creativewriting #witchlit

@suereedwrites @durham_uni @READEnglish I would love to have a chat. I have your book on my PhD reading pile. Very excited to read it!

@durham_uni @_Lucyatkinson_ @READEnglish I was part of the Medicine Spoon Memorial project, honouring victims of witch trials. I got Ann Watson, one of the women hung on Town Moor 1650. Wrote her & the witch trials into my novel #TheRewildingofMollyMcFlynn. Happy to chat, Lucy

Just a casual owl on the back fence. Nothing special 🦉

A fascinating insight into the research and creative writing of our PhD student Lucy Atkinson. Lucy also shares her experiences studying a PhD with us.

I wrote a little piece answering some questions about what it’s like to do a PhD in witchcraft literature at Durham! 🐈‍⬛ dialogue.durham.ac.uk/27/lucy-atkins…

So pleased to have been a part of this wonderful documentary on witchcraft in the north east! The North East Witch Trials - Welcome to the Witch Trials - BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Do you like scary stories? With Halloween just around the corner, PhD researcher @_Lucyatkinson_ @READEnglish tells us why The Woman in Black is the spookiest book she’s ever read 👻 🎃 👉 brnw.ch/21wDI54

I had such a fun time working on this article for @ConversationUK on the scariest book I’ve ever read. Great to see the other picks. Check it out here: The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read theconversation.com/the-book-that-… via @ConversationUK