Combining a fertile imagination with a powerful sense of social justice, Jenni Fagan has a talent for writing great fiction. Her latest novella Hex underlines that, retelling the true story of Geillis Duncan – one of the first women accused in the North Berwick Witch Trials – as a tragedy with a contemporary resonance.
Chaired by Sally Magnusson.
Supported by the University of Edinburgh’s genderED hub
Jenni Fagan: ‘Geillis Duncan Has a Broomstick’
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022
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