A. D. Bergin

What a fantastic evening
@waterstonesKDY with great thanks to James and all who attended for the fascinating discussion and exacting questions. The perfect event.

Prompted to check up on reader reviews for ‘The Wicked Of The Earth’ & delighted to find current ratings of:

Goodreads 4.06 (4.29 for special launch edition)
Amazon 4.2
Waterstones 4.67

Screenshots below. Please do review books - for an author, all reader feedback is invaluable.

Memorial plan for 16 executed after Newcastle witch trials Campaigners want a plaque to honour the 15 woman and one man publicly executed in August 1650.

Thanks to @BBCLN for this coverage of the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle witch trial executions. Very glad to say that a wider event programme is now in full swing, focused on education and fundraising /

Remembering the Accused Witches of Newcastle.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Setting up @litandphil for today’s sold-out event Remembering the accused witches of Newcastle’.

Approaching Autumn in the North East, a mellow morning on The Ness, to which Oystercatchers have returned.

Also near is the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle Witch Trial Executions and a busy run of book events, beginning with a much anticipated evening
@WstoneDurhamUni
7pm Wednesday.

Fantastic Thursday evening in conversation with @angharadhampshirewriter at @thegrovebookshop in Ilkley. Compelling audience questions / discussion around morality, individual responsibility and the deep relevance of historical fiction. Thanks to all.

Delighted to have so many NE events to look forward to around the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle witch trial executions. Catch me Aug. 20th @WstoneDurhamUni
& 27th @WaterstonesMorp - or leading a great panel discussion
@litandphil Saturday Aug. 23rd, as well as @TheWord_UK Sept. 16th.

So, travels done, Max is liking being home.

So, the big ‘Wicked’ tour, a generally north to south affair. embarks upon its final chapter…

wonderful evening in Stow thanks to
@WedaleBookshop
- Max was amazing through great discussion with
@11mwc
and lots of questions from the crowd in a packed church. Now an early start for #IndieBookshopWeek day 7 @theedinburghbookshop &
@BookNook_Sarah

Day 6 #IndieBookshopWeek, the most anticipated of all. A pair of signings
@BookendsCarl & @waterstonescarlisle then an evening with the amazing
@WedaleBookshop - poignant as Stow was the last place of ‘work’ for witch-pricker Kincaid prior to the Northumberland & Durham hunt.

Start of #IndieBookshopWeek day 3 in Cheltenham, a town remarkably well-served for books @rossiter_books @HatchardsCheltenham & @cheltenham_waterstones, (where it was great to meet the brilliant @ravencrimereads), all looked over by this faintly menacing pair…

Early start for #IndieBookshopWeek, first in Leeds
@littlebookshops
then
@beverleybooks
- both a special pleasure.

Do support your local #IndieBookshop this week. Bookselling is hard, indie booksellers so much more than retailers.

Events coming thick and fast during # IndieBookshopWeek - a cracker in prospect next Wednesday in Dudley @Saturday_Books_

saturdaybooks.co.uk

Phenomenal demand, I hear, for what is probably my most-anticipated event so far (@wedalebooks is the very best of bookshops and Gordy a marvel). Such a privilege to be in conversation with @11mwc in Stow a week Thursday. Book one of the last places while you can.

London and adjacent people - Wednesday, 6.30pm
@paradesendbooks
Ham, a rare, intimate London evening to talk about ‘Wicked’, witch trials, corruption, misogyny and a surprising amount of female agency.

paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...

#IndieBookshopWeek is coming up, 14th-21st June. Do support your local independent bookshop. It’s a tough industry and indies do an amazing job for writers, readers and local communities.

It’s also a combined marathon and sprint for ‘Wicked’: 30 bookshops in a week, can’t wait.

Home for a decent while makes for a happy Max. #Berwick

Love for ‘Wicked’ across Lincolnshire: wonderful signing and meeting readers in Lincoln @lark_books_
@LindumBooks
the very best of talks and audiences
@Therabbits21
and amazing engagement (and sales) from customers
@waterstonesgy
Thanks to all, I’ll be back with Max.

A small, and fascinating, historical diversion between book signings and events…

Lovely day visiting bookshops along the Thames west of London. Thanks to all, but particularly to the wonderful booksellers @waterstonesbracknell and @theweybridgebookshop for the face-out and recommendation card displays.

Two of the very best small bookshops in the country sit near one another in Suffolk: Andrew’s vibrant, eclectic @dial_lane_books in Ipswich being just 11 miles from William’s wonderful, perfectly-curated @Stillwaterbooksfelixstowe in beautiful Felixstowe. Signed copies in each.

Brilliant Sunday @inkandquill.bsky.social with a wonderful, engaged, knowledgeable crowd. Lovely properly to meet among them Sarah from @angusbookfest and Judith Langlands-Scott. Looking forward to returning this November.

Thanks again to Dean @heronandwillow and the many Jedburgh folk who attended a fantastic q&a last night. Great discussions, insightful, challenging questions, ‘Wicked’ sold out. Max will be there next time, it’s a promise.

A true peak among so many book tour highlights was to meet Alastair and Chloe
@booksonthehill.bsky.social - not only the loveliest of people running a magnificent book shop, but also responsible for BOTH Press, committed to adult dyslexia-friendly titles, now expanding to some fantastic names.

Cimitière des Innocents Paris, April 4th 1653, a sparse crowd trickles away from the graveside of an English exile. The word ‘meurtre’ slips into the damp air.

One of their number, a woman quick in her movements, approaches a stationary carriage. ‘Tell me then, about this James Archer.’

Great thanks to
@BorderReaders
Stephen Tomlin for masterful readings and control of the evening, to @littlefeltonbookfestival for organising such a lovely festival and to all of the wonderful, engaged, challenging (in a good way) attendees.

“The herring is the King, or even Emperor, of fishes.”
Paul Neukrantz ‘De Harengo’ 1654

It may only make for a single sentence in the finished book, but I do love the diversions and hidden depths involved in background research.

Max, the indispensable book tour dog!

It was really lovely to meet you and a thrill to arrive at the iconic @samreadbookseller.bsky.social thank you so much for having us.