by Jack Barrow | Oct 24, 2022 | Magic, Magick, Occult, Pagan, Paganism, reviews
written by The Hon. Hugo C StJ l’Estrange. Edited by Ramsey Dukes, with an appendix by Lionel Snell It could be argued that, this year, I’ve been breaking promises, but I feel that such moral turpitude puts me in good company as I write this blog post. For my new...
by Jack Barrow | Jun 1, 2015 | Fiction, Magic, Magick, Occult, Publishing, reviews, Writing
Back in 2004 I remember seeing Susanna Clarke on TV promoting her book Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a book about two magicians in England at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. I recall that the book was inevitably labelled as Harry Potter for grown-ups, which was...
by Jack Barrow | Dec 27, 2012 | Magic, Magick, Occult, Paganism
A few years ago I went to a magical conference having heard about this fantastic event populated by proper magicians in a spectacular location. I say proper magicians because I’m drawing the difference between magicians and the sort of people you get at many...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 27, 2012 | Fiction, Occult, Pagan, Paganism, Publishing, reviews, Writing
I once had a conversation with a guy who runs a small press who told me that reviews make no difference to sales. I can’t remember the exact details but his experience was that a book had received a good review in a wide circulation magazine and he’d...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 10, 2012 | Fiction, Occult, Pagan, Publishing, Writing
This is a Wednesday thing, I’ve no idea why, Wednesday’s don’t have any intrinsic value, they just are. (If you want to get into the philosophy of Wednesdays then please do so in the comments.) Last Wednesday the very sexy, and equally blonde, Debbie...
by Jack Barrow | Jul 10, 2012 | Fiction, Magick, Occult, Paganism, Writing
I’m pleased to announce that the new paperback (third) edition of the Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil is now available. This is the book that many of you will have read in the first edition with the green cover or the eBook edition with the black cover....
