Happy publication day to me! Wise Women: Myths & Stories for Midlife and Beyond from Virago is officially out today. And phew! – this book is the culmination of five+ years of research I undertook into stories of older women in European myth & folklore. All of that began with the psychology & archetypal analysis in my earlier book Hagitude, but this is the place where you’ll find the stories – and the nursery rhymes & ballads – in full.

The Times Literary Supplement called it ‘an extraordinary collection’, and I hope you’ll find it so.

My research of course didn’t stop when I handed this manuscript in. So, if you’re hungry for more stories, come and sign up for my Substack, The Art of Enchantment, where in a week’s time paid subscribers will receive ‘Old Wives’ Tales’, an exclusive booklet with five new wise-woman stories I’ve uncovered since then, along with my commentaries on them. These stories both complement and expand those I collected for the book. sharonblackie.substack.…

Wise Women is available worldwide via your local indie bookshop or the usual online suspects.