A wild woman archetype. A divine, wise, old crone known as the queen of the cold, the winter and the darkness; controlling the length and harshness of the seasons and storms. A complex female energy neither all-good nor all-bad, but portrayed as ugly and angry, and often taught to be feared.

A’ Chailleach celebrates the poetry of the female bards. Women were too often exiled, buried face down or deemed witches for writing. This collection strays from the often told story of adoration, longing or grieving for a male figure; but instead celebrates the strength, desires, humour and intelligence of women, as well as their loving, nurturing and motherly traits. Drawn to some of the darker and more whimsical pieces, from personifying death to casting love charms, it seemed only right to add some magic throughout too. I welcome you to make yourselves at home in my witchy world.