{"id":13693,"date":"2024-06-21T16:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T22:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13693"},"modified":"2024-06-22T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T16:33:07","slug":"20-years-of-british-paganism-free-zoom-lecture-with-glastonbury-based-writer-liz-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13693","title":{"rendered":"20 Years of British Paganism: Free Zoom Lecture with Glastonbury-based Writer Liz Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UPDATE: This event has been postponed. I do not know why — I just got the email from “The Zoom Team.” I will post when it is re-scheduled. Sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liz Williams<\/strong> is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is co-director of a witchcraft supply business. She has been published by Bantam Spectra (US) and Tor Macmillan (UK), also Night Shade Press and appears regularly in Asimov\u2019s and other magazines. She has been involved with the Milford SF Writers\u2019 Workshop for over 25 years, and also teaches creative writing at a local college for Further Education. Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism<\/em> (2020 Reaktionbooks) is based in scholarly literature but written for an audience of anyone. Many will also have read Williams\u2019 occasional columns at The Wild Hunt. Join us as she talks about life in Glastonbury as a Pagan and also the development and direction of UK Paganism over the last 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free of charge and open to all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZOOM REGISTRATION AND LINK HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: This event has been postponed. I do not know why — I just got the email from “The Zoom Team.” I will post when it is re-scheduled. Sad. Liz Williams is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is co-director of a witchcraft supply business. 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