Deborah Harkness
History professor who tumbled down the rabbit hole and wrote the international best-selling books of the All Souls series FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSSHOP ALL SOULS
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The Black Bird Oracle
“The Black Bird Oracle ushers in a thrilling new era for Diana, an Oxford scholar and powerful witch, as she navigates marriage to the vampire Matthew and motherhood, while reckoning with dark secrets from her family’s storied past. There’s no better time to get swept up in the romance, adventure, and magic of the All Souls world, beginning with A Discovery of Witches.”
—Bustle
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In BOOK FIVE of the All Souls Series, Diana and Matthew receive a formal demand from the Congregation: They must test the magic of their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Rebecca. Concerned with their safety and desperate to avoid the same fate that led her parents to spellbind her, Diana decides to forge a different path for her family’s future and answers a message from a great-aunt she never knew existed, Gwyneth Proctor, whose invitation simply reads: It’s time you came home, Diana
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First look at The Black Bird Oracle Deck
Coming August 18, 2026 Look what came arrived at my door this week. Hester Aspland is a wizard!! The deck is available for pre-order now in the US & Canada from your favorite book store. (Readers outside of North America should check with their local booksellers...
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brief update!
Hello All Souls Family! I am so looking forward to our real time read for A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Our TBBO real time read was a delight and I'm still basking in the glow of your comments and insights. A lot has been simmering in the creative kitchen which I...
The Black Bird Oracle Real-Time-Read + other treats!
PAPERBACK edition, published May 6, 2025 Click here to order a copy. * * * This summer, we're doing our *very first* Real-Time Read of THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE. Here’s the calendar: You can find it HERE and HERE. Not sure what a Real-Time Read is?...
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We’re snowed in!
It's official: we live in New England. It's been a beautiful time of writing, reading, baking, knitting by the fire, and of course drinking tea! How's the weather where you are? Any storm stories to share? Yarn: Squid Ink by @freiafibers Sourdough Bread...
My “get through the season with joy” playlist
Up now on Spotify. Find me there at @debharkness. We're entering the season of the year when, in the northern hemisphere, nature is curling up and readying herself for winter. For most of us, however, winter has become the season of high anxiety, racing around, and...
I collect faces.
Did you know you can't make up a face? Not entirely? You are always cutting and pasting real faces you know into an imaginary face. As a novelist and a historian I am fascinated by people and have a file of faces on my phone so that when I create a new character I am...
A playlist for April 2025
To remind us all of the power of community and peaceful protest. open.spotify.com/playl…
Official 60th birthday portrait.
April 5, 2025