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SUNDAY, MAY 17
SWEDE HOLLOW CAFE (in Saint Paul)
8:00-9:30AM
~Instead of a low-cost ticket, we ask that you donate to one of the mutual aid organizations (link here). No minimum donation. We just ask that you show a receipt at the book club or email a screenshot to softcoverbookclubmn@gmail.com!~
This event is in partnership with Swede Hollow Cafe and will be co-facilitated by Hannah (@_midwesterncryptid_), a current practicing local witch with insights into what this book gets right and what it doesn’t! Hannah will also be leading a group tarot reading toward the end of the event!
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Witches, but make it suffrage, sisterhood, and rage.
In a world where magic has been reduced to children’s rhymes, three estranged sisters come back together and start something dangerous: a witch’s movement. What follows is part historical fiction, part fantasy, and all about women refusing to stay small.
This book is historical fiction centering three estranged sisters who reunite in the late 1800’s in New Salem to use long forgotten witchcraft to aid the suffragette movement, blending magic, folklore, and feminist themes. The book explores sisterhood, power, and resistance, re-imagining history through the lens of women's fight for equality. It's a standalone novel praised for its lyrical prose, rich world-building, and relevant social commentary.
Swede Hollow Cafe has been a neighborhood staple on Dayton’s Bluff on Saint Paul’s east side since 1997. It’s historic and very much gives “practical magic.” Go grab a coffee and curl up with The Once and Future Witches in their sun room upstairs or outside patio this Spring!
We encourage members to grab a treat during the book club! Coffee will be provided (but if you want one of their specialty lattes - we understand).
See you there!
SUNDAY, MAY 17
SWEDE HOLLOW CAFE (in Saint Paul)
8:00-9:30AM
~Instead of a low-cost ticket, we ask that you donate to one of the mutual aid organizations (link here). No minimum donation. We just ask that you show a receipt at the book club or email a screenshot to softcoverbookclubmn@gmail.com!~
This event is in partnership with Swede Hollow Cafe and will be co-facilitated by Hannah (@_midwesterncryptid_), a current practicing local witch with insights into what this book gets right and what it doesn’t! Hannah will also be leading a group tarot reading toward the end of the event!
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Witches, but make it suffrage, sisterhood, and rage.
In a world where magic has been reduced to children’s rhymes, three estranged sisters come back together and start something dangerous: a witch’s movement. What follows is part historical fiction, part fantasy, and all about women refusing to stay small.
This book is historical fiction centering three estranged sisters who reunite in the late 1800’s in New Salem to use long forgotten witchcraft to aid the suffragette movement, blending magic, folklore, and feminist themes. The book explores sisterhood, power, and resistance, re-imagining history through the lens of women's fight for equality. It's a standalone novel praised for its lyrical prose, rich world-building, and relevant social commentary.
Swede Hollow Cafe has been a neighborhood staple on Dayton’s Bluff on Saint Paul’s east side since 1997. It’s historic and very much gives “practical magic.” Go grab a coffee and curl up with The Once and Future Witches in their sun room upstairs or outside patio this Spring!
We encourage members to grab a treat during the book club! Coffee will be provided (but if you want one of their specialty lattes - we understand).
See you there!