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A Classic Car for a Classic Character

On August 12, 2022August 9, 2022 By Judy LeighIn My novels2 Comments

Read about the gorgeous Triumph Stag, driven by Mimi and Isabella in The Highland Hens...

The Highland Hens: A Story of Friendship and Love

On August 5, 2022August 3, 2022 By Judy LeighIn My novels2 Comments

The Highland Hens: a story of family, friendship, love and hope...

The Rise and Rise of Hens’ Lit

On July 29, 2022August 5, 2022 By Judy LeighIn My novels, On writing4 Comments

Hens' Lit - books my mum would have read with a smile...

The Highland Hens are on their way.

On June 24, 2022June 23, 2022 By Judy LeighIn My novels, TravelLeave a comment

Read about Mimi, Jess and Isabella, the Highland Hens. My new book is out soon!

How my own house features in The Witch’s Tree

On May 27, 2022May 25, 2022 By Judy LeighIn My first novel, My novels5 Comments

How the house I live in was a huge influence in The Witch's Tree

The Witch’s Tree: images and quotations

On May 20, 2022May 17, 2022 By Judy LeighIn Mind body and spirit, My novels3 Comments

Here are some quotations from my latest novel, The Witch's Tree, complete with some photos I've taken.

Quiz: Would you have been a witch in the 1600s?

On May 13, 2022May 9, 2022 By Judy LeighIn Mind body and spirit, My novels, Thoughts about life5 Comments

In The Witch's Tree, the finger of suspicion is pointed in the seventeenth century. How would you have fared then? Take my quiz.

Remembering Pat, a ‘witch.’

On May 7, 2022April 29, 2022 By Judy LeighIn Mind body and spirit, My novels, Thoughts about lifeLeave a comment

Here's my blog post about the time I met a witch

Why Were So Many Women Accused of Being Witches?

On April 29, 2022April 22, 2022 By Judy LeighIn Literature, Mind body and spirit, My novels, Thoughts about life2 Comments

Here's a blog post about why so many women were accused of being witches.

The Witch’s Tree and me….

On April 22, 2022April 19, 2022 By Judy LeighIn My novels6 Comments

The Witch's Tree, the background, the characters and the tragedy

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