On June 5, 2025 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of Queen B by Juno Dawson. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to witches and Anne Boleyn.
LEARN more about Shakespeare’s Henry VIII
EXPLORE collection items related to witchcraft and the court
- Companion to the I Put a Spell on You poetry reading, October 2019
- The Discouerie of Witchcraft in the Vaults
- Vivat Rex!: 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII’s Accession to the Throne
LEARN about early modern attitudes towards witchcraft
- Toil and trouble: Recipes and the witches in ‘Macbeth’
- A manual for witch-hunters
- Of the flattering, pampered, reviled, predatory, “harmless, necessary” early modern cat
LISTEN to related episodes of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast
- Episode 43: Shakespeare and Magic
- Episode 117: Deborah Harkness/’A Discovery of Witches’
- Episode 227: Julia Fox and John Guy on Their New Biography of Anne Boleyn
REVISIT past Book Club picks that include elements of witchcraft
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Pairing Texts: Shakespeare and the Sweep of Literature
Pairing Texts: Shakespeare and the Sweep of Literature
This free professional development session for teachers guides participants into a paired-text approach that places Shakespeare in genuine conversation with other literature.
Wed, May 13, 2026, 8pm ET
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