Skip to main content
The Folger Spotlight

Resource Guide: 'The Familiar' by Leigh Bardugo

On December 5, 2024 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of The Familiar. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Golden Age Spain, the inquisition, and Love’s Labor’s Lost.


EXPLORE England’s relationship with Spain through early modern drama

LISTEN to podcast episodes related to magic in Renaissance England and compare with those in the novel

REVISIT a related past book club selection for another depiction of an early modern Jewish experience

DISCOVER traces of the Inquisition in the Folger Collection

COMPARE Shakespeare and Spanish Golden Age author Miguel Cervantes

We would like to thank the following organization for its generous support of this program

Junior League of Washington

Join us for a future event

Using 20-Minute Plays the Whole Year Long

Using 20-Minute Plays the Whole Year Long

Teachers, join Folger Education for a free, one-hour, virtual professional development session on launching students into complex texts using 20-Minute Plays.
Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 8pm ET
Virtual - Zoom
The Bard, the Witch, and the Cauldron with Mhara Starling
Photo of Mhara Starling

The Bard, the Witch, and the Cauldron with Mhara Starling

Join us for a virtual talk on the rich tapestry of Welsh stories preserved in medieval and early modern literature, with Mhara Starling, a Welsh author, folklorist, and modern-day Witch.
Wed, Oct 8, 2025, at 7pm
Virtual
Folger Book Club: 'A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand

Folger Book Club: 'A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand

Our October 2025 selection takes a trip to Shirley Jackson’s infamous Hill House, where four theater-makers are attempting to adapt a Jacobean witchcraft play under unique conditions…
Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:30pm
Folger Virtual