#deb harkness

[adowbaldwin]

The black bird oracle spoilers - ive finished the book and here are my midnight thoughts

1. I THOUGHT ONLY 3 CREATURES EXISTED BUT THERES FUCKING FAIRIES??

2. LOL WHEN APPOLLO REFUSED TO WEAR HIS DOG SUIT AND HID IN THE CLOSET

3. I will never unimagine Matthew was doing a roly poly

4. An exceptional lack of Baldwin

5. I LOVE THE PROCTORS

6. EXCEPT STEVEN. FUCK STEVEN.

7. AND FUCK SARAH TOO.

8. AND ESPECIALLY FUCK PETER AND THE NEW CONGREGATION WITCH

9. Speaking of fucking, Di and Mat did that alot

10. THE FUCKING LABRYNTH WT THE FUCK LUCAS AND HUGH

11. Honestly Philippe has ALOT to answer for

12. AND GALLOWGLASS AT THE SALEM TRIALS

13. Why was Stasia on the family tree when yet again shes not mentioned in the book at all, or even Godfrey or Verin

14. WE GET A PEEP INTO YSABEAUS HISTORY

15. The Santoro melt down WHEN YSABEAU GOES TO VENICE

Okay thankyou goodnight

BONUS: FUCK MEG

[thisdancingheart]

Join the cool kids for the annual Real Time Read of A Discovery of Witches by Deb Harkness. Most libraries have eBook copies to loan, but there are two versions of the audiobook, once condensed and one unabrigded. You'll need the unabridged for the real time read. Its just one chapter today, so you can catch up on Saturday if you need time to get a copy of the book somewhere.

[artemisgarden]

I ended up grabbing a hardcover from Target while I was out yesterday and I can't wait!

WHY AM I JUST FINDING OUT FROM THE ADOW TAG THERES A 5TH BOOK?!?!?!

[the-real-agatha-harkness]

Intro!

Names: Kaden/Sirius/Cassie/Goosey

Age: 15

Prns: It/he/they/she + a bunchhh of neos (will make another posts

MY OCS (THE COVEN)

Aliana Vidal-Harkness

Wisteria Vinehaze

Snow

Parker Kale

Magnolia Calderu

Aliana x Wisteria

I'm not looking for a relationship.

I age regress and I'm a therian

Types: Colorkin, Cat cladotherian, Rabbit cladotherian, Ravenhearted, Dragonhearted, Vampirekin

Fictkins: Agatha Harkness, Julie from welcome home, Ashlynn from school bug graveyard

LIVE EVIL GNOL 🦔

Interests

Games: FNAF, Sims 4, Project sekai, Pokemon, Roblox, House flipper, Kirby, Mario party, Mario kart, Lethal company, Don't starve together, Detective pikachu

Movies/Shows: Deadpool and wolverine, The conjuring, Cabin in the woods, Abigail, Pearl, The ring, Age of ultron, Black widow, The FNAF movie, Aristocats, My neighbor Totoro, Howls moving castle, Spirited away, Wandavision, Ted lasso, Descendants rise of red

YouTubers: Danny Gonzalez, Kurtis conner, Drew gooden, Film Cooper, Funky frog bait, Chad chad, Courtreezy, Deb smikle, Louis McClung

Music artists: Mitski, Chappell roan, Beabadoobee, Isabela LaRosa, Marina, Rio Romeo, Will Wood, Yaelokre, Paris Paloma, Girl in red, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Conan gray, Ethel Cain, TV girl, Sabrina Carpenter

Women who can step on me: Kathryn Hahn/Agatha harkness, Jenna Ortega, Anya Taylor Joy, Ruby Rose Turner, Gigi goode, Adore Delano

Men I would die for: Hugh Jackman and Joshua Colley

Bestiesss: @over-bi-the-wayside, @queer-red-panda, @p1nb4ll-fr34k,

@aesthetic-writer18, @nevaeh-daughterofvalcarol

(IF YOU ARENT HERE ITS JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE I INTERACT WITH THE MOST I LOVE ALL MY MOOTS DW)

Pt.2

[asgoodeasgold]

Matthew Goode vs. A Black Panther

(🔊sound on)

A Goode fan on Twitter (layna_lane) attended one of the Blackbird Oracle promo tour events and reported back some of the lovely and interesting things Deborah Harkness said about Matthew Goode.

She said what drew her to casting Matthew was the way he moved - like a panther.

I agree, Matthew's way of moving and walking is very feline and in Discovery of Witches I thought it was breathtaking to see him portray an apex predator (vampire). I loved all these animalistic traits he gave his character, mesmerising to watch.

So this inspired me do make this video showcasing Matthew de Clermont/Roydon next to a beautiful black panther (I know deep doen MdC is a wolf lol).

This would not have been possible without the gorgeous footage from James Chandler on YT 🙏.

The other things Layna reported Deb said was that she was glad Matthew was cast, he has now become her MdC, and that he is kind, smart and funny (no surprise there but it's always nice to hear confirmation he is a wonderful human being).

🎶 Origins by Rob Lane (original soundtrack for A Discovery of Witches)

📷 My edit from Sky/Bad Wolf A Discovery of Witches (2018-2022) s1-3 and panther video by Jamie Chandler on YT (link below)

[pleasereadmeok]

“I love having my handsome professor back in place of my dangerous prince.”

The moment when Matthew shaves off his 1590′s style beard and settles back into 21st century mode.  ‘The Book of Life’ Chapter 6. 

Thanks to @asgoodeasgold​ for reminding me about the Real Time Read of ‘The Book of Life’ by Deborah Harkness.  I missed the start! ��Here’s the calendar from Deb - 

📷 ADOWS2:01 my edit including Sky Key Art/Deborah Harkness.com

[sliebman10]

10 Books

Thank you, @schmem14 for the tag. 

10 books to get to know me!

1. Forever by Pete Hamill

This an imperfect but beautiful story about a man granted eternal life is he stays on the island of Manhattan. Lovely writing style, and great New York history,

2. Summer Sister by Judy Blume

A long, complicated female friendship with a great cast of supporting characters. I’ve loved this one for such a long time. 

3. All Souls Trilogy by Deb Harkness

A witch and a vampire fall in love and all hell breaks loose. Rich in historical details and a strong, memorable cast of characters. What’s not to love?

4. The Omnivore’s Dilemma

A thoughtful exploration of the American diet and how food is made/distributed.

5. Angels in America

I loved seeing the play and the movie, but there was something about reading this play that stuck with me. The story and dialogue are gorgeous. 

6. Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

A YA book about drama kid Simon and his coming out journey. It’s sweet, poignant and really fun. 

7. Night by Elie Weisel

This book packs such a punch in so few pages. An honest, moving, thoughtful account of Elie’s experience in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

8. The Outsiders by SE Hinton

I read this book so many times as I was growing up. It’s such a great story of friendship and found family and survival in the face of class differences and turf wars.

9. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

This one is such a lovely story of healing and friendship. I really loved it when I was a kid and I still love it now.

10. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I feel like there was a time when reading Little Women was a rite of passage. I don’t know if that’s still the case, but this story was popular for a long time for a reason.

I will leave this as an open tag since I’ve seen this around a bunch. 

[vincentcatagainsttheworld]

#Repost Deborah Harkness FB page Wednesday Memories-in the run up to the release of season 2 of A Discovery of Witches, Deb took us through a series of Book to Screen Magic. I am still in awe of the dedication to detail that went into the making of season 2. Cat "Ready for their closeups--from book to screen with our fabulous hair, makeup, and wardrobe teams for A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES Series 2 on this #Book2ScreenMagicMonday As any of my readers know, I like a bit (!) of description. As a historian, I love researching hair and costume and imagining how things like the heel on a shoe or the number of undergarments someone was expected to wear might shape a character's actions and reactions. And as a reader, I love being able to fix things in my imagination be they people, places, or things. So the hair, makeup, and wardrobe teams on #ADiscoveryofWitchesS2 had a real challenge when it came to translating my words from page to screen. This was all the more difficult because we weren't doing a historical re-enactment of late 16th-century clothing for a single day or even a few days. That would have been difficult enough, given the poor rate of survival for actual clothing items and the impossibility of reconstructing clothing based solely on portraits which don't always reveal enough about undergarments and structure. But if we add those issues to the problems of consistently delivering a look over hours, days, weeks, and months--sometimes with gaps between days of shooting, sometimes with very short windows between entire costume/hair/makeup changes, and with the logistics of getting women into their costumes in a timely fashion, I think it's fair to say that our teams worked miracles to deliver a look for each of our characters that was wearable, changeable, consistent across shooting days, and period correct, as well. And that was true for not only our main cast but also every supporting artist on the streets of the Blackfriars, at the court of Elizabeth or Rudolf II, and back at Sept-Tours. They also had to perform this miracle not only for 1590, but for the modern storylines, as well I have to admit, I was an additional challenge. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuALPCIR3x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pageturnersblog]

My Deb Harkness Black Bird Oracle signing at @andersonsbookshop highlights are over on threads.

[adowbaldwin]

THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE SPOILERS

FERNANDADDY IS THE NEW DE CLERMONT REPRESENTATIVE AND IM SCREAMING IN JOY

[asgoodeasgold]

What beautiful edits, I can sense all these ancient smells. Deb Harkness has given a truly wondrous world.

⬆️ Fan Photo Collage using extract from A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness and stills from the TV Show

My favourite book in the whole world. Ever.

I was out and about yesterday and found a well-loved copy of ‘A Discovery of Witches’ in the local train station book swap.

⬆️ A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (p175)

Part of me wanted to leave it for someone else to discover the absolute magic (literal and figurative) of it; part of me was delighted with the connective sign from the universe and part of me grabbed it with both hands as I’ve lent my copy out and am really missing it. I delved into it straight away and got wonderfully lost for the entire train journey.

To celebrate, I edited together a little extract (p175), just for fun, which tries to capture the delectable sensory overload to be found in the writing and the show itself. Can’t really put into words how much I love it.

[bookymcbookface]

[thisdancingheart]

Matthew Goode is in Los Angeles right now. Teresa Palmer is in Los Angeles. Deb Harkness is in Los Angeles. Their schedules probably don’t allow them to get together, and we might not ever know if they did, but I feel like there is a group chat happening with these three that is more than likely quite crude and hilarious.

[adowbaldwin]

Nickname: CC

Sign: Cancer

Height: long tall sally

Last thing i googled: how to recover lost USB data

Song stuck in my head: careless whisper

Followers: no idea i dont look

Ammount of sleep: about 3hrs last night

Dream job: "Darling i dont dream of work" (also RSPCA)

Wearing: pyjamas

Book that summarizes me: Perks of Being a Wallflower

Favourite song currently: Drake - Passionfruit

Aesthetic: idk

Fave author: Deb Harkness or Cassandra Clair

Random fact: when i was small i thought Madonna and Michael Jackson were married because respectively they were dubbed the King and Queen of Pop 😂

Tagging: everyone who wants to join in

15 questions, 15 people

Thank you for tagging me @sweetpeapod 💚

Nickname: Steffi, Staff(i), Steff, Schnuffi (by my parents)

Sign: Aquarius

Height: 1,75 m / 5.74 feet

Last thing I googled: 1,75 m in feet

Song stuck in my head currently: Hard to be the Bard

# of followers: 1579

Amount of sleep: 7 hours for a change

Dream Job: author or forensic psychologist. yeah will never happen

Wearing: grey sweatpants, white/black shirt, Christmas socks and my pastel rainbow cardigan

Movie/Book that summarises you: I have absolutely no idea, but I'm up for suggestions

Favourite Song currently: Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls. Can't go wrong with that

Aesthetic: ehhh cosy rock maybe? More cosy though

Favourite Author/s: Patricia Cornwell, Rachel Gibson, JRR Tolkien

Random fact: Penguins poop every 20 minutes.

No pressure tags: @wren-of-the-woods @tellhound @jesskier @luteandsword @ashyyboyy @samlealea @ethereal27cereal @bambirex @thefreakandthehair @magnoliabutters @lavenderspark @amzngdevil @wians @dancingwiththefae @kodiakwhiskey

[sliebman10]

number 5, 38 and 44 for the book asking game!

hope you’re having a lovely day<3

Hello! Thanks for the ask.

5. something in fiction that reads like poetry

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is written both in prose and verse, and is a beautiful coming of age story. You can't always tell where the verse ends and the prose begins because the fusion is so seamless.

38. your favorite series

Besides the obvious? lol. I do love HP but my other favorite series is The All Souls Trilogy by Deb Harkness. Diana, an accomplished historian and witch meets Matthew, a vampire and bond over a mysterious manuscript. There's magic, science, history, vampires and a love story. What more could we want?

44. your favorite fantasy novel

Hmm, I don't know if I really read straight up fantasy. I tend to read realistic stories with fantasy elements, if that makes sense. But the aforementioned All Souls Trilogy is a favorite, and is Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. That one also has magic and vampires. I think you can sense a trend.

[vincentcatagainsttheworld]

#Repost Deborah Harkness FB page Wednesday Memories.... Throwback to Deb's Book to Screen Magic post as we waited for the release of season 2. "With the first episode of A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES season 2 airing this weekend in many places all around the world, this is my last installment of #Book2ScreenMagicMonday. Today, I'm devoting my post to our talented and generous cast who have taken my characters and brought them to life on screen in ways that have amazed, humbled, and thrilled me. Being around the actors--whether they are leading members of the cast our one of our supporting artists--has been fascinating for me as a writer. They ask me the same questions preparing for their roles that I once asked myself when writing the books: how does Diana really feel about Sarah? how do Matthew's past deeds shape his present interactions? What is Philippe's biggest concern? Is Knox a bigot or a racist--and is there a difference? Before meeting Phoebe, was Marcus a love-em-and-leave-them guy or a serial monogamist? I'm playing a merchant, where would I have come from and why am I in London? I love these conversations with the actors. They almost always bring me fresh new insights into my characters, because actors have stunning emotional intelligence and have empathetic skills that can put the rest of us to shame. Our directors work with the cast to sharpen and hone their understanding of the characters, of course. And the actors work with each other to discuss how to dig deeper into the roles and how to fit the different characters together into an ensemble that feels organic and truthful. People always ask me what I will miss when we finish filming the series in a few short weeks. My answer is always the same: I will miss being on set and sharing in the magic as my books are brought to the screen--especially my conversations with Teresa, Matthew, Ed, Adelle, Aiysha, Steven, Tom, James, Michael, Alex, Val, Tanya, Gregg, Lindsay, Sorcha, Paul, Holly, Milo, Aisling, Gregg, Malin, Owen, Trevor, Trystan, Elarica, Elaine, Michael, Joshua, Adam, Sophia, and all the rest. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAGpgCM8CL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=