Uncanny Englishness: Kit Whitfield on Folklore and Fantasy

Monsters, Magic & Marvel: Carrie Harris Meets Her Cards

Carrie Harris writes novels, comics, and games set in original worlds as well as for exciting licenses including Marvel, Warhammer 40k, Miraculous Ladybug, Arkham Horror, and the World of Darkness. She's also an editor, ghostwriter, and writing teacher, and she's passionate about mental health support for creatives. Her most recent book, THE FORBIDDEN VISIONS OF LUCIUS GALLOWAY (Aconyte Books, 2024) is a slowburn horror about a gay black academic in the 1920s which challenges traditional Lovecraft tropes. Find out more at https://carrieharrisbooks.com [https://carrieharrisbooks.com] Tarot Interviews credits * Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/fin] * Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/amelia-lawn] * Additional music: Nicola Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/nik] * Cover art: Rein G [https://www.fiverr.com/reindrawthings] If you enjoy Tarot Interviews, you may also like Tarot DMs [https://tarotdms.com] by Finbarre Snarey. a companion series where guests chat entirely by messenger apps and draw three cards to shape the conversation. If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page [https://tarotinterviews.com] Disclaimer: The Tarot Interviews podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not constitute professional, legal, financial, medical, or psychological advice. Listeners are encouraged to seek guidance from qualified professionals where appropriate.

Uncanny Englishness: Kit Whitfield on Folklore and Fantasy

Kit Whitfield is an English novelist and essayist based in London. Her debut novel, published in 2006 as Bareback (UK) and Benighted (US), was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, and optioned by Warner Bros. Kit is the author of the Gyrford duology - In the Heart of Hidden Things (2022) and its sequel All the Hollow of the Sky (2023) - both longlisted for the BSFA . These novels are set in a fictional pre‑industrial English village and centre on a family of fairy‑smiths who forge iron to repel spirits. Beyond fiction, she has written a series of critical essays titled What’s on Shudder?/Essays on Horror for Ginger Nuts of Horror.  In her earlier career, Kit trained as a chef and a masseur, and worked in various roles including website editor, quote‑hunter, toy‑shop assistant, and publisher.  Discover more at https://kitwhitfield.blogspot.com/ [https://kitwhitfield.blogspot.com/] and https://gnofhorror.com/whats-on-shudder/ [https://gnofhorror.com/whats-on-shudder/] Tarot Interviews credits * Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/fin] * Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/amelia-lawn] * Additional music: Nicola Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/nik] * Cover art: Rein G [https://www.fiverr.com/reindrawthings] If you enjoy Tarot Interviews, you may also like Tarot DMs [https://tarotdms.com] by Finbarre Snarey. a companion series where guests chat entirely by messenger apps and draw three cards to shape the conversation. If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page [https://tarotinterviews.com] Disclaimer: The Tarot Interviews podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not constitute professional, legal, financial, medical, or psychological advice. Listeners are encouraged to seek guidance from qualified professionals where appropriate.

Here, Queer and Creating! Tarot with Nova and Mali

Nova and Mali are married nonbinary lesbians who love fostering kittens and making inclusive gay art projects. Nova is from Michigan and Mali is from Germany and Texas, and they live together in Lansing, Michigan with their cats, Sam and Cosmo. Discover their latest project Star Crossed: A Queer Tarot - a gorgeous new set of cards celebrating LGBTQ+ identities and disability representation. Now live on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/novaandmali/star-crossed-a-queer-tarot], the deck is a love letter to queer resilience and artistic freedom. For more information: Website: novaandmali.com [https://novaandmali.com] Instagram: nova_mali [https://www.instagram.com/nova_mali/?hl=en] Bluesky: novamali [https://bsky.app/profile/novamali.bsky.social] Tumblr: novaandmali [https://www.tumblr.com/novaandmali] Tarot Interviews credits * Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/fin] * Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/amelia-lawn] * Additional music: Nicola Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/nik] * Cover art: Rein G [https://www.fiverr.com/reindrawthings] If you enjoy Tarot Interviews, you may also like Tarot DMs [https://tarotdms.com] by Finbarre Snarey. a companion series where guests chat entirely by messenger apps and draw three cards to shape the conversation. If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page [https://tarotinterviews.com] Disclaimer: The Tarot Interviews podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not constitute professional, legal, financial, medical, or psychological advice. Listeners are encouraged to seek guidance from qualified professionals where appropriate.

Do It Scared: Sage Fung on Tarot, Leaving Home, and Embracing the Unknown

Beth Sage Phung is a nonbinary, first generation Asian-American writer and voice actor. They have poetry published in the Boats Against the Current [https://boatsagainstthecurrent.org/] magazine and the second Poets Underground Anthology, [https://www.poetsundergroundpress.com/shopbooks] as well as various pieces posted on their Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/unscriptedsage/] account. Their voice acting talents can be heard most notably as Cassius in the audio drama Syntax. [https://syntaxpodcast.org/]  Their writing highlights their personal experience with their identity and interpersonal relationships, as well as their time spent working as a teacher in American junior and high schools. When not working at their day job, they find moments here and there to put pen to paper. Tarot Interviews credits * Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/fin] * Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/amelia-lawn] * Additional music: Nicola Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/nik] * Cover art: Rein G [https://www.fiverr.com/reindrawthings] If you enjoy Tarot Interviews, you may also like Tarot DMs [https://tarotdms.com] by Finbarre Snarey. a companion series where guests chat entirely by messenger apps and draw three cards to shape the conversation. If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page [https://tarotinterviews.com] Disclaimer: The Tarot Interviews podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not constitute professional, legal, financial, medical, or psychological advice. Listeners are encouraged to seek guidance from qualified professionals where appropriate.

Queer Magic: Tarot and Transformation with Cassandra Snow

Cassandra Snow is an author of Tarot & Occult books, full-time Tarot reader and creative witch about town. Their latest book project is Tarot In Other Words. This book is an essay anthology on queer tarot topics that Snow curated, edited and contributed to.  Order Tarot In Other Words [https://bookshop.org/p/books/tarot-in-other-words-an-essential-anthology-by-leading-queer-tarot-writers-cassandra-snow/21761953] now! Tarot Interviews credits * Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/fin] * Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/amelia-lawn] * Additional music: Nicola Snarey [https://tarotinterviews.com/person/nik] * Cover art: Rein G [https://www.fiverr.com/reindrawthings] If you enjoy Tarot Interviews, you may also like Tarot DMs [https://tarotdms.com] by Finbarre Snarey. a companion series where guests chat entirely by messenger apps and draw three cards to shape the conversation. If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page [https://tarotinterviews.com] Disclaimer: The Tarot Interviews podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not constitute professional, legal, financial, medical, or psychological advice. Listeners are encouraged to seek guidance from qualified professionals where appropriate.