Stone Tongued by Carol J Forrester

One of our bestsellers, 'Stone Tongued' is a collection of poems by Carol J Forrester.

"We counted all the non-witches. The waterlogged women parcelled in their tiny, tidy, Christian graves."

Witches are woven throughout the book, alongside warriors, rebels, sex workers, goddesses, and everyday individuals. The phrase 'Stone Tongued' emerges in the first poem, where accused witches are declared innocent and tucked away in graves paid for by the Crown.

Sulis reads through curse tablets in her temple, Johanna Ferrour remembers the Peasants' Revolt from her kitchen, and Mary Jones throws her dinner in the face of the workhouse headmaster when he tries to silence her.

Brought together to create a coven of powerful and sometimes violent women, these poems show that power might be hidden, but not forgotten.

"We arrived in this world screaming for revenge."

Format: Paperback

Weight: 146g

Dimensions: 13.9cm x 21.7cm x 0.7cm

Book cover artwork and design: Samantha Sanderson-Marshall www.smashdesigns.co.uk