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AMBER PEARSON considers the resurgence of witches in fiction

It seems that witches are having a moment. Or, at least, that's what publishers are banking on.

The success of bestselling books like Stacey Hall's The Familiars, Circe by Madeleine Miller and The Binding by Bridget Collins, with their blend of history and magic and darkly beautiful covers of twisting leaves, animals and magical symbols – suggests there's an appetite for books about witchcraft waiting to be tapped.

While the results of the latest census revealed that Christianity is now a minority religion

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