AK Blakemore

Andy Miller talks to AK Blakemore about her gripping debut novel that takes the reader into the midst of the Puritan regime and harrowing witch trials of seventeenth-century England. A brilliant work of historical fiction, it won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.

AK Blakemore is the author of two full-length collections of poetry: Humbert Summer (Eyewear, 2015) and Fondue (Offord Road Books, 2018), which was awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection. She also works as a translator.

Andy Miller is a reader, author and editor of books. He is one of the presenters of Backlisted Podcast and he lives in Whitstable.