A. D. Bergin
@adberginwriter.bsky.social
Historical Fiction Author ‘The Wicked Of The Earth’. Britain’s biggest witch trial: greed, corruption, the strong women who dared to fight back and one damaged man seeking redemption.
What a fantastic evening
@waterstonesKDY with great thanks to James and all who attended for the fascinating discussion and exacting questions. The perfect event.
@waterstonesKDY with great thanks to James and all who attended for the fascinating discussion and exacting questions. The perfect event.
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What a fantastic evening
@waterstonesKDY with great thanks to James and all who attended for the fascinating discussion and exacting questions. The perfect event.
@waterstonesKDY with great thanks to James and all who attended for the fascinating discussion and exacting questions. The perfect event.
Prompted to check up on reader reviews for ‘The Wicked Of The Earth’ & delighted to find current ratings of:
Goodreads 4.06 (4.29 for special launch edition)
Amazon 4.2
Waterstones 4.67
Screenshots below. Please do review books - for an author, all reader feedback is invaluable.
Goodreads 4.06 (4.29 for special launch edition)
Amazon 4.2
Waterstones 4.67
Screenshots below. Please do review books - for an author, all reader feedback is invaluable.
August 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Prompted to check up on reader reviews for ‘The Wicked Of The Earth’ & delighted to find current ratings of:
Goodreads 4.06 (4.29 for special launch edition)
Amazon 4.2
Waterstones 4.67
Screenshots below. Please do review books - for an author, all reader feedback is invaluable.
Goodreads 4.06 (4.29 for special launch edition)
Amazon 4.2
Waterstones 4.67
Screenshots below. Please do review books - for an author, all reader feedback is invaluable.
Setting up @litandphil for today’s sold-out event Remembering the accused witches of Newcastle’.
August 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Setting up @litandphil for today’s sold-out event Remembering the accused witches of Newcastle’.
Approaching Autumn in the North East, a mellow morning on The Ness, to which Oystercatchers have returned.
Also near is the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle Witch Trial Executions and a busy run of book events, beginning with a much anticipated evening
@WstoneDurhamUni
7pm Wednesday.
Also near is the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle Witch Trial Executions and a busy run of book events, beginning with a much anticipated evening
@WstoneDurhamUni
7pm Wednesday.
August 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Approaching Autumn in the North East, a mellow morning on The Ness, to which Oystercatchers have returned.
Also near is the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle Witch Trial Executions and a busy run of book events, beginning with a much anticipated evening
@WstoneDurhamUni
7pm Wednesday.
Also near is the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle Witch Trial Executions and a busy run of book events, beginning with a much anticipated evening
@WstoneDurhamUni
7pm Wednesday.
Fantastic Thursday evening in conversation with @angharadhampshirewriter at @thegrovebookshop in Ilkley. Compelling audience questions / discussion around morality, individual responsibility and the deep relevance of historical fiction. Thanks to all.
July 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fantastic Thursday evening in conversation with @angharadhampshirewriter at @thegrovebookshop in Ilkley. Compelling audience questions / discussion around morality, individual responsibility and the deep relevance of historical fiction. Thanks to all.
Delighted to have so many NE events to look forward to around the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle witch trial executions. Catch me Aug. 20th @WstoneDurhamUni
& 27th @WaterstonesMorp - or leading a great panel discussion
@litandphil Saturday Aug. 23rd, as well as @TheWord_UK Sept. 16th.
& 27th @WaterstonesMorp - or leading a great panel discussion
@litandphil Saturday Aug. 23rd, as well as @TheWord_UK Sept. 16th.
July 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Delighted to have so many NE events to look forward to around the 375th anniversary of the Newcastle witch trial executions. Catch me Aug. 20th @WstoneDurhamUni
& 27th @WaterstonesMorp - or leading a great panel discussion
@litandphil Saturday Aug. 23rd, as well as @TheWord_UK Sept. 16th.
& 27th @WaterstonesMorp - or leading a great panel discussion
@litandphil Saturday Aug. 23rd, as well as @TheWord_UK Sept. 16th.
So, travels done, Max is liking being home.
June 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So, travels done, Max is liking being home.
So, the big ‘Wicked’ tour, a generally north to south affair. embarks upon its final chapter…
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
So, the big ‘Wicked’ tour, a generally north to south affair. embarks upon its final chapter…
wonderful evening in Stow thanks to
@WedaleBookshop
- Max was amazing through great discussion with
@11mwc
and lots of questions from the crowd in a packed church. Now an early start for #IndieBookshopWeek day 7 @theedinburghbookshop &
@BookNook_Sarah
@WedaleBookshop
- Max was amazing through great discussion with
@11mwc
and lots of questions from the crowd in a packed church. Now an early start for #IndieBookshopWeek day 7 @theedinburghbookshop &
@BookNook_Sarah
June 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
wonderful evening in Stow thanks to
@WedaleBookshop
- Max was amazing through great discussion with
@11mwc
and lots of questions from the crowd in a packed church. Now an early start for #IndieBookshopWeek day 7 @theedinburghbookshop &
@BookNook_Sarah
@WedaleBookshop
- Max was amazing through great discussion with
@11mwc
and lots of questions from the crowd in a packed church. Now an early start for #IndieBookshopWeek day 7 @theedinburghbookshop &
@BookNook_Sarah
Day 6 #IndieBookshopWeek, the most anticipated of all. A pair of signings
@BookendsCarl & @waterstonescarlisle then an evening with the amazing
@WedaleBookshop - poignant as Stow was the last place of ‘work’ for witch-pricker Kincaid prior to the Northumberland & Durham hunt.
@BookendsCarl & @waterstonescarlisle then an evening with the amazing
@WedaleBookshop - poignant as Stow was the last place of ‘work’ for witch-pricker Kincaid prior to the Northumberland & Durham hunt.
June 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Day 6 #IndieBookshopWeek, the most anticipated of all. A pair of signings
@BookendsCarl & @waterstonescarlisle then an evening with the amazing
@WedaleBookshop - poignant as Stow was the last place of ‘work’ for witch-pricker Kincaid prior to the Northumberland & Durham hunt.
@BookendsCarl & @waterstonescarlisle then an evening with the amazing
@WedaleBookshop - poignant as Stow was the last place of ‘work’ for witch-pricker Kincaid prior to the Northumberland & Durham hunt.
Start of #IndieBookshopWeek day 3 in Cheltenham, a town remarkably well-served for books @rossiter_books @HatchardsCheltenham & @cheltenham_waterstones, (where it was great to meet the brilliant @ravencrimereads), all looked over by this faintly menacing pair…
June 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Start of #IndieBookshopWeek day 3 in Cheltenham, a town remarkably well-served for books @rossiter_books @HatchardsCheltenham & @cheltenham_waterstones, (where it was great to meet the brilliant @ravencrimereads), all looked over by this faintly menacing pair…
Early start for #IndieBookshopWeek, first in Leeds
@littlebookshops
then
@beverleybooks
- both a special pleasure.
Do support your local #IndieBookshop this week. Bookselling is hard, indie booksellers so much more than retailers.
@littlebookshops
then
@beverleybooks
- both a special pleasure.
Do support your local #IndieBookshop this week. Bookselling is hard, indie booksellers so much more than retailers.
June 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Early start for #IndieBookshopWeek, first in Leeds
@littlebookshops
then
@beverleybooks
- both a special pleasure.
Do support your local #IndieBookshop this week. Bookselling is hard, indie booksellers so much more than retailers.
@littlebookshops
then
@beverleybooks
- both a special pleasure.
Do support your local #IndieBookshop this week. Bookselling is hard, indie booksellers so much more than retailers.
Events coming thick and fast during # IndieBookshopWeek - a cracker in prospect next Wednesday in Dudley @Saturday_Books_
saturdaybooks.co.uk
saturdaybooks.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Events coming thick and fast during # IndieBookshopWeek - a cracker in prospect next Wednesday in Dudley @Saturday_Books_
saturdaybooks.co.uk
saturdaybooks.co.uk
Phenomenal demand, I hear, for what is probably my most-anticipated event so far (@wedalebooks is the very best of bookshops and Gordy a marvel). Such a privilege to be in conversation with @11mwc in Stow a week Thursday. Book one of the last places while you can.
June 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Phenomenal demand, I hear, for what is probably my most-anticipated event so far (@wedalebooks is the very best of bookshops and Gordy a marvel). Such a privilege to be in conversation with @11mwc in Stow a week Thursday. Book one of the last places while you can.
#IndieBookshopWeek is coming up, 14th-21st June. Do support your local independent bookshop. It’s a tough industry and indies do an amazing job for writers, readers and local communities.
It’s also a combined marathon and sprint for ‘Wicked’: 30 bookshops in a week, can’t wait.
It’s also a combined marathon and sprint for ‘Wicked’: 30 bookshops in a week, can’t wait.
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#IndieBookshopWeek is coming up, 14th-21st June. Do support your local independent bookshop. It’s a tough industry and indies do an amazing job for writers, readers and local communities.
It’s also a combined marathon and sprint for ‘Wicked’: 30 bookshops in a week, can’t wait.
It’s also a combined marathon and sprint for ‘Wicked’: 30 bookshops in a week, can’t wait.
Love for ‘Wicked’ across Lincolnshire: wonderful signing and meeting readers in Lincoln @lark_books_
@LindumBooks
the very best of talks and audiences
@Therabbits21
and amazing engagement (and sales) from customers
@waterstonesgy
Thanks to all, I’ll be back with Max.
@LindumBooks
the very best of talks and audiences
@Therabbits21
and amazing engagement (and sales) from customers
@waterstonesgy
Thanks to all, I’ll be back with Max.
May 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Love for ‘Wicked’ across Lincolnshire: wonderful signing and meeting readers in Lincoln @lark_books_
@LindumBooks
the very best of talks and audiences
@Therabbits21
and amazing engagement (and sales) from customers
@waterstonesgy
Thanks to all, I’ll be back with Max.
@LindumBooks
the very best of talks and audiences
@Therabbits21
and amazing engagement (and sales) from customers
@waterstonesgy
Thanks to all, I’ll be back with Max.
A small, and fascinating, historical diversion between book signings and events…
May 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A small, and fascinating, historical diversion between book signings and events…
Lovely day visiting bookshops along the Thames west of London. Thanks to all, but particularly to the wonderful booksellers @waterstonesbracknell and @theweybridgebookshop for the face-out and recommendation card displays.
May 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Lovely day visiting bookshops along the Thames west of London. Thanks to all, but particularly to the wonderful booksellers @waterstonesbracknell and @theweybridgebookshop for the face-out and recommendation card displays.
Two of the very best small bookshops in the country sit near one another in Suffolk: Andrew’s vibrant, eclectic @dial_lane_books in Ipswich being just 11 miles from William’s wonderful, perfectly-curated @Stillwaterbooksfelixstowe in beautiful Felixstowe. Signed copies in each.
May 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Two of the very best small bookshops in the country sit near one another in Suffolk: Andrew’s vibrant, eclectic @dial_lane_books in Ipswich being just 11 miles from William’s wonderful, perfectly-curated @Stillwaterbooksfelixstowe in beautiful Felixstowe. Signed copies in each.
Brilliant Sunday @inkandquill.bsky.social with a wonderful, engaged, knowledgeable crowd. Lovely properly to meet among them Sarah from @angusbookfest and Judith Langlands-Scott. Looking forward to returning this November.
May 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Brilliant Sunday @inkandquill.bsky.social with a wonderful, engaged, knowledgeable crowd. Lovely properly to meet among them Sarah from @angusbookfest and Judith Langlands-Scott. Looking forward to returning this November.
Thanks again to Dean @heronandwillow and the many Jedburgh folk who attended a fantastic q&a last night. Great discussions, insightful, challenging questions, ‘Wicked’ sold out. Max will be there next time, it’s a promise.
April 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Thanks again to Dean @heronandwillow and the many Jedburgh folk who attended a fantastic q&a last night. Great discussions, insightful, challenging questions, ‘Wicked’ sold out. Max will be there next time, it’s a promise.
A true peak among so many book tour highlights was to meet Alastair and Chloe
@booksonthehill.bsky.social - not only the loveliest of people running a magnificent book shop, but also responsible for BOTH Press, committed to adult dyslexia-friendly titles, now expanding to some fantastic names.
@booksonthehill.bsky.social - not only the loveliest of people running a magnificent book shop, but also responsible for BOTH Press, committed to adult dyslexia-friendly titles, now expanding to some fantastic names.
April 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A true peak among so many book tour highlights was to meet Alastair and Chloe
@booksonthehill.bsky.social - not only the loveliest of people running a magnificent book shop, but also responsible for BOTH Press, committed to adult dyslexia-friendly titles, now expanding to some fantastic names.
@booksonthehill.bsky.social - not only the loveliest of people running a magnificent book shop, but also responsible for BOTH Press, committed to adult dyslexia-friendly titles, now expanding to some fantastic names.
Great thanks to
@BorderReaders
Stephen Tomlin for masterful readings and control of the evening, to @littlefeltonbookfestival for organising such a lovely festival and to all of the wonderful, engaged, challenging (in a good way) attendees.
@BorderReaders
Stephen Tomlin for masterful readings and control of the evening, to @littlefeltonbookfestival for organising such a lovely festival and to all of the wonderful, engaged, challenging (in a good way) attendees.
March 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Great thanks to
@BorderReaders
Stephen Tomlin for masterful readings and control of the evening, to @littlefeltonbookfestival for organising such a lovely festival and to all of the wonderful, engaged, challenging (in a good way) attendees.
@BorderReaders
Stephen Tomlin for masterful readings and control of the evening, to @littlefeltonbookfestival for organising such a lovely festival and to all of the wonderful, engaged, challenging (in a good way) attendees.
“The herring is the King, or even Emperor, of fishes.”
Paul Neukrantz ‘De Harengo’ 1654
It may only make for a single sentence in the finished book, but I do love the diversions and hidden depths involved in background research.
Paul Neukrantz ‘De Harengo’ 1654
It may only make for a single sentence in the finished book, but I do love the diversions and hidden depths involved in background research.
March 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
“The herring is the King, or even Emperor, of fishes.”
Paul Neukrantz ‘De Harengo’ 1654
It may only make for a single sentence in the finished book, but I do love the diversions and hidden depths involved in background research.
Paul Neukrantz ‘De Harengo’ 1654
It may only make for a single sentence in the finished book, but I do love the diversions and hidden depths involved in background research.