Chamomile & Clove

Clovers,

It's time to unpick the plot threads of The Black Bird Oracle -- the obvious, the not so obvious, the compelling, and the unfinished. In this episode, we're talking about narrative questi…

Well, well, well,

Look at us! We made it to the end of The Black Bird Oracle! We're doing wrap episodes!

Welcome to the first of two book-wrap discussion episodes for The Black Bird Oracle by De…

Happy Sunday, Clovers.

So pleased to be with you again.

In this episode, we're covering Chapters 24-27 of The Black Bird Oracle. We've reached the end of the story... or have we? In this episode…

Clovers,

Happy Sunday! Welcome back to our discussion of The Black Bird Oracle.

We made it to Venice (what), used Ysabeau as a distraction (smart), and conducted a teensy witch heist (wait, agai…

Clovers,

We have made it to part 3, or should we say book 3(?) of The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. Things are happening fast and we have a plot to finish. 

Join us as we discuss family trau…

Happy Sunday(?) Covers!

In this episode we are discussing Ch. 19-20 of The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. There is tea aplenty. It is hot. It is also spicy. We are suddenly serving up some Bi…

Clovers,

Hi, hi. Happy 2025.

January is always a bit of an odd, dark time -- we're in a slow season and everything is a little... off. You know, like perhaps the forest behind your family homest…

Happy er, Monday, Clovers.

In this episode, we're tackling Chapters 9 and 10 of The Black Bird Oracle, which combines the witch version of a courtroom procedural with ancient mythology. We're talk…

In this episode we are discussing chapters 7 and 8 of The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. An episode so nice that we had to do it twice. Yes, the pod calamities do persist, but we're still her…

Oh, Clovers.

Have you ever had a month (ish) where nothing went your way? Where everything went a bit to a hell and sideways and pear-shaped and you just couldn't get your feet under you? That was…

You guys.

It's been two years, but with the publication of The Black Bird Oracle, we could not resist coming back. In this episode, we're catching up and finding our stride again as we cover Chapte…

Dearest Clovers,

Today is a bittersweet day. In this episode, we're announcing our hiatus from podcasting. Both of us are about to embark upon major life changes and, 120 episodes and five years l…

Happy Sunday Clovers!

Well, well, well, here we are with our penultimate discussion of A Discovery of Witches and the All Souls Universe. It's been quite the journey. We have so loved discussing this…

We are so pleased to be here to begin our discussion of the entirety of the TV series A Discovery of Witches. The moment when we saw the series premiere of the series at All Souls Con in 2018 seems …

This week, we're bringing you our seventh (!?) plot discussion episode covering Season 3 of A Discovery of Witches TV. We're doing a deep dive on the plot highlights of S3 and whether (or not) they …

Happy Sunday, Clovers!

Sorry for the brief delay in getting you this episode -- sometimes the external world plays tricks with our recording and editing schedule.

Nonetheless -- we're bringing yo…