Modern Fairy Sightings: Personal Encounters in Extraordinary Times

Jo Hickey-Hall, a folklore researcher, witch, healer and experiencer of the strange, was born in Jersey, an island scattered with a network of ancient dolmens. She has a long-held interest in the relationship between ritual, supernatural experience, local landscape and oral tradition. Jo lives in Bristol with her family, where she gained a History Masters in 2015, examining the portrayal of the Fae in Medieval Irish literature. Her work was supervised by the prominent authority Professor Ronald Hutton.