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Witchlore

By Emma Hinds
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Witchlore by Emma Hinds is a limited edition first printing featuring exclusive sprayed edges, available while stocks last. A spellbinding fantasy where the romance is as real as the magic β€” discover your next YA obsession with this love story to raise the dead. At Demdike... Read More
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Witchlore by Emma Hinds is a limited edition first printing featuring exclusive sprayed edges, available while stocks last.

A spellbinding fantasy where the romance is as real as the magic β€” discover your next YA obsession with this love story to raise the dead. At Demdike College of Witchcraft, Orlando is an outcast. Not just for being the only shapeshifter in a college of witches. Not just for being a really bad shapeshifter, with no control over their magic or when their body switches between male and female forms. But because their girlfriend Elizabeth died β€” and it was Lando's fault.

And then charming new boy Bastian arrives with a proposition: he knows a spell that can raise Elizabeth from the dead. It's dangerous, but Lando will try anything. But as Lando's attraction to Bastian grows, questions start to arise. Who is Bastian? What does he really want? And who will survive the resurrection spell?

Wise, brilliantly written, and full of humour and heart β€” I loved it. - Sophie Keetch, author of Morgan Is My Name

Readers are obsessed with Witchlore!

  • With echoes of Holly Black's edge and the wit of Lex Croucher, Witchlore delivers a queer love story wrapped in gothic charm and high-stakes sorcery.
  • One of my favourite books that I've read this year... It gave me such emotional whiplash.
  • A stunning YA debut and a must-read.
  • I constantly thought about this book when I wasn't reading it and it gripped me all the way through... I sobbed at some parts!
  • Well, wasn't this just wonderful!! ... AAAAAAA WHERE CAN I FIND A LOVE LIKE THIS?!!!
  • This book had me in a chokehold very early on... I adored it.
  • A very enjoyable and cute (!) YA urban romantasy! Recommended for those who enjoyed Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven.
  • The diversity and queer representation was so amazing!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835409589

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 368

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Emma Hinds Happiness & Mental Health LGBTQ+ Young Adult

About the Author

Emma is a queer playwright living in Manchester with a focus on telling untold feminist narratives. Her latest play, PURE, was featured in Turn On festival at Hope Mill Theatre Manchester and she was the recipient of the Artist Development grant. She has written an essay published in Tarantino and Theology with Gray Matter Books, and her book Ineffable Love: Christian Themes in Good Omens was published by Darton Longman & Todd.

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