Sharon Blackie
Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist.
Biography
Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myth, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today.
As well as writing five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets – among them the Guardian, the Irish Times, and the Scotsman. Her books have been translated into several languages, and she has been interviewed by the BBC, US public radio and other broadcasters on her areas of expertise.
Sharon has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.
‘She knows her archetypes, knows her Jung, knows her fairytales and knows her neuroscience, and is sick of being patronised by men who don’t.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES
Her most recent publication was the highly acclaimed HAGITUDE in 2022.
Awards
Creative Scotland Writer’s Award
Roger Deakin Award
Sharon’s Substack, The Art of Enchantment, is in the top ten of Substack’s ‘Best Literature Substacks’. https://substack.com/top/literature
Books
THE LONG DELIRIOUS BURNING BLUE (2016)
IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging (2016)
THE ENCHANTED LIFE: Unlocking the Magic of Everyday (2018)
FOXIFRE WOLFSKIN, AND OTHER STORIES OF SHAPESHIFTING WOMEN (2019)
HAGITUDE: Reimagining the Second Half of Life (2022)
Her next book will be published by Virago in 2024, with an additional deck to be published in January 2024 by Hay House.
