A witch in Cornwall has written a new book all about her own experiences in a local coven.

A Westerly Wind Brings Witches is described as a tongue-in-cheek, humorous story of a modern-day Cornish witch.

Behind it is Sally Walker, from Pendeen, who has belonged to several covens and moon groups over the last 30 years, including the Dream Weavers, who met every full moon for ten years.

However, these days she describes herself as “more of a solitary witch”, telling the Packet: “I find that also offers its own unique pathway to the Other realms, and seems to suit my crone phase!”

Her new novel depicts Cornwall as an ancient land of shore and moor, of standing stones and mystical legends, and “where our long-gone ancestors seem close enough to tap us on the shoulder…”

Falmouth Packet: The book is published on April 1The book is published on April 1 (Image: Sally Walker)

The synopsis goes: “Moira Box, with not a lot going for her, legs it down to Cornwall to join a coven of defiantly stroppy women. Shapeshifting poor Mogs back to The Burning Times, when women’s role in the lingering rural folkways was disappearing from Merrie England.

“Today, witchy women wrapped in cloaks pop up amongst the Cornish standing stones on a full moon basis - wriggling out of the closet woodwork, stubbornly non-compliant and, once in a blue moon, moving magically between the worlds.”

A Westerly Wind Brings Witches is published on April 1 by Moon Books, and will be available at The Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance, Geevor Tin Mine Gift Shop and Falmouth Bookseller.

It can also be ordered through Waterstones in Truro any local bookshop, and is available online directly from Moon Books and Amazon.

Sally said: “I know how hard it can be for authors getting started when you aren’t with one of the huge publishing houses. I feel very fortunate to live in Cornwall, a county with a rich culture in the arts, where people are generously open to new writers.

“Cornwall is rich in different spiritual traditions too, including a thriving pagan community, and I’ve found the people of this far westerly peninsula are open to those of us with more far-out-there beliefs and practices as well.”