EVENTS
May 15th – 6pm
Amityville Apothecary
Amityville, NY
May 15th at 6pm, I’ll be at the Amityville Apothecary in Amityville, NY for my Create Your Own Tarot Card Workshop!
In this 90-minute class, I will lead you through a visually rich presentation featuring 13 iconic tarot decks, including the spellbinding Dark Wood Tarot by Sasha Graham. With over 100 images, you’ll trace the evolution of the tarot and discover how artists bring the Major Arcana to life through symbolism, storytelling, and personal power.
Then it’s time to create! In the final 30 minutes, you’ll use the imagery and archetypes as inspiration to sketch your own Major Arcana card. No art skills required—just an open mind and a little creative spark.
6pm EST
$44.00
Signed copies of Emperor and Hierophant are included in this class.
May 23rd – 7pm PT
Book Carnival for the Southern California Historical Novel Society
348 South Tustin Street
Orange, CA
Friday, May 23rd at 7pm PDT, Susan Wands be at Book Carnival for the Southern California Historical Novel Society. She will discuss the world of the Golden Dawn, a magical society in London, where Bram Stoker introduced Pamela Colman Smith into the world of magicians, spells, and hexes, defining Pamela’s work as a tarot deck artist in her book, Emperor and Hierophant.

May 30th – 6pm
LightClub Curiosity Shoppe
40 Main Street
Warwick NY
On Friday, May 30th at 6pm, Susan Wands will lead a 90-minute class and guide you through a visually rich presentation featuring the evolution of the tarot and discover how artists bring the Major Arcana to life through symbolism, storytelling, and personal power.
Then it’s time to create! In the final 30 minutes, you’ll use the imagery and archetypes as inspiration to sketch your own Major Arcana card. No art skills required—just an open mind and a little creative spark!
May 27th – 6pm
Jefferson Market Library
425 Avenue of the Americas
New York City, NY
Join us for “Alternate History in Historical Fiction Book Series”
How much factual plotting and sleuthing is used in the Alternate History genre? What is the balance needed in writing a novel based in fact, but embroidered with flights of fancy? Author Kris Waldherr hosts our panel “Alternate History in Historical Fiction Book Series,” featuring authors Susan Wands and Elizabeth Crowens. Each author has taken license with set stories and provided an “alternate reality” in executing their narrations. Come discover how they wove fact, fiction, and other worlds into their writing.
PAST EVENTS
October 11th and 12th
UK Tarot Conference
London
Susan will be part of the sold-out UK Tarot Conference as one of five authors. You can still purchase virtual tickets by clicking below.
October 18th
Pamela Colman Smith & Her Muses
19:00-21:00
The Plough Bloomsbury
27 Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LH
£10
Atlantis Bookshop will be hosting an event at The Plough Bloomsbury Pamela Colman Smith & Her Muses. The presentation will center on Pamela Colman Smith, born 1878, in Pimlico, London, and will discover her muses for her iconic tarot deck, printed in 1909. We will track the when, where and how Pamela met Dame Ellen Terry, celebrity actress, muse and patron, and Florence Farr, actress, producer, director and teacher, and how these two women may have inspired her two tarot cards, The Empress and the High Priestess. Susan will also talk about how this research inspired the plot for her 2024 release of High Priestess and Empress, Book Two, Arcana Oracle Series. There will be a powerpoint presentation and demonstration tarot reading, along with books to sign.
October 22nd
Iconic People, Invented Plots:
Real Stories Woven into Fiction and Fantasy
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011
Susan Wands will be a panelist with the NYC Chapter of the Historical Novel Society at 6:30 pm on October 22nd!
Host Sarah Relyea will interview Jeanne Mackin and Susan Wands to explore how historical novelists handle iconic characters and their descendants with regard to self-censorship, publisher and reader expectations, and other constraints on authorial freedom. Jeanne Mackin’s Picasso’s Lovers presents a tangled and vivid portrait of the women caught in Picasso’s charismatic orbit through the affairs, the scandals, and the art. Mackin will share the challenges of working with a man as famous, or infamous, as Picasso. Susan Wands’ High Priestess and Empress explores early-20th century London society through the career of artist and seer Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator of the popular Waite-Smith tarot deck. Wands will share her process of working with this fascinating figure, with roots in Brooklyn, London, and Jamaica and contacts among London’s actors, writers, occultists—and even royalty. A short Q&A will follow the panel presentation, with a meet and greet with the authors, along with light refreshments and book signings.
This is an in-person event which will be audio-recorded for our podcast. Because space is limited, please RSVP below:
https://subscribepage.io/SxJEys
August 17th 4-6pm:
Mystic Journey Bookstore
2923 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Live music, food, drink, talk about tarot and the book series, and tarot reading giveaway.
May 1st:
Dirty Sexy History Podcast
Jessica Cale interviews Susan Wands

April 3rd:
The Culture Buzz interview
John Busbee interviews Susan Wands about High Priestess and Empress.
April 20th:
Susan Wands will lecture on “Yeats and Pamela Coleman Smith: Golden Dawn Magicians and Artists”.
12 pm, NYU Glucksman Ireland House
One Washington Mews,
Eastside of Fifth Avenue, One Block North of Washington Square Arch
Susan Wands will lecture on “Yeats and Pamela Coleman Smith: Golden Dawn Magicians and Artists”.
12 pm, NYU Glucksman Ireland House
One Washington Mews,
Eastside of Fifth Avenue, One Block North of Washington Square Arch

April 6th:
Deborah Kalb did a book Q & A with Susan. Read the interview by clicking on the button below:
January 22nd:
I’ll be doing a presentation on Florence Farr, the leader of Golden Dawn, Suffragist, Teacher, Actress, Magician and Author. We’ll go over her life with photos, rituals she created, the roles George Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats played in her love life, and her zest for living!
Join us on January 22nd. To register, click on the picture below:
Sunday April 23
Susan Wands discusses her book Magician and Fool with Sharonah Rapseik on Magic Universe. The inspiration for the book and Susan’s book series, tarot influences and Pamela’s artwork on display in museums are covered in this one-hour interview.
Saturday April 22nd, 2pm EDT
Kris Waldherr and Susan Wands will discuss how Tarot has influenced their creative process and what are the mystical aspects of Tarot. Register for this free one-hour Zoom event below:
March 2
Dirty Sexy History Podcast
Jessica Cale interviews Susan Wands

March 1, 10 am EST
One on One with Steve Adubato
February 4, 2 pm EST
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