Celebrating
The Witches of Cambridge
Her new novel arrives September 8th.
PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, which is based on Alice's hit book The Book of Magic, arrives in theaters three days later.
And on October 15th, EDGE Escapes guests have dinner with Alice in Cambridge.
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH OF OCTOBER
TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX
LIMITED SEATS. RESERVE YOURS.
Join Us in Cambridge October 15, 2026THE NIGHT
Cambridge in October,
the way she wrote it.
A group of us will have dinner, just a few streets from where she set it — and every guest goes home with a signed copy, pressed into your hands by Alice herself. One night. One long table. Half an hour of Alice, unscripted, and then the floor is yours.
Her new novel arrives September 8th. Three days later, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as the Owens sisters in PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, adapted from her novel THE BOOK OF MAGIC. She has been writing about New England witches for thirty years, and this autumn belongs to her. This is the closest you will get to the room they came from.
New England has always kept its witches close.
An Enchanting Event
Thursday,
from afternoon into evening
Where we begin
We meet in the back room with coffee, tea, and something sweet. Alice's world, laid out: the real Radcliffe of 1954, the real societies, the real disappearances. An hour of context and personalized Permanent Jewelry from Sparkling Alchemy, to create your own amulet before the evening properly begins.
4.30 - Down Massachusetts Avenue
A short walk to Harvard Book Store
Ten minutes on foot to one of the great independent bookshops in America, to browse the shelves that shaped her. October air, the whole square lit up.
5.00 - Cocktails, photographs, and signing
Lovestruck Books — Alice's choice for Cocktail Hour
An hour back at Lovestruck with Alice in the room. Drinks among the bookshelves, photographs, and Alice signing your copy of The Witches of Cambridge while you talk with her.
6.00 - Dinner, and half an hour with Alice
A private room in Harvard Square
One long table. Alice sits with us, not at the front of the room. Then, over dessert, in conversation with Juliana Fraioli Wilson: on witches and McCarthy, on Radcliffe, on thirty years of Practical Magic and why the Owens women refuse to leave her alone. Then the floor opens and you ask her yourself.
Final timing and exact locations shared with confirmed guests.
WHAT YOUR SEAT HOLDS
A private cocktail hour with Alice Hoffman at Lovestruck Books in Harvard Square, with photographs and signing.
A signed copy of The Witches of Cambridge, yours to take home.
A private, elegant multi-course dinner in Cambridge, with Alice seated among the guests.
Thirty minutes of tableside Q&A with Alice. Open questions with guests, moderated by Juliana.
A photographer and videographer for the night. Every image is sent to you afterward.
Create Your Own Talisman: Personalized Permanent Jewelry by Sparkling Alchemy.
AND MORE, RESERVED FOR OUR GUESTS
Additional details are shared privately with confirmed guests as the event date approaches.
And as always- this will be a small, curated group.
GUEST OF HONOR
Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman has written more than thirty works of fiction. Practical Magic made her a household name in 1995 and again on screen in 1998, and the Owens family has since grown into four novels read by people who talk about them like family history.
Her work moves between the fantastical and the historical without apology, Salem in Magic Lessons, Masada in The Dovekeepers, occupied Europe in The World That We Knew, Anne Frank's Amsterdam in When We Flew Away. What holds it together is her subject: women who survive things they were not supposed to survive.
The Witches of Cambridge takes her to Radcliffe in the McCarthy years, the city she has lived and worked in for most of her life. We are having dinner with her a few streets from the setting, five weeks after the book comes out.
WHAT TO WEAR
Practical Magic-Chic
Dark and romantic. Layered for a cool night. Deep colors, long sleeves, and whatever jewelry you would call your talisman.
YOUR SEAT
$2,500
Per guest. Everything included: dinner, the after-hours bookshop hour, cocktails, a photographer and videographer for the night, and a signed copy of THE WITCHES OF CAMBRIDGE.
Reserved for a small group of EDGE members.
Not yet a member? Join EDGE ($449/year) to unlock access to this and future member-only events.
Then reserve your seat below.
This is an intentionally small gathering — once seats are reserved, they will not reopen.
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