Anya Bergman – The Tarot Reader of Versailles
Date: Sunday 31st May 2026
Venue:Seanchaí- Kerry Writers’ Museum
Time: 1.30 PM
Join the enchanting Anya Bergman to discuss her latest novel, The Tarot Reader of Versailles and the inspiration, research, and writing process behind the novel. It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns. Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand has an extraordinary power. Through her tarot cards she can commune with the dead. She is loyal to Marie Antoinette—despite foreseeing her fate. She meets Cáit, an Irish maid who can see the past, and the two young women share an electrifying connection, drawn to each other’s abilities. But Cáit has secrets, and who will she betray?
Anya Bergman?is the author of the bestselling?The Witches of Vardø, a Sunday Times best historical fiction book of 2023, and was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2023.