Victoria Bennett
Victoria Bennett is an award-winning writer and poet whose work centres on nature, identity, disability and creative resilience. Her debut memoir, All My Wild Mothers (John Murray Press), won the Nautilus Award for Memoir, was shortlisted for multiple UK prizes, and was named an Aladin ‘Best Book of the 21st Century’. She is also the author of The Apothecary by the Sea (Elliott & Thompson). Founder of Wild Women Press and the international Wild Women Writers’ Salons, Victoria lives with her husband, artist Adam Clarke, and their son in Orkney, an archipelago off the far north coast of Scotland, where she tends her apothecary garden by the sea.
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Harness the potential of tarot to support and inspire creative practice, reflection, perspective, and everyday making.
This inspirational book invites artists, writers, and open-minded creatives to work with tarot as a framework for reflection and imaginative inquiry. Drawing on more than thirty years of lived creative practice, Bennett shows how tarot’s images, archetypes, and narratives can support creative momentum, deepen self-trust, and help navigate periods of creative block.
Blending personal insight with accessible exercises, The Fool’s Leap introduces a practice that integrates tailored spreads, creative prompts, and intuitive interpretation. Tarot opens better questions—about process, direction, and intention—rather than supplying fixed answers. The emphasis is on staying present with the work and building a sustainable creative rhythm.
For anyone standing at the threshold of a new idea, a stalled project, or a return to creative practice, The Fool’s Leap offers an invitation to stay present, trust the process, and take the next step.
REVIEWS OF The Fool’s Leap
"Rich, deep, playful and practical, this book is a welcome reminder that we have these beautiful and mysterious artworks to be our allies and companions in our lives." Bernadette Russell, author of Conversations on Kindness
"An invitation, a celebration and a challenge… This wonderful book is a comforting companion … to find reassurance, inspiration, wisdom, insight and encouragement to create." Catherine Simpson, author of One Body
"Written with wit, warmth, and a deep understanding of the creative spirit, [this book] reframes Tarot not as a fortune‑telling tool but as a vibrant companion … the whole book hums with the kind of magic that reminds you why you create in the first place." Rebecca Beattie, author of The Way Through The Woods
