PBS Books Readers Club welcomes genre bending author Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her “New York Times” best-seller “Mexican Gothic” along with her brand-new novel, “The Bewitching.” These gothic classics conjure much deeper themes lurking just below the surface.

  “The Bewitching” follows grad student Minerva who is immersed in writing her thesis on a little-known macabre author, Beatrice Tremblay, whose most infamous novel may be rooted in a real-life disappearance. As Minerva’s research deepens, she discovers eerie connections between Tremblay’s dark past, the frightening Mexican folklore passed down by her great-grandmother and the realization that those same sinister forces may be stalking her.

Dark, elegant and deeply atmospheric, “The Bewitching” blends New England literary horror with Mexican folkloric dread, drawing readers into a web of obsession, memory and witchcraft. Moreno-Garcia masterfully crafts a narrative where the supernatural isn’t just a threat, it’s a legacy.

Siliva Moreno-Garcia reveals, “One of the big differences between puritanical New England and Mexico is [in] New England, there was a clear attribution to the devil being kind of responsible for witchcraft. In Mexico, a lot of the witchcraft beliefs are coming from a pre-Hispanic tradition that predates European ideas.”

  The PBS Books Readers Club will also explore the eerie brilliance of Moreno-Garcia’s bestseller, “Mexican Gothic.” Together, these haunting novels explore themes of inherited trauma, the power and peril of storytelling, the weight of history and the fight for female agency in worlds shaped and warped by the past.

  Uncover the secrets! Join the PBS Books Readers Club at 5 p.m. on September 24, 2025, for a conversation with Silvia Moreno-Garcia as she explores folklore, witchcraft and cultural perspectives that shape modern mythology.

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