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Our story
The Witchery is a woman-owned, queer-friendly creative operation, located on the bustling Pickering Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts. It was founded by Gret McGilvray and Bruce Malley in 2016 as an art & performance space, and has since grown into a broom making, bookbinding, and spell jar workshop space.
In 2023, The Witchery expanded across the Atlantic to Edinburgh, Scotland, where Gret's daughter Tara lives. They opened a new shop, Wheel of Fate, directed by Tara McGilvray-Guard.
In 2025, The Witchery opened Craft Witch: a DIY Crafting Studio, and Tarot Cove: a reading room and gathering space.
Giving back
The Witchery supports our community with donations to NAGLY (North Shore Alliance for LGBTQ+ youth), The Salem Pantry, Salem Sound Coastwatch.
100% of profits from our 'leather by the pound' sales are donated to the Northeast Animal Shelter, and North American Wolf Foundation.
The Witchery has also donated to SAGE USA a space for LGBTQ Elders, and The Trevor Project. as well as the Mass Poetry Festival.
Our future
Our goals for the future are to find more locally grown, ethically sourced crafting materials and supplies, as well as to connect with our community to bring diverse talent to our live performances.
Contact us with ideas, suggestions, or if you'd like to join our crew of creative folks here at The Witchery!
About the owners
Gret McGilvray
Gret, owner of The Witchery, is a solitary witch, published poet, performer, musician, and mother of 2 adult children (and numerous snakes that have slithered into the great beyond).
She currently spends time working on performance art, writing, crafting, and communing with the dead. Gret has had numerous experiences that suggest there is more to this world than meets the eye, and she loves to explore this through art and performance.
Bruce Malley
Bruce Malley is a Witchery partner and the guitarist extraordinaire for their live performances, as well as the lead guitarist for their band Calamus. Bruce grew up overseas, where he was exposed to a variety of lifestyles, art styles, and musical genres. He has a passion for improvisational jams and spontaneous musical explorations.
About our Sister Shop: Wheel o' Fate
Wheel of Fate: Folk Arts & Witch Crafts is a mother-daughter project which opened in Edinburgh, Scotland in the spring of 2023. Wheel of Fate offers not only broom making and bookbinding classes, but also fibre arts workshops! We are located at 63 Causewayside, Edinburgh, just down the road from Summerhall, a vibrant, cultural village in the heart of the city.
While Edinburgh, Scotland is home to the world's largest international art festival, it also has a tragic witchcraft history: "In Scotland, from the 16th to 18th centuries, between 3000 and 4000 people were tortured, convicted and executed as witches. The situation in Edinburgh was particularly tragic, with more people strangled and burnt at the stake on the Edinburgh Castle esplanade than anywhere else in Scotland" (Forever Scotland).
Today, Edinburgh is seeing a resurgence of modern-day witches and witchcraft. We hope you get a chance to visit this very magickal city, and our new shop Wheel o' Fate!