Are you working at the intersection of #folklore and #popculture? Myself and @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social are editing a new series for @uexeterpress.bsky.social - FOLKLORE AND THE MEDIA If you'd like to propose a book (TRADE, not academic) please get in touch for details Please share on widely

Are you working at the intersection of #folklore and #popculture? Myself and @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social are editing a new series for @uexeterpress.bsky.social - FOLKLORE AND THE MEDIA If you'd like to propose a book (TRADE, not academic) please get in touch for details Please share on widely

Tonight, online. Still time to grab a ticket

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2w ago

Coming up this Saturday! Our online talk with Jasmine Elmer, author of the world's first book on FEMALE DRAGON SLAYERS is this Saturday at 8pm UK time. All ticket holder receive a recording too. Tickets just £5 (plus booking fee) from bit.ly/flaevents Proceeds support our work. Come and join us

I assume that @societyofauthors.bsky.social is looking to challenge the decision by Ingrams to automatically sell copies of books that it distributes to AI companies for training unless publishers opt OUT (and even then, it is no guarantee)?

A bunch of rare and first edition folklore books available to buy in today's second hand book sale update www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se...

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2w ago

More folklore books from cultures around the world added to our second hand book webstore today, including quite a few that are rare and hard to source in the UK, and first editions. All sales support our charity. www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se... to browse and buy #folklore #books

THIS SATURDAY, ONLINE VIA ZOOM I'll be hosting this talk with Jasmine Elmer, the author of the world's first book on female dragon slayers in folklore and mythology. Tickets are £5 - recording included. Book now at bit.ly/flaevents

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2w ago

Coming up this Saturday! Our online talk with Jasmine Elmer, author of the world's first book on FEMALE DRAGON SLAYERS is this Saturday at 8pm UK time. All ticket holder receive a recording too. Tickets just £5 (plus booking fee) from bit.ly/flaevents Proceeds support our work. Come and join us

A couple of hard to find in the UK titles from folklorist Linda Degh amongst the books added to the second hand folklore bookshop today

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2w ago

A few more books added to our second hand books website today, including these two titles from folklorist Linda Degh which are really hard to get hold of in the UK without paying a lot to import them www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se... to browse and buy to support our charity

NEW EPISODE S11 E196 - APOTHECARY FOLKLORE Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-196.... Watch the video interview at youtu.be/sZNSitp0T44 I explore folk medicine in the 10th and the 17th centuries with my guest Danielle Giles. Expect Medical Cannibalism! #folklore #podcast

NEW EPISODE S11 E196 - APOTHECARY FOLKLORE Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-196.... Watch the video interview at youtu.be/sZNSitp0T44 I explore folk medicine in the 10th and the 17th centuries with my guest Danielle Giles. Expect Medical Cannibalism! #folklore #podcast

Some more second hand folklore books added to our charity book store on the website today. These are all from the donated library of Neil Philip, sold to support The Folklore Library and Archive. Shop at the link below

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 3w ago

We've added a few more books to our second hand folklore bookshop this afternoon, including a couple of rare and unusual items. Mostly folk tale works today www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se... All sales support our charitable work

The next episode of The Folklore Podcast will be out tomorrow... APOTHECARY FOLKLORE with special guest, Danielle Giles.

Lots more second hand folklore books going up for sale to raise money for The Folklore Library and Archive including, today, this First Edition copy of The Lore of the Land by Westwood and Simpson. Browse and buy at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se...

Lots and lots of second hand folklore books hitting the website this month, all raising money for charity. See shared post below. Expand your collections, and check back often, at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se...

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 4w ago

We have loads of second hand folklore books hitting the web over the coming days and weeks, including some from Neil Philip's collections. Highlight of the first batch is this rare 1st edition of Gogmagog by T.C. Lethbridge Expand your library at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se...

Lots and lots of second hand folklore books hitting the website this month, all raising money for charity. See shared post below. Expand your collections, and check back often, at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se...

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 4w ago

We have loads of second hand folklore books hitting the web over the coming days and weeks, including some from Neil Philip's collections. Highlight of the first batch is this rare 1st edition of Gogmagog by T.C. Lethbridge Expand your library at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se...

I have reached page 10 of my rather delayed reading of @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social ‘s advance copy of Fairies A History and it had already dissed ancient aliens. This is a writer who knows how to secure a good review!

I am looking at many books today

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · last mo.

Today we are collecting items from the collection of the late folklorist @neilphilipmyth.bsky.social We are delighted to be able to allow you all access in the future to so many of these wonderful works

Book Review BECOMING BABA YAGA by Kris Spisak "Spisak’s writing style is easy and accessible, rather like sitting around a fire while a storyteller weaves a tale. The academic rigour underpinning her work is undeniable" Read the full review at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/becoming-bab...

@folklorepod.bsky.social Another new postbox topper at Stourbridge Junction

George The Station Cat@george-station-cat.bsky.social · last mo.

I am ready for my director duties during the short film festival “Shuttle Shorts” taking place on the shuttle from 8th July, co-curated by the students at King Ed’s college and Dan from Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema. Www.FNCinema.co.uk Www.instagram.com/friendlyneighbourhoodcinema

This will be another fun title from @uniwalespress.bsky.social

Xavier Aldana Reyes@xaldanareyes.bsky.social · last mo.

Book announcement! Reece Goodall’s edited collection Horror Spoofs and Parodies is planned for publication this autumn. It’s volume #29 in the Horror Studies academic book series. www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-... @uniwalespress.bsky.social #horror #horrorstudies

Fantastic book

The Folklore Podcast@folklorepod.bsky.social · last mo.

OUT NOW! Season 11, Episode 195 FINDING ALBION Listen on your podcast app of choice, or via the podcast website at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-195.... BBC Radio 6 Music's Zakia Sewell in conversation, recorded live on location at @thebookery.bsky.social #folklore

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The Folklore Podcast@folklorepod.bsky.social · last mo.

OUT NOW! Season 11, Episode 195 FINDING ALBION Listen on your podcast app of choice, or via the podcast website at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-195.... BBC Radio 6 Music's Zakia Sewell in conversation, recorded live on location at @thebookery.bsky.social #folklore

OUT NOW! Season 11, Episode 195 FINDING ALBION Listen on your podcast app of choice, or via the podcast website at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-195.... BBC Radio 6 Music's Zakia Sewell in conversation, recorded live on location at @thebookery.bsky.social #folklore

Next month sees the publication of the world's first book looking at female dragon slayers, and we will be hosting one of the author's first online events via @folklorelibrary.bsky.social To (virtually) meet @jasmineelmer.bsky.social and find out all about SLAY, book now at bit.ly/flaevents

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · last mo.

In our next online talk, Sat 25th July at 8pm via Zoom (with recording for all ticket holders) we will be hosting author @jasmineelmer.bsky.social Jasmine's new book SLAY is the world's first study of female dragon slayers, and this will be one of the first online talks bit.ly/flaevents to book

In tonight's online talk on poltergeists delivered by @deborahhyde.bsky.social in support of @folklorelibrary.bsky.social I mentioned some rare home video footage of a psychokinesis (PK) party. You can watch this on my YouTube channel on this link: youtu.be/wrVI5z8uiRE

A Psychokinesis (PK) Party: Rare Theodore Rockwell Home Video

YouTube video by Folklore Podcast

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Last call for poltergeist fun! Join us online at 8pm tonight or buy a ticket and watch the replay whenever you like bit.ly/flaevents

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · last mo.

#Poltergeists are fascinating. Join us on Saturday to find out just how fascinating, as @deborahhyde.bsky.social leads an exploration into their strange #history. 8pm UK time. Tickets £5, from bit.ly/flaevents Ticket holders get a link to a recording, so don't let your timezone hold you back!

Tomorrow night, online. Come along for some poltergeist fun. All ticket money supports the charity bit.ly/flaevents

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · last mo.

#Poltergeists are fascinating. Join us on Saturday to find out just how fascinating, as @deborahhyde.bsky.social leads an exploration into their strange #history. 8pm UK time. Tickets £5, from bit.ly/flaevents Ticket holders get a link to a recording, so don't let your timezone hold you back!

COMING SOON In the next episode of The Folklore Podcast, you can hear my recent conversation with BBC Radio 6 Music's ZAKIA SEWELL about her Women's Literature Prize shortlisted book FINDING ALBION. This episode was recorded live at @thebookery.bsky.social and will drop this weekend.

I had the pleasure of catching up with @robinince.bsky.social at the library today where we hosted his presentation on neurodiversity and life generally! Such a fascinating talk and kudos for braving the frankly Dante-like temperatures

Don’t forget out next online talk is on Saturday week, and it’s all about poltergoosts… wooooo! Tickets include a video replay. Book now for a fiver (plus EventBrite fee) bit.ly/flaevents

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our next online fundraising talk is coming up on Saturday June 27th at 8pm via Zoom This time, our guest speaker is Deborah Hyde who will be speaking on the history of the Poltergeist. Tickets are £5 (plus booking fee) which also gets you access to a recording. bit.ly/flaevents to grab a place

Some more titles added to the second hand folklore bookshop, including these rare Hamish Hamilton books

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We have added some more stock to our online second hand bookshop for folklore titles, including these rare Hamish Hamilton titles. Buy now while they are available at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/c17/Se... All income goes directly to our charitable work