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The Folklore Library & Archive
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Registered Charity No: 1203418. Patrons: Michael Rosen, Joanne Harris.

Preserving traditional heritage and folklore materials for the future, and delivering these through open access. Focus on at-risk heritage.

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The Folklore Library & Archive @folklorelibrary.bsky.social · Jun 14
Launching our important new fundraiser:

SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE FOLKLORE LIBRARY & ARCHIVE FOR ALL

Please read our story at gofund.me/4e063560

If you can make a donation on that link, please help us. Donations will earn you a range of rewards to show our gratitude, pictured below.

Thank you
Secure the future of the Folklore Library & Archive for all GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/4e063560 REWARDS £10 Donation - Membership of the 'Friends of the Folklore Library & Archive' for 12 months. £20 Donation - Friends membership PLUS an archive box named in your honour. £50+ Donation - All previous rewards PLUS a merchandise pack delivered later in the year. £100+ Donation - All previous rewards PLUS a guided tour of our collections (travel not included). £150+ Donation - All previous rewards PLUS lunch with members of the Folklore Library & Archive team. Thank you for any donation you are able to make.
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folklorepod.bsky.social
Last call for tickets

Online talk tonight at 8pm GMT on werewolves in folklore and myth

£5 plus video replay from

bit.ly/flaevents
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November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
This offer ends at midnight tomorrow!
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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alexdavis1981.bsky.social
Come and grab a final fix of folk horror this festive season, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2 running online over the weekend of 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #winter #midwinter #writing #writers #fiction #authors
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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folklorelibrary.bsky.social
ONLINE WEREWOLVES!

Our next online fundraising lecture is tomorrow night at 8pm GMT

Rich Blackett will discuss folklore and myth connected with the werewolf.

Online via Zoom. Tickets just £5 including video replay from bit.ly/flaevents

Come and join us
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November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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folklorepod.bsky.social
ONLINE WEREWOLVES!

The next online presentation for @folklorelibrary.bsky.social is tomorrow night at 8pm GMT

Rich Blackett will discuss folklore and myth connected with the werewolf.

Online via Zoom. Tickets just £5 including video replay from bit.ly/flaevents

Come and join us
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November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
ONLINE WEREWOLVES!

Our next online fundraising lecture is tomorrow night at 8pm GMT

Rich Blackett will discuss folklore and myth connected with the werewolf.

Online via Zoom. Tickets just £5 including video replay from bit.ly/flaevents

Come and join us
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November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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alexdavis1981.bsky.social
A big online gathering of ghost story talent coming this February, with the online weekend of THE UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL running from the 6th to the 8th February! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghoststory #ghoststories #fiction #writing #writers #authors
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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themerl.bsky.social
"The perfect mug does not exist."
The perfect mug:
A set of mugs and coasters, decorated with artwork of an extremely large pig. There is a choice of two captions. One says 'big hog, bigger dreams.' The other says 'moisturised, in my lane, flourishing'.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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folklorepod.bsky.social
Coming up this Saturday at 8pm, the next @folklorelibrary.bsky.social online lecture looks at the history of werewolves from prehistory to the modern

Tickets are just £5 with video replay so book now to join us at bit.ly/flaevents
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November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Coming up this Saturday at 8pm, our next online lecture looks at the history of werewolves from prehistory to the modern

Tickets are just £5 with video replay so book now to join us at bit.ly/flaevents
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November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
This Saturday at 8pm via Zoom is our next online lecture

Rich Blackett, @ofwolfandmanbook.bsky.social will be discussing werewolves in folklore and myth, from early wolf cults to today

Tickets are £5 and include video replay access if you can’t be there live

Order now at bit.ly/flaevents
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November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Back at #TokyoBagel today, and my choices of #food and coffee did not disappoint, once again.

Look out for a fun new offering from me (Tracey) in which I review #books, #cake and #coffee! More on this very soon...

#folklore #Japan #bakery #BookSky🩵📚 #reviews
Matcha and strawberry crown fron Tokyo Bagel - pastry with matcha cream and fresh strawberry, dusted with icing sugar. It's on a black plate with gold cutlery peeking from a rolled black napkin. Matcha and strawberry crown (pastry with matcha cream and fresh strawberry) and a chestnut whisper latte served in a glass, with gold cutlery rolled in a black napkin. A large silk rose lies next to the saucer cradling the coffee glass. Both from the wonderful Tokyo Bagel. Shot of the counter at Tokyo Bagel with its array of superb cakes, pastries and savoury offerings.
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Our next in person event is coming up

Friday 12 December
Boniface Centre, Crediton
7:30

STEVE NALLON’s GHOST STORIES

Join one of the original Spitting Image impressionists, and famously the voice of Maggie Thatcher, for an evening of celebrity ghost stories

Tickets bit.ly/flaevents
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November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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alexdavis1981.bsky.social
Kicking off tomorrow night, our four-week exploration of writing spooky stories is here to haunt your fiction... www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-gh... #ghoststory #ghoststories #writing #writers #writingcourse #writingcourses #course #courses #workshop #workshops #fiction
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
And this morning the Shed is heading north, through the storm, on stilts of lightning.
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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icysedgwick.bsky.social
Let me introduce you (either in person or online) to the barguest and gytrash on Saturday!
forteanlondon.bsky.social London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 13d
Saturday: 22 November 2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social & online

Icy Sedgwick: Northern Ghosts: The Bargest and Gytrash

@icysedgwick.bsky.social explores tales of the barguest and gytrash as they haunt the landscapes of northern England

7/10

forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Our next online talk is announced.

On Sat 29th November at 8pm GMT, via Zoom, we will be welcoming Rich Blackett @ofwolfandmanbook.bsky.social who will discuss

WEREWOLVES: FACT, FICTION AND MYTH

on wolf cults and the origin of werewolves

Ticket £5, inc. recording, from bit.ly/flaevents now
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November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Our next online talk is announced.

On Sat 29th November at 8pm GMT, via Zoom, we will be welcoming Rich Blackett @ofwolfandmanbook.bsky.social who will discuss

WEREWOLVES: FACT, FICTION AND MYTH

on wolf cults and the origin of werewolves

Ticket £5, inc. recording, from bit.ly/flaevents now
Title card for the event, with the event details as in the main body, plus an image from a medieval manuscript
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Women in folk tales…

Just a couple of hours to go. Still time to grab a ticket for this online talk, plus recording

Just £5 from
bit.ly/flaevents

All income supports the charity
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November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Time is running out for our next online talk

This Saturday at 8pm GMT storyteller Janet Dowling will be discussing women in folk tales - how some stories were hidden and other later changed.

Tickets £5 including a recording to watch later if you miss anything, from

bit.ly/flaevents
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Time is running out for our next online talk

This Saturday at 8pm GMT storyteller Janet Dowling will be discussing women in folk tales - how some stories were hidden and other later changed.

Tickets £5 including a recording to watch later if you miss anything, from

bit.ly/flaevents
Title card with talk details from main text
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Last call for tickets.

Online tonight at 8pm GMT we will be hosting a talk on Irish Death Customs with folklore collector Michael Fortune of folklore.ie

Tickets are £5 including recording of the event from bit.ly/flaevents

All proceeds support our and Michael’s folklore work
Irish Death Customs title card with a candle on a dark background
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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treadwells-books.bsky.social
Call for folklore proposals: 20-30k words.
drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 25d
The latest @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter FLS News is out today, and contains a CFP from me and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social inviting proposals for our new @universitypress.cambridge.org series 'Elements in Folklore':
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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folklorelibrary.bsky.social
Not long to go until we get to enjoy our next online talk, this coming Saturday at 8pm via Zoom. This one is delivered by Michael Fortune, who will be joining us to discuss Irish Death Customs.

Tickets are just £5 including access to a recording of the talk. Book on EventBrite at bit.ly/flaevents
Irish death customs banner graphic with a candle flame on a dark background, along with details of the talk as in the main body
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
folklorelibrary.bsky.social
New online talk
Sat 15 Nov, 8pm

FEARLESS GIRLS, BRAVE WOMEN - THE FOLK TALES THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

Book now for £5 at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fearless-g...

Janet Dowling digs deep into their origins and finds that some of our well known stories about women are not quite what they seem
Fearless Girls, Brave Women - the folk tales they didnt tell you. Janet Dowling is a storyteller and sometime folklorist. She digs deep into the origins of stories and finds that some of our well known stories about women are not quite what they seem as well as finding a few that never got told to us which were there all along. The presentation, which has previously featured at Sidmouth Folk Week and at International Women's Day, is a mixture of talk and tales. Ticket price includes access to a recording of the talk for all ticket holders, in case you cannot attend live or want to watch again later. All income supports the work of The Folklore Library and Archive, a registered charity collecting and preserving folklore and heritage materials for the future. The charity is custodian of much of Janet's material in its special collections.
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM