Ceri Houlbrook
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
Author of 'Winter's Wishfall'. Folklorist. Mum. Northerner. Lecturer in Folklore & History. Eater of cake.
Arrived too early for a work appointment and the tide was low so had my first taste of Thames mudlarking. All it gave me were a quarter of a plate, a shoe sole, a wooden chair leg, and muddy boots (mine) - and I loved it!
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Arrived too early for a work appointment and the tide was low so had my first taste of Thames mudlarking. All it gave me were a quarter of a plate, a shoe sole, a wooden chair leg, and muddy boots (mine) - and I loved it!
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Wrapping up the Haunted Landscape for @forteanlondon.bsky.social is @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, who are taking us on a legend trip around Britain through the lens of folklore.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wrapping up the Haunted Landscape for @forteanlondon.bsky.social is @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, who are taking us on a legend trip around Britain through the lens of folklore.
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Ooh @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social talking about legend tripping at #HauntedLandscapes at @conwayhall.bsky.social for @forteanlondon.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ooh @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social talking about legend tripping at #HauntedLandscapes at @conwayhall.bsky.social for @forteanlondon.bsky.social
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The last session of #TheHauntedLandscape from @conwayhall.bsky.social & @forteanlondon.bsky.social is from @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The last session of #TheHauntedLandscape from @conwayhall.bsky.social & @forteanlondon.bsky.social is from @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
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@odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social speaking about "Legend-Tripping in the British Landscape" - both are a good double-act. For #TheHauntedLandscape Day at #ConwayHall, London @forteanlondon.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social speaking about "Legend-Tripping in the British Landscape" - both are a good double-act. For #TheHauntedLandscape Day at #ConwayHall, London @forteanlondon.bsky.social
All set up for greeting future folklorists at the University of Hertfordshire open day. May the maneki-neko beckon them over! #Folklore
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
All set up for greeting future folklorists at the University of Hertfordshire open day. May the maneki-neko beckon them over! #Folklore
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'Put some magic & romance into your #Christmas countdown with Ceri Houlbrook's enchanting & escapist debut novel', said one lovely reviewer of Winter's Wishfall. 'Cosy, speculative mystery with a good sprinkling of romance and magic' said another (the wonderful @meljrey.bsky.social I believe) ☺️
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
'Put some magic & romance into your #Christmas countdown with Ceri Houlbrook's enchanting & escapist debut novel', said one lovely reviewer of Winter's Wishfall. 'Cosy, speculative mystery with a good sprinkling of romance and magic' said another (the wonderful @meljrey.bsky.social I believe) ☺️
'Put some magic & romance into your #Christmas countdown with Ceri Houlbrook's enchanting & escapist debut novel', said one lovely reviewer of Winter's Wishfall. 'Cosy, speculative mystery with a good sprinkling of romance and magic' said another (the wonderful @meljrey.bsky.social I believe) ☺️
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
'Put some magic & romance into your #Christmas countdown with Ceri Houlbrook's enchanting & escapist debut novel', said one lovely reviewer of Winter's Wishfall. 'Cosy, speculative mystery with a good sprinkling of romance and magic' said another (the wonderful @meljrey.bsky.social I believe) ☺️
I love getting @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter in the post - it's wonderful to see in print all the fascinating folklore people are encountering. I'm especially proud of this issue because one of my MA Folklore students reviewed an exhibition for it: Dark Secrets in London
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I love getting @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter in the post - it's wonderful to see in print all the fascinating folklore people are encountering. I'm especially proud of this issue because one of my MA Folklore students reviewed an exhibition for it: Dark Secrets in London
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This afternoon @beinghumanfest.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This afternoon @beinghumanfest.bsky.social
Coin-trees, love-locks and the Green Power Ranger - I was interviewed for the National Folklore Survey Project and you can read my ramblings here: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/introdu...
Introducing… Dr Ceri Houlbrook — National Folklore Survey for England
In our Introducing… posts, we’ll tell you a little more about the team behind the National Folklore Survey for England. Here you can find out more about Dr Ceri Houlbrook, Senior Lecturer in Folklore ...
www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Coin-trees, love-locks and the Green Power Ranger - I was interviewed for the National Folklore Survey Project and you can read my ramblings here: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/introdu...
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Ceri Houlbrook @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social blogged about the curse of the folklorist - spotting folklore motifs in every movie (in this case The Fantastic Four: First Steps) storymachine.iisys.de/2025/11/02/f...
Folklorist’s Curse: Spotting Motifs in Every Movie
storymachine.iisys.de
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ceri Houlbrook @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social blogged about the curse of the folklorist - spotting folklore motifs in every movie (in this case The Fantastic Four: First Steps) storymachine.iisys.de/2025/11/02/f...
The littlun & I really enjoyed a spooky storytelling session with Olivia Armstrong in the atmospheric setting of Sopwell ruins as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social - we heard about the Green Lady of Hertfordshire (witch, fairy or ghost? It was up to us to decide) & the Tale of Little Grey
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The littlun & I really enjoyed a spooky storytelling session with Olivia Armstrong in the atmospheric setting of Sopwell ruins as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social - we heard about the Green Lady of Hertfordshire (witch, fairy or ghost? It was up to us to decide) & the Tale of Little Grey
Over 2 decades ago (ouch) I started my degree @edinburghuni.bsky.social - this will be my first time back to the city since graduating & I'm so excited to be talking #Folklore in the place where I bought my first pile of academic books
@blackwells.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
@blackwells.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Over 2 decades ago (ouch) I started my degree @edinburghuni.bsky.social - this will be my first time back to the city since graduating & I'm so excited to be talking #Folklore in the place where I bought my first pile of academic books
@blackwells.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
@blackwells.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
My young assistant today helped with witch-bottle making & my best audience yet - turns out that kids love getting messy and talking about curses, witches & urine
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My young assistant today helped with witch-bottle making & my best audience yet - turns out that kids love getting messy and talking about curses, witches & urine
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
The folkloric belief that catching twelve falling leaves ensures good luck for a year = the perfect excuse to just stand here and wait long enough for twelve leaves to fall #AutumnVibes #Folklore
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The folkloric belief that catching twelve falling leaves ensures good luck for a year = the perfect excuse to just stand here and wait long enough for twelve leaves to fall #AutumnVibes #Folklore
The ritual detritus of 6th November
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The ritual detritus of 6th November
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Let’s try this again without my sausage fingers messing it up: Good birthday book post. “Muswell Hill in Photos” by Zoë Norfolk, and “Folklore - A Journey through the Past and Present” by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social
Both good research for my own writing.
Both good research for my own writing.
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Let’s try this again without my sausage fingers messing it up: Good birthday book post. “Muswell Hill in Photos” by Zoë Norfolk, and “Folklore - A Journey through the Past and Present” by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social
Both good research for my own writing.
Both good research for my own writing.
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Currently bed bound so to have this wonderful book by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social turn up in the post is a double joy. Accessible, erudite and insightful as you would expect, but also gloriously entertaining and engaging.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Currently bed bound so to have this wonderful book by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social turn up in the post is a double joy. Accessible, erudite and insightful as you would expect, but also gloriously entertaining and engaging.
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We had a feeling the press would love the first findings from our survey - and we’ve been getting some wonderful coverage! Take a look at the press page on our website to see how it’s been reported so far.
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We had a feeling the press would love the first findings from our survey - and we’ve been getting some wonderful coverage! Take a look at the press page on our website to see how it’s been reported so far.
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It's November so I'm allowed to quietly whisper the word #Christmas, right? Sneaking in between my #Folklore promos I also wanted to point towards a book based on archival research but cosily fictionalised as magical realism - I wrote the book I'd always wanted to read
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It's November so I'm allowed to quietly whisper the word #Christmas, right? Sneaking in between my #Folklore promos I also wanted to point towards a book based on archival research but cosily fictionalised as magical realism - I wrote the book I'd always wanted to read
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's November so I'm allowed to quietly whisper the word #Christmas, right? Sneaking in between my #Folklore promos I also wanted to point towards a book based on archival research but cosily fictionalised as magical realism - I wrote the book I'd always wanted to read
While in Colchester I popped into @waterstones.bsky.social to sign #Folklore - next stop the East Anglian Folklore Centre for an evening of #Halloween spookiness
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
While in Colchester I popped into @waterstones.bsky.social to sign #Folklore - next stop the East Anglian Folklore Centre for an evening of #Halloween spookiness