Claire Barker
@clairebarker.bsky.social
Words, pictures and plants. Author of Knitbone Pepper series, Picklewitch and Jack series. Hettie Nettle’s Handbook for Hedgewitches out now. Rep’d by Julia Churchill at AM Heath. https://linktr.ee/clairebarker
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Claire Barker
@clairebarker.bsky.social
· Jan 31
OUT IN AUGUST 2025! Available for pre order now 😍
Hettie Nettle empowers children to become guardians of the Wild Wood in this magical guide to being a hedgewitch. Month-by-month she reveals the hidden magical world that surrounds us but only children can see
Hettie Nettle empowers children to become guardians of the Wild Wood in this magical guide to being a hedgewitch. Month-by-month she reveals the hidden magical world that surrounds us but only children can see
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Do you follow @folklorelibrary.bsky.social
We founded this registered charity to save and preserve folklore materials and at-risk heritage.
The charity holds collections of international significance.
Please follow if you don’t and tell your friends if you do 🥰
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We founded this registered charity to save and preserve folklore materials and at-risk heritage.
The charity holds collections of international significance.
Please follow if you don’t and tell your friends if you do 🥰
bit.ly/flafundraising to support
October 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Do you follow @folklorelibrary.bsky.social
We founded this registered charity to save and preserve folklore materials and at-risk heritage.
The charity holds collections of international significance.
Please follow if you don’t and tell your friends if you do 🥰
bit.ly/flafundraising to support
We founded this registered charity to save and preserve folklore materials and at-risk heritage.
The charity holds collections of international significance.
Please follow if you don’t and tell your friends if you do 🥰
bit.ly/flafundraising to support
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OUT NOW!
Season 10 Episode 178
HETTIE NETTLE'S HANDBOOK FOR HEDGEWITCHES
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-178.... or in your podcast app
I meet up once again with @clairebarker.bsky.social to discuss her new book, which introduces children to solitary witchcraft and nature
Season 10 Episode 178
HETTIE NETTLE'S HANDBOOK FOR HEDGEWITCHES
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-178.... or in your podcast app
I meet up once again with @clairebarker.bsky.social to discuss her new book, which introduces children to solitary witchcraft and nature
September 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
OUT NOW!
Season 10 Episode 178
HETTIE NETTLE'S HANDBOOK FOR HEDGEWITCHES
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-178.... or in your podcast app
I meet up once again with @clairebarker.bsky.social to discuss her new book, which introduces children to solitary witchcraft and nature
Season 10 Episode 178
HETTIE NETTLE'S HANDBOOK FOR HEDGEWITCHES
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-178.... or in your podcast app
I meet up once again with @clairebarker.bsky.social to discuss her new book, which introduces children to solitary witchcraft and nature
⭐️TODAY⭐️, by the magic of the internet, my writing hut and I are visiting Liverpool!Write Blend have been one of my greatest supporters, championing Knitbone, Picklewitch and now Hettie 🥰Why not join us for a cup of tea and a chat? Just email writeblend@gmail for your invitation x
September 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
⭐️TODAY⭐️, by the magic of the internet, my writing hut and I are visiting Liverpool!Write Blend have been one of my greatest supporters, championing Knitbone, Picklewitch and now Hettie 🥰Why not join us for a cup of tea and a chat? Just email writeblend@gmail for your invitation x
Thank you Whitby Book Shop! What a gorgeous window and a perfect Hettie home x #Whitby #indiebookshops
September 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Thank you Whitby Book Shop! What a gorgeous window and a perfect Hettie home x #Whitby #indiebookshops
Interview with a unicorn, end papers and painted window practise.
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Interview with a unicorn, end papers and painted window practise.
It’s arrived safely @clairebarker.bsky.social ♥️
What an enchanting little book and your illustrations are sublime. I shall have to ( very carefully) read it myself before wrapping it up for my granddaughter. She is going to love it for sure x
What an enchanting little book and your illustrations are sublime. I shall have to ( very carefully) read it myself before wrapping it up for my granddaughter. She is going to love it for sure x
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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It’s arrived safely @clairebarker.bsky.social ♥️
What an enchanting little book and your illustrations are sublime. I shall have to ( very carefully) read it myself before wrapping it up for my granddaughter. She is going to love it for sure x
What an enchanting little book and your illustrations are sublime. I shall have to ( very carefully) read it myself before wrapping it up for my granddaughter. She is going to love it for sure x
September 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s arrived safely @clairebarker.bsky.social ♥️
What an enchanting little book and your illustrations are sublime. I shall have to ( very carefully) read it myself before wrapping it up for my granddaughter. She is going to love it for sure x
What an enchanting little book and your illustrations are sublime. I shall have to ( very carefully) read it myself before wrapping it up for my granddaughter. She is going to love it for sure x
Happy first of Brambleberry! In Hettie’s handbook she goes by the old Whisper names for months , not words like September, which make no sense to faeries or other members of the Wild Wood community. #childrensbooks #nature #hettienettleshandbookforhedgewitches
September 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy first of Brambleberry! In Hettie’s handbook she goes by the old Whisper names for months , not words like September, which make no sense to faeries or other members of the Wild Wood community. #childrensbooks #nature #hettienettleshandbookforhedgewitches
It’s nearly back-to-school time… and that goes for little hedgewitches too 🍁
August 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s nearly back-to-school time… and that goes for little hedgewitches too 🍁
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Grandmother Badger asked @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social to send her a copy of @clairebarker.bsky.social Hettie Nettle’s Handbook as she has a few young hedgewitches
My ambition when I grew up was to be a hedge witch
My 5 year old self is squealing in such delight that this book exists as is 58 me
My ambition when I grew up was to be a hedge witch
My 5 year old self is squealing in such delight that this book exists as is 58 me
August 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Grandmother Badger asked @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social to send her a copy of @clairebarker.bsky.social Hettie Nettle’s Handbook as she has a few young hedgewitches
My ambition when I grew up was to be a hedge witch
My 5 year old self is squealing in such delight that this book exists as is 58 me
My ambition when I grew up was to be a hedge witch
My 5 year old self is squealing in such delight that this book exists as is 58 me
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It is so good. A wonderful mix of actual lore and @clairebarker.bsky.social ‘s fertile imagination, which really encourages children to stop and think about the nature around them.
Your granddaughter will love it.
@moonandbirdbooks.bsky.social definitely have a catalogue worth checking out
Your granddaughter will love it.
@moonandbirdbooks.bsky.social definitely have a catalogue worth checking out
August 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It is so good. A wonderful mix of actual lore and @clairebarker.bsky.social ‘s fertile imagination, which really encourages children to stop and think about the nature around them.
Your granddaughter will love it.
@moonandbirdbooks.bsky.social definitely have a catalogue worth checking out
Your granddaughter will love it.
@moonandbirdbooks.bsky.social definitely have a catalogue worth checking out
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Looking forward to coffee with @clairebarker.bsky.social tomorrow morning, and a conversation about her new book. I chatted with Claire earlier on this season; now the book is out it gives us a chance to dig into the beautiful ways in which it encourages children to engage with folklore and nature
August 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Looking forward to coffee with @clairebarker.bsky.social tomorrow morning, and a conversation about her new book. I chatted with Claire earlier on this season; now the book is out it gives us a chance to dig into the beautiful ways in which it encourages children to engage with folklore and nature
Thanks to Andy Shepherd for these beautiful words, which I appreciate so much. If you’d like to pre-order a copy for your bookshelf then just click on the linktree 👆in my bio. xx 🌱💚#hettienettleshandbookforhedgewitches #screenfreeactivities
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to Andy Shepherd for these beautiful words, which I appreciate so much. If you’d like to pre-order a copy for your bookshelf then just click on the linktree 👆in my bio. xx 🌱💚#hettienettleshandbookforhedgewitches #screenfreeactivities
OUT IN AUGUST 2025! Available for pre order now 😍
Hettie Nettle empowers children to become guardians of the Wild Wood in this magical guide to being a hedgewitch. Month-by-month she reveals the hidden magical world that surrounds us but only children can see
Hettie Nettle empowers children to become guardians of the Wild Wood in this magical guide to being a hedgewitch. Month-by-month she reveals the hidden magical world that surrounds us but only children can see
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
OUT IN AUGUST 2025! Available for pre order now 😍
Hettie Nettle empowers children to become guardians of the Wild Wood in this magical guide to being a hedgewitch. Month-by-month she reveals the hidden magical world that surrounds us but only children can see
Hettie Nettle empowers children to become guardians of the Wild Wood in this magical guide to being a hedgewitch. Month-by-month she reveals the hidden magical world that surrounds us but only children can see
Tea, chat and book talk about my favourite things. Thanks Mark!
BONUS EPISODE
Folklore in the Field - Claire Barker
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/claire-barke...
Watch on YouTube (audio only) at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNL...
I sit down and chat with author @clairebarker.bsky.social about folklore and her writing
#folklore
Folklore in the Field - Claire Barker
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/claire-barke...
Watch on YouTube (audio only) at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNL...
I sit down and chat with author @clairebarker.bsky.social about folklore and her writing
#folklore
January 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tea, chat and book talk about my favourite things. Thanks Mark!
Reposted by Claire Barker
I’ve just spent the early afternoon in the company of the wonderful children’s author @clairebarker.bsky.social whose books are full of glorious folklore material for younger readers.
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
January 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’ve just spent the early afternoon in the company of the wonderful children’s author @clairebarker.bsky.social whose books are full of glorious folklore material for younger readers.
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
Rainy, rainy day so my husband and I made a pie. It was gluten-free, chicken and leek and D E L I C I O U S. A king amongst pies. #I❤️Pies #simplethibgs
November 23, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Rainy, rainy day so my husband and I made a pie. It was gluten-free, chicken and leek and D E L I C I O U S. A king amongst pies. #I❤️Pies #simplethibgs
November 21, 2024 at 11:04 AM
No snow in Devon today. Here’s a little painting I did ages ago instead. It’ll have to do.
November 19, 2024 at 8:13 PM
No snow in Devon today. Here’s a little painting I did ages ago instead. It’ll have to do.
Today I’ve been painting holly.
November 18, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Today I’ve been painting holly.
@mharrisonauthor.bsky.social Hello! 👋👋😀
November 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM
@mharrisonauthor.bsky.social Hello! 👋👋😀
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Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
November 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
@dogs.bsky.social You know that amazing thing where dogs find plants that heal them? This is Sammy. He digs up poisonous plants in the garden and eats them in secret. In his 15 and a half years he has eaten coffee, dark chocolate and rat poison.
We love him but doubt his medical credentials.
We love him but doubt his medical credentials.
November 17, 2024 at 6:49 PM
@dogs.bsky.social You know that amazing thing where dogs find plants that heal them? This is Sammy. He digs up poisonous plants in the garden and eats them in secret. In his 15 and a half years he has eaten coffee, dark chocolate and rat poison.
We love him but doubt his medical credentials.
We love him but doubt his medical credentials.
A clever friend made me an autumnal birthday hat! Last year it was #mushrooms and this year it’s #acorns and #leaves. It kept me lovely and warm while I repotted this walnut tree, given to me as a tiny sapling a couple of years ago.
November 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
A clever friend made me an autumnal birthday hat! Last year it was #mushrooms and this year it’s #acorns and #leaves. It kept me lovely and warm while I repotted this walnut tree, given to me as a tiny sapling a couple of years ago.
My latest news! 👇Coming autumn 2025 with Moon+ Bird, for 6-9s. 🍄🍁🍀🎨 Birds, fairies, plants, folklore and magic. Never be late waking the hedgehogs again…🦔💫
November 17, 2024 at 1:53 PM
My latest news! 👇Coming autumn 2025 with Moon+ Bird, for 6-9s. 🍄🍁🍀🎨 Birds, fairies, plants, folklore and magic. Never be late waking the hedgehogs again…🦔💫