Reading the sky: how Irish weather lore preserved a deep understanding of the natural world theconversation.com/reading-the-...

Sign we've all seen in the trees means it'll be a 'cold and harsh winter' www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

✨ Merry Christmas from all of us at the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction! ✨ We wish you a restful break full of wonder, magic, and every weird book on your wish list under the tree :) 🎄📚✨

"In Tales of the Shire, you create your very own hobbit, claim your hobbit hole, and then just live a quaint little life." www.inverse.com/gaming/lord-...

Scotland’s fae folklore at the Fairy Bridge and Dunvegan Castle, home to the legendary Fairy Flag. travelhost.com/attractions/...

Novelist Lev Grossman on Why Fantasy Isn’t About Escapism The Magicians author discusses his influences, from Harvard to King Arthur to Tolkien. www.harvardmagazine.com/arts-culture...

An important reminder: you've still got time for the annual Christmas rewatch of the BBC's adaptation of Masefield's The Box of Delights (on the Iplayer for UK-based viewers). You may even have time to read/re-read the novel which includes a cameo from the King and Queen of the Fairies.

The young cast of 2005’s Narnia reveal how iconic fantasy ‘changed their lives’ metro.co.uk/2025/12/08/w...

How to chop onions and clean silver by Liza Frank. And much, much more. Folklore, tradition and starch. #folklore youtu.be/p2937f_BjNA?...

See you at our event in a bit :)

William Blake's 'angel' to appear during lights switch-on in village where he lived uk.news.yahoo.com/william-blak...?

One for our fellow Arthur Rackham fans - Unpublished Rackham Santa Claus Mystery Solved www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

In ‘Sown’, A.D. Harper confronts patriarchal power, in spare, lyric verses challenging a king’s monstrous restrictions against ‘the waterfall, the light / the dream of peace.’ www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

In ‘Skin’, a brooding and sensual Selkie tale, Nomi McLeod entices a male narrator to the sharp edge of emotional self-awareness www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Jordan River twists traditional shepherds’ and nursery rhymes into gothic new shapes with highly contemporary resonance in Gramarye 28 www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

In ‘Sea Myths’ and ‘Three Spells for The Conjuring Stone’, poet Mark Valentine skilfully transforms local histories into evocative responses to the British landscape - and includes an image of the real conjuring stone in York! www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Susana Montañés-Llera’s 'Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art' reviews the exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2024. www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Anil Balan discusses that most contested English folklore figure: the Green Man and his connection with other figures, including Herne the Hunter and Green Noah, the demonic tree from Lucy Boston’s The Children of Green Knowe www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Natalie Hagar’s fascinating article traces the Pooka across Ireland and discusses its ongoing place in Irish cultural memory and everyday life in Gramarye issue 28 www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Simon Young makes a very welcome return to Gramarye with a look at the ‘Kinder Mermaid’ and other lake-dwelling ladies around England and Wales. www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Our followers might enjoy the new Substack from Simon Young - Welcome to the British dreamtime - the mythology of Britain's supernatural generations, the long nineteenth century, from 1765-1918. Fairies to ghosts, witchcraft to priestcraft, angels to devils.... britishmythology.substack.com

Our next issue of Gramarye, the journal of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy, is proudly sponsored by the Writing Equipment Society! Their support helps us continue sharing folklore and fantasy research and creative work. www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Why Jim Henson should be recognised as one of the foremost creators of fairytales on screen theconversation.com/why-jim-hens...

Tomorrow 7-8 p.m. UTC, free online event: Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder

Late at Tate Britain Hidden Folklore. Fri, 7 Nov 2025 from 6 p.m. www.timeout.com/london/thing...

Gramarye issue 28 is now available to pre-order from our online store. www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction's journal Gramarye issue 28 is now available to preorder! store.chi.ac.uk/product-cata...

Free online event Tues 4 Nov: Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/2025/10/16/f...

Viktor Wynd on the dark fairytales of Suffolk folklore www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/su...

Ursula K Le Guin, the late American author, best known for her science fiction novels, is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Architectural Association in London, charting her whimsical maps, which bring her fantasy worlds alive www.wallpaper.com/architecture...

The 36th Scottish International Storytelling Festival looks to the folklore, myths and fairytales of the Nordic region, Scotland and Northern Europe www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur...

Ryedale Folk Museum's Charms and Murmuring, running until Sunday, November 2, invites visitors to explore the rich and often mysterious connections between birds, folklore, and the natural world. www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/2548615...

Folklore meets art in an enchanting exhibition – Red Riding and The Brothers Grimm – of works by British artist Christopher P Wood at Scarborough Art Gallery (runs until February 2026) www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

Nine Extremely Nerdy Books of Folklore and Mythology by Seamus Sullivan debutiful.net/2025/09/30/n...

Coming soon to the British Library - a Fairy Tales exhibition! Explore enchanted lands, magical creatures, iconic characters and timeless tales, brought to life through books, theatre costumes, puppets, pop-ups, artwork and illustrations. March - August 2026. events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...

How Did Alice Become a Symbol of Surrealism and Feminist Reimagination? www.thecollector.com/alice-symbol...

"Magic: Charms, rituals and superstition in Elizabethan England" runs at Haddon Hall from September 20 – October 31. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/de...

Fairytale Detective is the Sherlock-like series with a literary spin www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...

Magic: Charms, rituals and superstition in Elizabethan England runs from September 20 – October 31. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/de...

Events coming up at the Folklore Society: Online Talk: 50 Years of Plant-Lore Collecting Online Talk: Artist Fee Greening in conversation: Katharine Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies Online Talk: From a Cornfield to the Gothic: an Appreciation of the Scarecrow etc. www.folklore-society.com/events/

Don't forget, Gramarye readers are entitled to 20% off Scrivener software, the project management tool for writers. Just visit www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php and enter the coupon code ‘SUSSEXCENTRE’.

"Sometimes we do science, sometimes we do a river blessing. But it’s all about connection." Folklore will save us all, or at least the eels. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/activists-us...

Tonight at 8pm: Freshwater Mermaids: The Last Ladies of the Lake - Dr Simon Young - Zoom This talk recalls the folklore of these rare female water spirits—from Yorkshire to Herefordshire Zoom Lecture Sun 14th Sept 2025 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm £6 - £10 thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/the-la...

Celebrate Robert Louis Stevenson's 175th birthday on the site of his former home, where he wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Bournemouth) www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/networking-e...

Gatherings is a six-part documentary series exploring Britain’s most extraordinary folk rituals and seasonal customs. Each episode reveals how these practices connect people to identity, place and belonging. www.fluxmagazine.com/gatherings-t...

Fee Greening brings her magic touch to Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies One of the most important tomes of British folklore is being republished – with inspiring imagery by fairy expert Fee Greening. www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...

John Howe, illustrator of Tolkien’s works: ‘The most difficult are the elves; they should give the impression of being beyond all beauty’ english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

A complete set of world-famous Cottingley Fairies photographs, including one the creator maintained was real, have sold at auction for £3,100. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thursday, September 11 Dark Fairy Tales by Viktor Wynd Book Launch By The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-fairy...?

Ooh, we love to hear about exciting research happening in our field around the world :) Research on Chinese fantasy literature: ERC Starting Grant for Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jessica Imbach uni-freiburg.de/en/research-...