Goldsmiths invites you to an evening of readings, mini-talks, and an exhibition of fairy-tale book illustration exploring themes of disenchantment and decadence. Monday, 23 March 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm bads.gold.ac.uk/2026-disench...

Penguin set briefs to redesign two fantasy classics, with 20 shortlisted designs from a talented line-up of emerging designers and illustrators. Adult Fiction - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Children's Fiction - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle www.penguin.co.uk/about/work-w...

‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Wind in the Willows’ Illustrator Michael Hague Has Died www.suggest.com/the-hobbit-w...

The Curiosities Is a Treasure Trove of Magic and Insight From Three Powerhouse Fantasy Writers reactormag.com/the-curiosit...

Tomorrow - ‘Tales for Fairies: Tracing Queer Fairy‑Tale Retellings’ www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/2026/02/26/e...

Finding Albion: author Q&A www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-al...?

Britain has long been one of the few countries without a permanent national museum of folklore. For a long time, folk art in the UK has not just been dismissed, but left unpreserved for future generations. www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2590495...

Fantasy Fiction: Susanna Clarke in Conversation, Friday 20 March 6 p.m. as part of the York Literature Festival www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/fantasy...

Online Talk: Fairy Tales, Papua New Guinea, an Idiosyncratic Approach

The Chichester ghost and other stories that inspired large-scale collaborative artworks www.sussexexpress.co.uk/heritage-and...

Worthing-based studio's artists have created work inspired by the county's heritage, including the Midsummer Tree skeletons in Worthing, Cissbury Ring fairies and Knucker Hole dragons of Lyminster and Sompting. www.sussexexpress.co.uk/heritage-and...

The North East Folklore Society is a space to learn more about North East folklore, as well as getting people out and about in the region to explore where the stories originated and meet new people via Instagram, a mailing list, and WhatsApp narcmagazine.com/interview-no...

CfP for story submissions - Once upon a time, a mother … edited by Victoria Bailey and Vanessa Marr (pdf) demeterpress.org/wp-content/u...

Opening next month at the British Library, Fairy Tales will celebrate the iconic heroes, villains and creatures that populate the worlds of fairy tales. Running 27 March through 23 August events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...

How Fantasy Can Reveal the Hidden Magic of Nature: Strange Animals author Jarod K. Anderson shares how imaginative storytelling can restore a sense of wonder, kinship, and emotional connection with the natural world. atmos.earth/climate-solu...

“Jews will be Jews while the world lasts, and they will become, through suffering, better Jews with more Jewish hearts.” – Helena Frank This quote opens Jack Zipes’ new anthology Never-Ending Tales: Stories from the Golden Age of Jewish Literature. www.indiependent.co.uk/book-review-...

Thao Thai, Anna Kovatcheva, Alice Evelyn Yang, Ryan Collett and Sarah Hall discuss the role of folklore in their work lithub.com/portals-vehi...

Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests theconversation.com/terry-pratch...

The Passage in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Tolkien Couldn’t Read Without Weeping www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

In Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld, Matthias Egeler follows the huldufólk from the wild places of Iceland, Britain, and Ireland to the domesticity of the bedtime story. Fascinating review by Francis Young. www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin will present Words and Wonder: Rediscovering Children’s Literature, examining the history, artistry, and impact of children’s literature next month. www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

Tajikistan artist revives fairytales by painting on stones asiaplustj.info/en/node/357166

Gramarye Issue 24 is now available as open access! As with all our publications, Gramarye becomes open access on our website two years after publication. Enjoy reading and sharing Issue 24 today. www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/gr...

Curating a Show on My Ineffable Mother, Ursula K. Le Guin hyperallergic.com/curating-a-s...

New exhibition Delaine Le Bas: Un-Fair-Ground to open in February at Manchester’s Whitworth Museum with themes of magic, folklore and witchcraft aboutmanchester.co.uk/new-exhibiti...

Book Riot's Best Fantasy Books of the Century So Far - how many have you read?https://bookriot.com/best-fantasy-books-of-the-century-so-far/

Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex opens on Saturday, February 7 and runs until Sunday, May 10, bringing together more than 100 objects that explore how folk art, seasonal customs and traditions have been shaped by communities across the region. salisburyandavon.co.uk/live-like-un...

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...