We're delighted to be presenting this fascinating live event - FREE - on Oct 7, 2025. Reserve your place via bit.ly/flaevents #FolkloreThursday #folklore #survey #NationalFolkloreSurvey #WhatsOn #Devon #Crediton #custom #tradition #superstition #story #storytelling #sayings

There's just time to grab a ticket for tonight's online talk, where @icysedgwick.bsky.social will be telling us everything we need to know about Victorian mediums and seances £5 (plus booking fee) including a recording www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1579230373... Profits support our work

We are delighted to announce @joannechocolat.bsky.social as our new patron at the Folklore Library and Archive. Joanne joins @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social who was our first patron, when we formed as a charity. We look forward to working with Joanne in the future as we move forward

This Saturday! #seance #spiritualism #GhostSky #ghost #Victorian #HistorySky #history #folklore www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-s...

Join us on Saturday night at 8pm online as @icysedgwick.bsky.social gives a talk on Victorian spiritualism and mediumship. Tickets £5 with recordings available for all ticket holders Profits support our work. Book now at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-s...

I wrote something for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy about VIANNE and returning to the world of CHOCOLAT, 25 years later... lithub.com/returning-to...

I'm featured on the new Time Team episode shot at Norton Disney, which is now online for free. There is a point on Day 3 when Carenza Lewis and I turn over a piece of masonry. Our surprise was real and was caught live. We only shot that once. A real "Time Team Moment"... youtube.com/playlist?lis...

POV: it's lunchtime and you're looking for something to listen to that lasts approximately 40 minutes and 12 seconds. Well, fear not! We made our latest podcast specifically for you. And you, and you, and you. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

This is going to be fascinating, and we're really looking forward to it! #spiritualism #seance #ghost #folklore #WitchSky #Victorian @icysedgwick.bsky.social

We're hosting an online lecture this coming Saturday with @icysedgwick.bsky.social looking at Victorian spiritualism and mediumship. Tickets are just £5 (plus booking fee) and profits support @folklorelibrary.bsky.social Ticket holders get a recording Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-s...

We are taking on many of John Widdowson’s collections from the Centre for English Traditional Heritage as he turns 90 and decides to have a rest! Boxes started to arrive today, including runs of the Folklore journal from issue 2 (1885) to supplement what we already have on the shelves

Folklorist Tom Muir with guest Prof Terry Gunnell, University of Iceland. website rebrand.ly/210773 Youtube youtu.be/0yxKvTrUedU Spotify rebrand.ly/jfatf @scotstorycentre.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social @folklorethursday.bsky.social @folklorelibrary.bsky.social

THREAD Here is a celebration of the wonderful local businesses who joined us at our live event last night, all pictured with our guest @joannechocolat.bsky.social First up: Eve from Hex Coffee Lounge, Crediton who made French hot chocolate and tiramisu brownies…

It was such a joy to host @joannechocolat.bsky.social this evening as part of our fundraiser for the work of @folklorelibrary.bsky.social A packed house of over 100 enjoyed the wit and wisdom of one my favourite ever guests … the third time we’ve chatted now and, I’m sure, not the last

It's going to be a wonderful evening!

#Chocolate fact of the day Our event with the wonderful @joannechocolat.bsky.social has SOLD OUT! If you don't live in #Devon, or missed out on getting a ticket, you can buy a recording instead - get yours at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p191/J... #WhatsOn #Chocolat #Vianne #BookSky🩵📚

We're organising an ongoing series of online talks to bring you a range of experts in different subjects during the winter and beyond, so join us and @icysedgwick.bsky.social on 13 Sep! www.facebook.com/share/19b7n5... Tickets just £5 bit.ly/spiritualism2025 #FolkloreThursday #Victorian #history

Vianne is out in the US today, and we will be celebrating this and more with @joannechocolat.bsky.social at our sold out evening on Saturday :)

All 100 tickets for our evening with @joannechocolat.bsky.social on Saturday have now sold. If you were one of the lucky ones, we look forward to seeing you there Otherwise, you can purchase a filmed version of the evening for just £5 from www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p191/J... and support us

I just donated to help secure the future of a place that preserves our stories and heritage. Every bit counts. Please consider supporting this important mission and share with others. @folklorelibrary.bsky.social gofund.me/329e81df

DEVON’S FORGOTTEN WITCHES 1860-1910 has now hit the top 10 for British Historical Biographies Get yours signed from the podcast website or wherever books are sold

TEN TICKETS LEFT! Get yours quickly! @joannechocolat.bsky.social in conversation with @folklorepod.bsky.social #Crediton, #Devon Sep 6 at 7pm. bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton #BookSky🩵📚 #WitchSky #chocolate #Chocolat #Vianne #WhatsOn

Just 10 tickets left for our evening with @joannechocolat.bsky.social on Sep 6 -get in quickly if you want to come to this fabulous event! Joanne will be talking about her career and new #book #Vianne, the prequel to #Chocolat, & there will be books & #chocolate to buy🍫 bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton

#chocolate fact of the day There's still time to snap up the last few tickets for our event with the wonderful @joannechocolat.bsky.social on Sep 6 - there are a handful left, so get in quickly, otherwise you'll miss out! bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton #Chocolat #Vianne #Devon #WhatsOn #BookSky🩵📚

We have the majority of our documents, magazines and books moved into our new premises. We now need a whole load of these for moving items from temporary files into a permanent archiving. They cost £28.50 for 25. Can you please help us get more? www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... to donate. Thanks!

#Chocolate fact of the day! Tickets for our event with @joannechocolat.bsky.social on Sep 6 are selling quickly, so please make sure you get yours very soon to avoid missing out! bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton #Chocolat #Vianne #Crediton #Devon #WhatsOn #BookSky🩵📚 #magic #writer

The work that we do is vital to avoid situations like the one in this article happening. Our constitution states that we will make all of our holdings freely available for the public good. Please support us however you can observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The move into our new premises is going really well. But can you help us open sooner? We need 6 very specific units to complete the first phase. They cost £25 each. Can you sponsor one on the link below? We will put your name on the unit as sponsor www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... Thank you

Devon’s Forgotten Witches is currently ranking in the top 10 in British Historical Biographies. Have you got your copy yet? Available signed from the Folklore Podcast website

The move into our new premises is going really well. But can you help us open sooner? We need 6 very specific units to complete the first phase. They cost £25 each. Can you sponsor one on the link below? We will put your name on the unit as sponsor www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... Thank you

What's this? Here's VIANNE in People Magazine! Out in the US on September 6th...

VIANNE, by @joannechocolat.bsky.social launches in the US on the very day that I will be chatting with her in person at our event with @folklorelibrary.bsky.social bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton if you want one of the not very many tickets remaining

Did you know that you can set THE FOLKLORE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE as your favourite charity on PayPal? Then, you can choose to add a small donation when you pay for things with PayPal at checkout whenever you like. Just a few pence each time accumulates. 100% of this money comes to us for our work.

A new title from our patron!

More big event news! The UK Ghost Story Festival will be back in Feb/Mar 2026, and returning to its original venue at QUAD - Derby for three days of talks, workshops, interviews, panels and more! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/ukgho...

#Chocolate fact of the day Only about a third of the tickets are left for our 'In Conversation' event with @joannechocolat.bsky.social in #Crediton on Sep 6! They are selling quickly, so gets yours soon - don't miss out! bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton #BookSky📚🩵 #Chocolat #Vianne #WhatsOn #Devon

Two weeks to go until the awesome Charlotte Baker presents her four-week dive into A WRITER'S LIFE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-writers-... #writing #writers #course #courses #authors #workshop #workshops

Unsolicited Writing Advice: no. 12675: "Write what you know" does NOT mean "Stop learning." The more you learn, the more you read, the more you experience, the more people you meet with different lives to yours, the more you're going to know, and that knowledge will make you a better writer.

Postbox topper celebrating the inevitable summer roadworks! Location: Ross on Wye Our own photo

The Folklore Library & Archive is moving into new premises and the charity has a big fundraiser for this. We have been offered some nationally significant bequests of items and we need your help to make sure they aren't lost. Can you contribute and share? www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...

Just in case it's of interest to anyone who hasn't picked up a copy yet and uses Amazon - The Story of Witches is currently on sale at 29% off bit.ly/3Wq0zX1 🎨Katie Ponder

Three days and counting now... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spectres-o...

#Chocolate fact of the day Join us in #Crediton on Sep 6, when we host @joannechocolat.bsky.social and celebrate all things chocolate. Tickets are selling fast, so get yours soon! bit.ly/joanneharriscrediton #WhatsOn #Devon #author #writer #BookSky📚🩵 #Chocolat #Vianne ##writing

We are going to be running a series of fascinating online lectures with some of the world's leading folklore researchers every couple of weeks right through into next year. They will all be ticketed via EventBrite, so please follow our page at www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklo... to get notified.

Traditional Punch and Judy action captured at Dartmoor Folk Festival today

We are set up for the weekend at Dartmoor Folk Festival, with an information table and books for sale. We will also be photographing and filming various parts of the weekend for our archives as well as giving a talk tomorrow morning.

Welcome to @liamjhogan.bsky.social who is our 1000th follower!

Today is #InternationalCatDay, so here is Dido the #Archive #cat, doing a very Dido thing. Apparently, this is "helping". #CatsOfBlueSky #library #DeskKitty #cats #floofball