Readers, again, it didn't work

My thoughts are with all those households subject to the cheeky elf antics from tomorrow onwards. A long 24 days await. I'm taking a folkloric approach and protecting the hearth from their entry

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

Project StoryMachine aims to preserve, explore and provide greater access to folklore traditions in Germany and the UK, through the development of a digital infrastructure called StoryMachine storymachine.iisys.de

Finally, Marie Veihelmann wrote about her experience of the Mensch und Computer Conference in Chemnitz storymachine.iisys.de/2025/11/02/m...

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...

In July, we had our first in-person team meeting at Hof University of Applied Sciences storymachine.iisys.de/2025/11/02/o...

Hello Everyone! Project StoryMachine has been up and running for a few months and we have some info to share about what we've been doing.