Ceri Houlbrook

A successful annual parasol forage (apologies to the fairies who were using them as umbrellas or dining tables)

The best kind of indie bookshop is one that stocks 8 copies of your book, has somewhere cosy for the littlun to sit while you sign them, & can involve a muddy trek through a beautiful clough to get there

P.S. there are 8 signed copies of #Folklore in Hebden Bridge's The Book Case

Started reading @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social 's folklore alongside @johnnymains.co.uk Halloweird this season.

Sadly not - but there might be online ones in the future 😊

Be the fairest of them all, excel at domestic chores & rely on your prince to ensure a happy ending? But folklore & fairytale give us much more than gender stereotypes. Come hear me talk on #Folklore & Women in Liverpool on 5 Nov (& Nottingham 19 Nov) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-w...

Ooh yay! Thank you!

Thanks, I love it!

Aww yay! And what a lovely photo 😍

Thank you very much :)

Brilliant, I hope you enjoy :)

Excellent :)

'as a rich and fascinating overview and introduction to British folklore this book is really essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. I know I’ll be returning to my copy again and again' - a lovely review of #Folklore on @shinynewbooks.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/folklore-a-j...

5 things you didn't know originated from folklore - Manchester University Press One of the great things you’ll discover when you read Folklore by Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook, is the everyday items that you didn’t know originate in folklore, and still persist today. Today we sh...

What do leaver's shirts, love-locks, memes and Monty Python have in common?

These everyday items originate in folklore, and still persist today. Read our latest blog by 'Folklore' co-author @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
'Folklore' is out now!

Really enjoyed talking with the students on the MA Creative Writing and the Writing Industries @lborouniversity.bsky.social about 'Winter's Wishfall', the differences between academic & fiction writing, and the 'romantasy' genre

Excellent evening at Waterstones in Leeds with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social presenting their new book “Folklore. A journey through the past and present” 🥰

Excellent!! I definitely want to hear/read more about fairy music

Thank you very much for coming! I hope to see you again for folklore talk 😁 @odavies9.bsky.social is indeed on here

Popped into the wonderful indie bookshop Colours May Vary in Leeds Corn Exchange to sign some copies of 'Folklore' today - & had the added bonus of chatting with the lovely bookseller Andy

Haha but then we would have missed Halloween and that would have been tragic!

Tomorrow evening (7pm 25th Sep) @odavies9.bsky.social & I will be in conversation with the amazing writer, poet & musician @stuhennigan.bsky.social, author of 'Ghost Signs', talking #folklore at Leeds @waterstones.bsky.social - book your tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/folkl...

Oops thanks - 25th Sep - let me change that. Thanks for spotting!

Me too! Welcome to the UH folklore team!

It was a beautiful day for welcoming the new cohort of MA Folklore Studies students to campus at the University of Hertfordshire AND for publishing a folklore book with @manchesterup.bsky.social - which you can buy now! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180377/

Folklore front cover

Folklore back cover

Publishing today!

From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on.

Available from all good bookshops and online now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
@odavies9.bsky.social
#folklore #booksky

Fantastical Accounts A review of Folklore: A Journey Through Past and Present by Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook

My review of 'Folklore: A Journey Through Past and Present' by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social: 'a must-read for anyone passionate about folklore, its history as a field of study, and its changing role in British culture and society.'

Thank you very much!! 😊

BBC Radio Leeds - Gayle Lofthouse Join Gayle Lofthouse on BBC Radio Leeds.

Tune into Gayle Lofthouse on BBC Radio Leeds for an interview with 'Folklore' authors @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social ahead of their event at @waterstones.bsky.social #Leeds on Thursday hosted by @stuhennigan.bsky.social.

Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #FolkloreThursday

A very happy Saturday talking about my favourite subject in one of my favourite places - the Folklore Centre in Todmorden

Join us in Todmorden this Saturday for the launch of a new book, 'Folklore', with co-author and leading folklorist @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social at the Folklore Centre.

Register to attend here: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
#FolkloreThursday #Todmorden #BookLaunch

Aww that's the best book picture!! I'm going to corral my cats to pose with it too 😁