I had a really lovely time this evening in Glossop @darkpeakbooks.bsky.social in conversation with the brilliant Tim Campbell-Green about #Folklore. Wonderful audience, beautiful venue!
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Ceri Houlbrook
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Author of 'Winter's Wishfall'. Folklorist. Mum. Northerner. Lecturer in Folklore & History. Eater of cake.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialI wonder if the carved head of Barmouth minds having people hammer their wishes into him
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialJust wanted to share something beautiful #NatureNoFilter
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialIt's been an odd day today, beginning with an interview with the Boston based Christian Scientists Monitor about the folklore of scarecrows and ending with sharing a green room space with the rock band Amazons for my seed talk on folklore and feminism
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialA beautiful day for welcoming the newest cohort of MA Folklore Studies students @herts.ac.uk. The world definitely needs more folklorists (i.e. people who are curious about - and value - the customs we practice, the stories we tell & the beliefs we hold)
@historianjen.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialI'm a so pleased that the exhibition I co-curated with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is now open at the Chelsea Physick Garden. Running until the 15th Nov, it explores the autumnal plants of the garden through the work of pioneering botanical illustrator Anne Pratt.
@drthomaswaters.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialIn case you missed it, here’s my article about historic magical (and religious) house protection.
Fire-starting demons; hag stones; evil-repelling plants; mystical markings; witch chimneys; Bibles under pillows & more!
Republished by the Smithsonian Magazine.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/six-...
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialI really enjoyed contributing to this, thinking about why we want our landscapes to have their supernatural stories
@folkloringpodcast.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialGiants, Devils and Dragons, oh, my! With some great quotes from @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/seven... #folklore #legens #europeanlore
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social🍁 🍂 Meet Anne Pratt, Victorian botanical illustrator and researcher. Her work on the folklore and medicinal properties of autumn flora is the focus of mine and Jennifer Evans's new exhibition 'Plantlore' at Chelsea Physic Garden 🍂 🍁 www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/plantlore-is...
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialLooking forward to this event in lovely Glossop on 8 Oct - come say hi! darkpeakbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialWhy do I always look so bedraggled when I pop into bookshops? Signed copies of #Folklore available in Manchester Arndale Waterstones
@storymachine-ht.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialChatbots are faeries? AI described in technomagical terms, using folklore to explain technologies that are rendered opaque. Products of genAI are compared to faeries: uncanny verisimilitude thwarted by No of fingers. Are such comparisons helpful or do they lead us further down the garden path?
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialThank you very much 😊
@manchesterup.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialSpotted in Waterstones Manchester Arndale, signed copies of Folklore in paperback on the BOGOF table!
Perfect for your TBR as we move into Autumn and spooky season 🎃 pick up your copy today!
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@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialThey both honoured the ritual of the Boggart's Toe - balance on it and your wish will be granted
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialI had so much fun showing @timdownie.bsky.social & Justin Chubb around my favourite park, hunting for boggarts and discussing my book #Folklore, for their fantastic podcast FolkLands
@katrinanavickas.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialReally interesting to hear a whole panel on teaching practice. Clare Hickman on Newcadtle's environmental history module.
@odavies9.bsky.socialReposted by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social30 years ago since I had my first academic articles published. Subjects: hag riding & charming. Not an easy sell at the time...
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialWhy was this Lincoln Imp found up the chimney of a C17th-house? You can read some of my theories in this OA article in this brilliant special issue of Revenant edited by @rorywaterman.bsky.social & Anna Milon www.revenantjournal.com/issues/linco...
