The Folklore Library & Archive

Forthcoming birthday event from one of our lovely patrons!

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If you want to help our charity, please consider gifting a percentage of the sales of items you list on EBAY to us.

It's as simple as ticking the CHARITY box when you list your item for sale and choosing us!

Title card for the talk, with the details from the main text with an image of a UFO toy

Our next ONLINE fundraising talk:

Sat 21st March, 8pm via Zoom with recording for all ticket holders

INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN
THE VISUAL FOLKLORE OF UFOs

Dr David Clarke and Andrew Robinson will be presenting on everything from hoax photos to kid's toys

Tickets £5+booking from bit.ly/flaevents

Title card for the talk, with the details from the main text with an image of a UFO toy

Our next ONLINE fundraising talk:

Sat 21st March, 8pm via Zoom with recording for all ticket holders

INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN
THE VISUAL FOLKLORE OF UFOs

Dr David Clarke and Andrew Robinson will be presenting on everything from hoax photos to kid's toys

Tickets £5+booking from bit.ly/flaevents

It is the image provided by the speakers and not one of our own creation, as we do not use AI.

Title card with a man wearing VR goggles

Thanks to everyone who came along to our fascinating talk on using VR technology to unlock the heritage and archaeology around us.

If you are a ticket holder, then you will now have received a link by email to watch the recording of the event.

If you missed it and want to watch, please contact us

Six days left until kick-off...

I just inhaled my coffee reading this thread 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You're welcome! 🥰

Tonight! You can still book a ticket on the link below

Tomorrow night. Come and join me at what promises to be a fascinating talk and VR demonstration - online via Zoom

Book at bit.ly/flaevents now

Man in VR goggles

Just one day left to get tickets - tomorrow night at 8pm online via Zoom, Prof. Bob Stone will be discussing the ways in which VR technology is helping us to unlock and explore the heritage landscape.

All proceeds to our charity. £5+fee from bit.ly/flaevents

Recording available for ticket holders

Tracey standing by a lectern

It’s the last talk of the day at the Exeter History Book event, and it’s us!

Tracey and Mark are speaking on the subject of Devon’s Forgotten Witches 1860-1910

#devon #folklore #exeter #witches

Photo of Dr Andrew Thrush giving a lecture. Behind him, a screen displays a slide which shows the lecture title 'Exeter and Parliament 1559-1629'

The first speaker in the afternoon session of the 2026 #HistoryBookFestival is Dr Andrew Thrush, giving us a glimpse into the #history of #Exeter 's #politics in the 16th & 17th centuries #skystorians #ExeterLocalHistorySociety #Devon

Photo of Dr Todd Gray giving a talk. He stands at a lectern, a screen behind him showing a monochrome photo from WWII featuring crowds and members of the military.

Next speaker at the #Exeter #History #Book Festival at The Mint Centre is #DrToddGray, sharing some poignant insights into #Devon 's #HomeFront Diaries.

#WWII #skystorians #HistoryBook #ExeterLocalHistorySociety

Photo of a billboard in Exeter, Devon, featuring a Roman Centurion, and advertising office spaces to let. Wording reads "What did the Romans ever do for Exeter? They gave it Quintana Gate. Officorums to let" plus office dimensions and letting agent contact details.

First speaker of the day is Dr John Salvatore, with a fascinating insight into the #Romans in #Exeter.

#ExeterLocalHistorySociety
#LocalHistory #RomanBritain #Devon #archaeology #history #skystorians #WhatDidTheRomansEverDoForExeter

Exeter History Book Festival - Exeter Observer One-day event with talks from four Devon historians and stalls from local heritage organisations.

We're at the #Exeter #History #Book Festival today, at The Mint Centre. We have books, we have coffee and we're talking about #Devon 's Forgotten #Witches at 2.30.
#ExeterLocalHistorySociety
#LoveBooks ##HistoryBook #skystorians #LocalHistory #WitchSky

exeterobserver.org/2026/01/28/e...

Season 11 Episode 188 UK Ghost Story Festival - white words on a red and grey background

Episode 188
UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL CHATS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-188....

Or watch on YouTube at youtu.be/Stx4OefiEuw

In advance of this year's festival, I present my chats with Alex Foulkes, Teika Marija Smits and @romgothsam.bsky.social at last year's event

We feel that @librarycongress.bsky.social deserves to own the internet for this ...

This is fantastic. I do feel we would take @librarycongress.bsky.social at the Pairs Coffee Drinking.

And being UK based, obviously Uphill Queuing

A man wearing VR goggles, with the text giving details of the booking for the talk as in the main post

Just a week to go until our next online fundraising talk

VIRTUAL REALITY AND WESTCOUNTRY HERITAGE

Professor Bob Stone presents on the ways in which VR tech are unlocking the archaeological landscape and the past, with a key focus on some amazing finds on Dartmoor

Tickets £5+fee: bit.ly/flaevents

A shot of a shelf in a bookstore featuring Devon's Forgotten Witches by Tracey Norman and Mark Norman

Shelfie!

@folklorepod.bsky.social @thebookery.bsky.social

#skystorians #CreditonDevon #indiebookshop #bookshop #witchsky #witch #history #Devon #DevonsForgottenWitches

A picture of Bob wearing VR goggles, with the name and booking details of the talk

Our next online fundraising talk, on Sunday 22nd Feb at 8pm via Zoom looks at the amazing uses of VR to explore the archaeology and heritage of the landscape, with a special look at some amazing finds made on Dartmoor

Tickets just £5, including video replay, from

bit.ly/flaevents

I'll be headed to Riverside Library here in Derby for a FREE writing workshop on the 21st Feb, with my INTRODUCTION TO GHOST STORIES! Just drop in to join in... #derby#derbyshire #ghoststory #ghoststories #gothicfiction #writingworkshop #writingworkshops #workshop #workshops

We get our podcasts in Devon

It’s a classic!

A hand holding a book in front of some bookshelves

Achievement unlocked!

We have just added our 2000th book to our library catalogue.

You can view this online via our website and request to look at any of our books onsite when you come and visit us.

Now, onto the next few hundred…

Three days until kick-off - you can still ghost in and grab those late tickets to join us this weekend... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghost #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #fiction #writing #writers #authors #gothic #spooky #supernatural

The next Triskele Heritage online talk is Reinterpreting Listed Buildings. It looks at why buildings were listed, what conditions were like for listing investigators, why many listings were short & inaccurate, plus how new research is pushing back dating.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...

A graphic advertising a online lecture in support of the work of registered charity The Folklore Library and Archive. The image shows a closeup of a man wearing a pair of highly reflective VR goggles. In the reflection, we can see open laptops on tables, and a dark haired woman sitting at a table, watching. The wording reads: 'Online talk: Virtual Reality and Westcountry Heritage, Sunday 22nd February, 8pm, via Zoom. Speaker: Professor Robert Stone. Tockets £5 plus booking fee from bit.ly/flaevents'. The Folklore Library's round green logo is in the bottom right corner, and 'FLA Online' is in the bottom left corner. This promises to be a fascinating talk from a leading voice in the field of VR. All proceeds from the talk will go towards funding the charity's work.

Get your tickets now for the next in our #online lectures series! This will be a fascinating exploration of modern tech meeting the wilds of #Dartmoor, and the amazing things Prof Bob Stone and his team are doing with #VR.

bit.ly/flaevents

#archaeology #Skystorians #history #folklore