Ceri Houlbrook
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
Author of 'Winter's Wishfall'. Folklorist. Mum. Northerner. Lecturer in Folklore & History. Eater of cake.
Over 2 decades ago (ouch) I started my degree @edinburghuni.bsky.social - this will be my first time back to the city since graduating & I'm so excited to be talking #Folklore in the place where I bought my first pile of academic books
@blackwells.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
@blackwells.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Over 2 decades ago (ouch) I started my degree @edinburghuni.bsky.social - this will be my first time back to the city since graduating & I'm so excited to be talking #Folklore in the place where I bought my first pile of academic books
@blackwells.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
@blackwells.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
My young assistant today helped with witch-bottle making & my best audience yet - turns out that kids love getting messy and talking about curses, witches & urine
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My young assistant today helped with witch-bottle making & my best audience yet - turns out that kids love getting messy and talking about curses, witches & urine
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social
The folkloric belief that catching twelve falling leaves ensures good luck for a year = the perfect excuse to just stand here and wait long enough for twelve leaves to fall #AutumnVibes #Folklore
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The folkloric belief that catching twelve falling leaves ensures good luck for a year = the perfect excuse to just stand here and wait long enough for twelve leaves to fall #AutumnVibes #Folklore
The ritual detritus of 6th November
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The ritual detritus of 6th November
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Let’s try this again without my sausage fingers messing it up: Good birthday book post. “Muswell Hill in Photos” by Zoë Norfolk, and “Folklore - A Journey through the Past and Present” by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social
Both good research for my own writing.
Both good research for my own writing.
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Let’s try this again without my sausage fingers messing it up: Good birthday book post. “Muswell Hill in Photos” by Zoë Norfolk, and “Folklore - A Journey through the Past and Present” by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social
Both good research for my own writing.
Both good research for my own writing.
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Currently bed bound so to have this wonderful book by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social turn up in the post is a double joy. Accessible, erudite and insightful as you would expect, but also gloriously entertaining and engaging.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Currently bed bound so to have this wonderful book by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social turn up in the post is a double joy. Accessible, erudite and insightful as you would expect, but also gloriously entertaining and engaging.
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We had a feeling the press would love the first findings from our survey - and we’ve been getting some wonderful coverage! Take a look at the press page on our website to see how it’s been reported so far.
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We had a feeling the press would love the first findings from our survey - and we’ve been getting some wonderful coverage! Take a look at the press page on our website to see how it’s been reported so far.
Reposted by Ceri Houlbrook
It's November so I'm allowed to quietly whisper the word #Christmas, right? Sneaking in between my #Folklore promos I also wanted to point towards a book based on archival research but cosily fictionalised as magical realism - I wrote the book I'd always wanted to read
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It's November so I'm allowed to quietly whisper the word #Christmas, right? Sneaking in between my #Folklore promos I also wanted to point towards a book based on archival research but cosily fictionalised as magical realism - I wrote the book I'd always wanted to read
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's November so I'm allowed to quietly whisper the word #Christmas, right? Sneaking in between my #Folklore promos I also wanted to point towards a book based on archival research but cosily fictionalised as magical realism - I wrote the book I'd always wanted to read
While in Colchester I popped into @waterstones.bsky.social to sign #Folklore - next stop the East Anglian Folklore Centre for an evening of #Halloween spookiness
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
While in Colchester I popped into @waterstones.bsky.social to sign #Folklore - next stop the East Anglian Folklore Centre for an evening of #Halloween spookiness
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Look what arrived, just in time for #FolkloreThursday!
Very excited to read this!
Very excited to read this!
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Look what arrived, just in time for #FolkloreThursday!
Very excited to read this!
Very excited to read this!
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Join leading experts @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social as they chat about their gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore, 'Folklore', at Blackwell's in Edinburgh on the 13th November.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
Owen Davies & Ceri Houlbrook: Folklore
Join Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook as they chat about their gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore
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October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Join leading experts @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social as they chat about their gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore, 'Folklore', at Blackwell's in Edinburgh on the 13th November.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
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MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE
We have had some wonderful arrivals from the brilliant cartoonist @jambookshopuk.bsky.social and wonderfully authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social who donated a signed Folklore book to the auction
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
We have had some wonderful arrivals from the brilliant cartoonist @jambookshopuk.bsky.social and wonderfully authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social who donated a signed Folklore book to the auction
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE
We have had some wonderful arrivals from the brilliant cartoonist @jambookshopuk.bsky.social and wonderfully authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social who donated a signed Folklore book to the auction
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
We have had some wonderful arrivals from the brilliant cartoonist @jambookshopuk.bsky.social and wonderfully authors @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social who donated a signed Folklore book to the auction
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!
Memorial love-locks alongside pebbles at this beautiful tiny chapel on the Llŷn Peninsula. Anyone who thinks these are just litter clearly haven't read the messages
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Memorial love-locks alongside pebbles at this beautiful tiny chapel on the Llŷn Peninsula. Anyone who thinks these are just litter clearly haven't read the messages
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Had a brilliant time in Oxford yesterday at the Philip Pullman talk. Then went over to @blackwells.bsky.social and found Everyday Folklore shelved next to my two fave folklorists (who've influenced me no end) @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social & @odavies9.bsky.social and their new book Folklore! 🥳 #Booksky
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Had a brilliant time in Oxford yesterday at the Philip Pullman talk. Then went over to @blackwells.bsky.social and found Everyday Folklore shelved next to my two fave folklorists (who've influenced me no end) @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social & @odavies9.bsky.social and their new book Folklore! 🥳 #Booksky
Tonight, besides the stormy sea, I've come to the Dragon Theatre to listen to Welsh stories of revenants, curses and suckling cats #happyspookyseason
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Tonight, besides the stormy sea, I've come to the Dragon Theatre to listen to Welsh stories of revenants, curses and suckling cats #happyspookyseason
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It's arrived .... a perfect read for the darkly lorish nights ahead @odavies9.bsky.social @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's arrived .... a perfect read for the darkly lorish nights ahead @odavies9.bsky.social @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!
Really enjoyed talking witches, mermaids, crooked coins, and hidden shoes, exploring the #Folklore that shaped Shakespeare’s England with
@odavies9.bsky.social @thatshakespeare.bsky.social
🎭 🎧 Listen now: cassidycash.com/ep392
@odavies9.bsky.social @thatshakespeare.bsky.social
🎭 🎧 Listen now: cassidycash.com/ep392
Dragons, Saints, Witchcraft, and Magic of the 16th Century - Cassidy Cash
Explore Shakespeare’s world of folklore—accidental witches, mermaids, healing wells, crooked coins, and the superstitions of 16thC England.
cassidycash.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Really enjoyed talking witches, mermaids, crooked coins, and hidden shoes, exploring the #Folklore that shaped Shakespeare’s England with
@odavies9.bsky.social @thatshakespeare.bsky.social
🎭 🎧 Listen now: cassidycash.com/ep392
@odavies9.bsky.social @thatshakespeare.bsky.social
🎭 🎧 Listen now: cassidycash.com/ep392
From ghosts to gytrash, I had a great time discussing the folklore of the Brontës on the moors for this brilliant episode of HistoryHit TV, 'Death at the Parsonage' - watch it here: access.historyhit.com/videos/death...
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
From ghosts to gytrash, I had a great time discussing the folklore of the Brontës on the moors for this brilliant episode of HistoryHit TV, 'Death at the Parsonage' - watch it here: access.historyhit.com/videos/death...
While in Bath I popped into @mrbsemporium.bsky.social to sign #Folklore (which is keeping excellent company with @karlbell.bsky.social) - and to add my name to the author luggage tags hanging from their ceiling with their respective pens - a piece of folklore in itself!
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
While in Bath I popped into @mrbsemporium.bsky.social to sign #Folklore (which is keeping excellent company with @karlbell.bsky.social) - and to add my name to the author luggage tags hanging from their ceiling with their respective pens - a piece of folklore in itself!
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In this new episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, @icysedgwick.bsky.social chats to two folklore heavyweights - @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social - about their brand new book, 'Folklore', which is out now.
Watch the episode on YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuX8...
#booksky
Watch the episode on YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuX8...
#booksky
British Folklore from Past to Present with Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook
YouTube video by Icy Sedgwick
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October 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In this new episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, @icysedgwick.bsky.social chats to two folklore heavyweights - @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social - about their brand new book, 'Folklore', which is out now.
Watch the episode on YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuX8...
#booksky
Watch the episode on YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuX8...
#booksky
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This month on Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm chatting to @odavies9.bsky.social
& @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social about their new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present. There's even a mention of ice cream van folklore!
youtu.be/xuX87Hcp53U?...
& @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social about their new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present. There's even a mention of ice cream van folklore!
youtu.be/xuX87Hcp53U?...
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This month on Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm chatting to @odavies9.bsky.social
& @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social about their new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present. There's even a mention of ice cream van folklore!
youtu.be/xuX87Hcp53U?...
& @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social about their new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present. There's even a mention of ice cream van folklore!
youtu.be/xuX87Hcp53U?...
Reposted by Ceri Houlbrook
For more check out my newsletter at www.cavletter.com/l/ including Ruairí’s incredible concept art, FEAR OF THE JEDI and my recent reading adventures including last night’s Folklore event at @toppingsbath.bsky.social with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social Owen Davies.
Prepare for launch –– Iron & Frost #1 hits comics stores!
Plus, Ruairí Coleman's brilliant concept art, Fear of the Jedi gets collected and I share my recent reading adventures!
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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
For more check out my newsletter at www.cavletter.com/l/ including Ruairí’s incredible concept art, FEAR OF THE JEDI and my recent reading adventures including last night’s Folklore event at @toppingsbath.bsky.social with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social Owen Davies.