Robert Edgar
@robertedgar.bsky.social
Writer and Academic. Professor of Writing and Popular Culture, York St John University. Scriptwriting, Music Memoir, Hauntology, Folk Horror, Science-Fiction
Now available in paperback, just in time for Christmas.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Now available in paperback, just in time for Christmas.
A great launch of The Wandspringer last night at York Explore hosted by York Literature Festival. @foolscapquill.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A great launch of The Wandspringer last night at York Explore hosted by York Literature Festival. @foolscapquill.bsky.social
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Check out the book trailer for The Wandspringer.
🪐📚💙📚 #timetravel #kidlit #scifi
youtu.be/uzbl0Udbsso?...
🪐📚💙📚 #timetravel #kidlit #scifi
youtu.be/uzbl0Udbsso?...
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Check out the book trailer for The Wandspringer.
🪐📚💙📚 #timetravel #kidlit #scifi
youtu.be/uzbl0Udbsso?...
🪐📚💙📚 #timetravel #kidlit #scifi
youtu.be/uzbl0Udbsso?...
The Wandspringer published by @foolscapquill.bsky.social. A middle-grade novel about the importance of family and friends and also the dangers of totalitarian governments. www.robertcedgar.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Wandspringer published by @foolscapquill.bsky.social. A middle-grade novel about the importance of family and friends and also the dangers of totalitarian governments. www.robertcedgar.com
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A video with the sample from the audiobook The Crack in the Lens. This is the first video about our books. If you are interested in seeing more please subscribe to our channel on Youtube. youtu.be/LzqtqgQeoOM?...
The Crack in the Lens Audiobook Sample - Darlene A. Cypser
YouTube video by Foolscap & Quill
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September 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A video with the sample from the audiobook The Crack in the Lens. This is the first video about our books. If you are interested in seeing more please subscribe to our channel on Youtube. youtu.be/LzqtqgQeoOM?...
I can highly recommend! A wonderful take on Holmes. A great novel and beautifully read.
#sherlockholmes #booksky 💙📚 ⏳📚
The Crack in the Lens audiobook is available on Audible, Hoopla, Spotify & many other places. These are the links I have been able to find. I can't get weblinks for some of the phone apps but you can search your favorite. (That's Jack Wynters) foolscap-quill.com/audiomarketp...
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I can highly recommend! A wonderful take on Holmes. A great novel and beautifully read.
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The Wandspringer is a middle grade time travel adventure available from Bookshop.org and many other booksellers worldwide. #kidlit #timetravel #scifi #middlegrade 📚💙#booksky 🪐📚
September 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Wandspringer is a middle grade time travel adventure available from Bookshop.org and many other booksellers worldwide. #kidlit #timetravel #scifi #middlegrade 📚💙#booksky 🪐📚
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I know I'm banging on.
But we have to because we're a small press and need this limelight to let readers know about our books.
From Hebden to Hollywood via Dublin.
As Rónán said. 'It's like throwing a dart from Dublin and hitting the bullseye in New York.'
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
But we have to because we're a small press and need this limelight to let readers know about our books.
From Hebden to Hollywood via Dublin.
As Rónán said. 'It's like throwing a dart from Dublin and hitting the bullseye in New York.'
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Julia Roberts to narrate new BBC series Leonard and Hungry Paul
The feel-good series follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines
www.bbc.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I know I'm banging on.
But we have to because we're a small press and need this limelight to let readers know about our books.
From Hebden to Hollywood via Dublin.
As Rónán said. 'It's like throwing a dart from Dublin and hitting the bullseye in New York.'
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
But we have to because we're a small press and need this limelight to let readers know about our books.
From Hebden to Hollywood via Dublin.
As Rónán said. 'It's like throwing a dart from Dublin and hitting the bullseye in New York.'
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
There's nothing better than opening a parcel of books! @foolscapquill.bsky.social
The Wandspringer- available now.
The Wandspringer- available now.
August 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
There's nothing better than opening a parcel of books! @foolscapquill.bsky.social
The Wandspringer- available now.
The Wandspringer- available now.
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Wandspringer is a German word that means "wall jumper." It is used to refer to some spiders. In this book "The Wandspringer" is a spy who helps people cross the Berlin Wall.
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Wandspringer is a German word that means "wall jumper." It is used to refer to some spiders. In this book "The Wandspringer" is a spy who helps people cross the Berlin Wall.
I'm very pleased to announce that my novel, The Wandspringer, is now available in print and ebook. Published by the fantastic Foolscap & Quill (foolscap-quill.com/wandspringer.html) The Wandspringer is a middle-grade time-travel/cold war espionage story.
August 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm very pleased to announce that my novel, The Wandspringer, is now available in print and ebook. Published by the fantastic Foolscap & Quill (foolscap-quill.com/wandspringer.html) The Wandspringer is a middle-grade time-travel/cold war espionage story.
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The first of the Orion Labauve series books, Search for the Signet, is available on Amazon & Kobo in paperback and ebook. 2nd book coming next month. Delve into this magical realism series! 🪐📚 #magic #ghosts #fantasy www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNKXLRM9
Orion Labauve
Visit Amazon's Orion Labauve Page and shop for all Orion Labauve books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Orion Labauve
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August 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The first of the Orion Labauve series books, Search for the Signet, is available on Amazon & Kobo in paperback and ebook. 2nd book coming next month. Delve into this magical realism series! 🪐📚 #magic #ghosts #fantasy www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNKXLRM9
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The Wandspringer - Ellie must travel through time to East Berlin to save her father. Now available on Bookshop.org #middlegrade #scifi #kidlit #timetravel 🪐📚 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Wandspringer
Check out The Wandspringer - <p>When Ellie uncovers a hidden link between her missing father and a legendary spy, she's drawn into a daring mission across time. With history in the balance and danger ...
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August 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Wandspringer - Ellie must travel through time to East Berlin to save her father. Now available on Bookshop.org #middlegrade #scifi #kidlit #timetravel 🪐📚 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Wandspringer - Ellie must travel through time to East Berlin to save her father. #middlegrade #scifi #kidlit #timetravel 🪐📚
August 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Wandspringer - Ellie must travel through time to East Berlin to save her father. #middlegrade #scifi #kidlit #timetravel 🪐📚
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Ellie’s world has shifted. Her father has disappeared. She lives with her uncle who spends his nights working with machinery in his cellar. Now there is a new teacher at school & a radical change in the lessons. What is the connection? Who is the Wandspringer? 💙📚🪐 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMJRX4JW/
The Wandspringer
The Wandspringer - Kindle edition by Edgar, Robert C.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Wandspringer.
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August 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Ellie’s world has shifted. Her father has disappeared. She lives with her uncle who spends his nights working with machinery in his cellar. Now there is a new teacher at school & a radical change in the lessons. What is the connection? Who is the Wandspringer? 💙📚🪐 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMJRX4JW/
The Wandspringer
The Wandspringer - Kindle edition by Edgar, Robert C.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Wandspringer.
www.amazon.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ellie’s world has shifted. Her father has disappeared. She lives with her uncle who spends his nights working with machinery in his cellar. Now there is a new teacher at school & a radical change in the lessons. What is the connection? Who is the Wandspringer? 💙📚🪐 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMJRX4JW/
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Hellllooooo Brick and Mortar stores!
If you list our books on your website, we link to your website!
foolscap-quill.com/marketplace....
If you list our books on your website, we link to your website!
foolscap-quill.com/marketplace....
Foolscap & Quill
Foolscap and Quill - Paperback Marketplace
foolscap-quill.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hellllooooo Brick and Mortar stores!
If you list our books on your website, we link to your website!
foolscap-quill.com/marketplace....
If you list our books on your website, we link to your website!
foolscap-quill.com/marketplace....
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For everyone who's attended the conference...
(meme by Lowen Frampton,
polaroid by Edie Owczarek-Palfreyman)
(meme by Lowen Frampton,
polaroid by Edie Owczarek-Palfreyman)
July 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For everyone who's attended the conference...
(meme by Lowen Frampton,
polaroid by Edie Owczarek-Palfreyman)
(meme by Lowen Frampton,
polaroid by Edie Owczarek-Palfreyman)
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BONUS EPISODE - Folklore in the Field
FOLK HORROR
with @robertedgar.bsky.social
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/folk-horror.... or on your podcast app
Recorded live at this year's UK Ghost Story Festival @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social, I chat with Prof Bob Edgar about Folk Horror
FOLK HORROR
with @robertedgar.bsky.social
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/folk-horror.... or on your podcast app
Recorded live at this year's UK Ghost Story Festival @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social, I chat with Prof Bob Edgar about Folk Horror
July 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
BONUS EPISODE - Folklore in the Field
FOLK HORROR
with @robertedgar.bsky.social
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/folk-horror.... or on your podcast app
Recorded live at this year's UK Ghost Story Festival @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social, I chat with Prof Bob Edgar about Folk Horror
FOLK HORROR
with @robertedgar.bsky.social
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/folk-horror.... or on your podcast app
Recorded live at this year's UK Ghost Story Festival @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social, I chat with Prof Bob Edgar about Folk Horror
Very pleased to have a chapter on CUD: Rich and Strange @cud.bsky.social (thanks to @williampotter.com) in Rereading Musicians and their Audiences edited by @profkirsty.bsky.social, Tom Attah and Christian Lloyd
July 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Very pleased to have a chapter on CUD: Rich and Strange @cud.bsky.social (thanks to @williampotter.com) in Rereading Musicians and their Audiences edited by @profkirsty.bsky.social, Tom Attah and Christian Lloyd
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Sneak peak at another book coming out this summer:
The Wandspringer
The Wandspringer
July 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sneak peak at another book coming out this summer:
The Wandspringer
The Wandspringer
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Looking for reviewers, bloggers & podcasters! We are publishing two books in August. One is a mid-grade time travel adventure about a girl looking for a hero to save her father who finds the hero in herself. The other is a magical realism story about an old curse & a new hero. DM for review copies.
July 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Looking for reviewers, bloggers & podcasters! We are publishing two books in August. One is a mid-grade time travel adventure about a girl looking for a hero to save her father who finds the hero in herself. The other is a magical realism story about an old curse & a new hero. DM for review copies.
Discussing hauntology at the Ghosts in Britain and Ireland 1500-1950 Conference, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
June 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Discussing hauntology at the Ghosts in Britain and Ireland 1500-1950 Conference, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick