FOLDE Dorset
@foldedorset.bsky.social
🌿 Books, art & traditional craft for nature lovers & outdoor wanderers
🌍 Certified B Corp
🏅 Independent Bookshop of the Year for SW England
🏆 Wainwright judges ‘23 & ‘24
📍 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
🌍 Certified B Corp
🏅 Independent Bookshop of the Year for SW England
🏆 Wainwright judges ‘23 & ‘24
📍 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
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FOLDE Dorset
@foldedorset.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Yesterday we learnt that, for the second consecutive year, we’re regional finalists in the #BritishBookAwards for Best Independent Bookshop!
Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)
Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)
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Listen to The Spark to find out what a polecat and Prince Michael of Kent have in common! With Amber Harrison of @foldedorset.bsky.social
On all podcast platforms pod.link/1769061008
And on Substack madelynpostman.substack.com/p/14-a-polec...
On all podcast platforms pod.link/1769061008
And on Substack madelynpostman.substack.com/p/14-a-polec...
September 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Listen to The Spark to find out what a polecat and Prince Michael of Kent have in common! With Amber Harrison of @foldedorset.bsky.social
On all podcast platforms pod.link/1769061008
And on Substack madelynpostman.substack.com/p/14-a-polec...
On all podcast platforms pod.link/1769061008
And on Substack madelynpostman.substack.com/p/14-a-polec...
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Karen & Amber from the fantabulous @foldedorset.bsky.social chatted about my upcoming talk on their most recent Instagram Live & said they'd noticed a lot of love around for #LandBeneaththeWaves which made me quite emotional! Can't wait to talk to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social in Shaftesbury next Tue 💚💚💚
July 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Karen & Amber from the fantabulous @foldedorset.bsky.social chatted about my upcoming talk on their most recent Instagram Live & said they'd noticed a lot of love around for #LandBeneaththeWaves which made me quite emotional! Can't wait to talk to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social in Shaftesbury next Tue 💚💚💚
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This time next week I'll be chatting to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social about #LandBeneaththeWaves at Grosvenor Arms in #Shaftesbury thanks to @foldedorset.bsky.social.
Tickets are just over a fiver, or buy my book & come along for free! @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Tickets are just over a fiver, or buy my book & come along for free! @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
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July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This time next week I'll be chatting to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social about #LandBeneaththeWaves at Grosvenor Arms in #Shaftesbury thanks to @foldedorset.bsky.social.
Tickets are just over a fiver, or buy my book & come along for free! @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Tickets are just over a fiver, or buy my book & come along for free! @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
The sun has come out for @julianhoffman.bsky.social tonight… and we’re so looking forward to the evening
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The sun has come out for @julianhoffman.bsky.social tonight… and we’re so looking forward to the evening
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To those in #Dorset on June 12th, do join us @foldedorset.bsky.social for a special event with @julianhoffman.bsky.social!
Julian will be talking about his new book #Lifelines, a heartfelt memoir about finding home through nature and connection:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/fol...
Julian will be talking about his new book #Lifelines, a heartfelt memoir about finding home through nature and connection:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/fol...
May 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
To those in #Dorset on June 12th, do join us @foldedorset.bsky.social for a special event with @julianhoffman.bsky.social!
Julian will be talking about his new book #Lifelines, a heartfelt memoir about finding home through nature and connection:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/fol...
Julian will be talking about his new book #Lifelines, a heartfelt memoir about finding home through nature and connection:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/fol...
What a delight it was to hear Peter’s story, we suspect Angels in the Cellar may become something of a classic!
Peter Hahn charming the crowd this evening in Shaftesbury with @foldedorset.bsky.social
#angelsinthecellar
#angelsinthecellar
May 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What a delight it was to hear Peter’s story, we suspect Angels in the Cellar may become something of a classic!
Twenty years ago Peter Hahn had a breakdown while in the back of a London cab. It became urgently clear the only way to stop the downward spiral was to find a path out of corporate life…
Join us for a conversation with Peter, talking about his book: Angels in the Cellar
Foldedorset.com/events
Join us for a conversation with Peter, talking about his book: Angels in the Cellar
Foldedorset.com/events
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Twenty years ago Peter Hahn had a breakdown while in the back of a London cab. It became urgently clear the only way to stop the downward spiral was to find a path out of corporate life…
Join us for a conversation with Peter, talking about his book: Angels in the Cellar
Foldedorset.com/events
Join us for a conversation with Peter, talking about his book: Angels in the Cellar
Foldedorset.com/events
What a brilliant evening at the Climate Fiction Awards and huge congratulations to the winner Abi Dare for her book And So I Roar.
@climatefiction.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#climatefiction
@climatefiction.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#climatefiction
May 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What a brilliant evening at the Climate Fiction Awards and huge congratulations to the winner Abi Dare for her book And So I Roar.
@climatefiction.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#climatefiction
@climatefiction.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#climatefiction
Want to know what us booksellers recommend for climate reading this #earthday?
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
8 Earth Day reads for people wanting to make a positive impact
‘Humbling and hopeful’ in different ways, these timely reads help people of all ages navigate the climate and ecological crises.
www.euronews.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Want to know what us booksellers recommend for climate reading this #earthday?
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
We’ve got the delightful Roger Morgan Grenville in Shaftesbury tonight, taking about his incredible 1,000 mile walk across Britain in search of the hope for nature.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
March 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We’ve got the delightful Roger Morgan Grenville in Shaftesbury tonight, taking about his incredible 1,000 mile walk across Britain in search of the hope for nature.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
And it remains one of our most loved cards - especially with the ginger cat!
In 2023 I was commissioned by the lovely @foldedorset.bsky.social bookshop in Shaftesbury to illustrate and make a fold out card of Gold Hill. I originally started with a lot more houses but they would have been tiny so I ended up with nine.
#goldhill #illustration
#goldhill #illustration
March 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And it remains one of our most loved cards - especially with the ginger cat!
We’ve been looking forward to this one for quite some time! 🐗👇
Immensely excited to be speaking about my book Groundbreakers and all things #WildBoar on 20 March at the nature writing Mecca that is @foldedorset.bsky.social - info/tickets here: www.foldedorset.com/events
www.foldedorset.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We’ve been looking forward to this one for quite some time! 🐗👇
Yesterday we learnt that, for the second consecutive year, we’re regional finalists in the #BritishBookAwards for Best Independent Bookshop!
Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)
Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)
February 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yesterday we learnt that, for the second consecutive year, we’re regional finalists in the #BritishBookAwards for Best Independent Bookshop!
Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)
Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)
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Oops, am late sharing this one, power cuts yesterday meant I was mostly offline. My #CountryDiary on being homebound by illness but still dazzled and beguiled by nature #naturewriting www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Confined to the house, the magic of winter comes to me | Amy-Jane Beer
Welburn, North Yorkshire: I watch shadows playing out across the walls, tree trunks and scrambling roses finding their way inside
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Oops, am late sharing this one, power cuts yesterday meant I was mostly offline. My #CountryDiary on being homebound by illness but still dazzled and beguiled by nature #naturewriting www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s a crisp winter morning here in Shaftesbury, one that makes your fingers tingle when you get into the warm again. The fields wear a glistening cloak of frost and the sky is a brisk fresh blue. The first snowdrops nudge through beechnut clad frozen ground. All is well.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
January 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It’s a crisp winter morning here in Shaftesbury, one that makes your fingers tingle when you get into the warm again. The fields wear a glistening cloak of frost and the sky is a brisk fresh blue. The first snowdrops nudge through beechnut clad frozen ground. All is well.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
It’s a frosty old morning on the hill today, and rather beautiful out across the Blackmore Vale.
We’re open today & tomorrow before our two weeks off, where we’ll take a bit of time to relax and reflect on the past year and plan for 2025.
Online orders at foldedorset.com
#naturewriting
We’re open today & tomorrow before our two weeks off, where we’ll take a bit of time to relax and reflect on the past year and plan for 2025.
Online orders at foldedorset.com
#naturewriting
January 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It’s a frosty old morning on the hill today, and rather beautiful out across the Blackmore Vale.
We’re open today & tomorrow before our two weeks off, where we’ll take a bit of time to relax and reflect on the past year and plan for 2025.
Online orders at foldedorset.com
#naturewriting
We’re open today & tomorrow before our two weeks off, where we’ll take a bit of time to relax and reflect on the past year and plan for 2025.
Online orders at foldedorset.com
#naturewriting
In between all our lovely customers (thank you ☺️) we had a little glow up of our big window. We say big with the irony of a bookshop on a wonky hill… but even so, we think it’s looking particularly inviting right now.
Pop in to see us and explore our shelves 😉
#indiebookshop
#bookshop
Pop in to see us and explore our shelves 😉
#indiebookshop
#bookshop
December 17, 2024 at 7:15 PM
In between all our lovely customers (thank you ☺️) we had a little glow up of our big window. We say big with the irony of a bookshop on a wonky hill… but even so, we think it’s looking particularly inviting right now.
Pop in to see us and explore our shelves 😉
#indiebookshop
#bookshop
Pop in to see us and explore our shelves 😉
#indiebookshop
#bookshop
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Thank you to Karen & Amber @foldedorset.bsky.social for the warm welcome & lovely discussion about my forthcoming book, The #WhispersOfRock ❤️🥰 Exciting to plan for future events & pick up a copy of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer 🌟
December 17, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Thank you to Karen & Amber @foldedorset.bsky.social for the warm welcome & lovely discussion about my forthcoming book, The #WhispersOfRock ❤️🥰 Exciting to plan for future events & pick up a copy of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer 🌟
Want some bookish ideas and a chance to win a £250 voucher? We’ve got you covered 😉
uk.bookshop.org/shop/foldedo...
uk.bookshop.org/shop/foldedo...
December 7, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Want some bookish ideas and a chance to win a £250 voucher? We’ve got you covered 😉
uk.bookshop.org/shop/foldedo...
uk.bookshop.org/shop/foldedo...
We’ll be open tomorrow despite the weather (thank you storm Darragh) but we’ll mostly likely keep our signs indoors to keep them (and pedestrians!) safe. Pop on and say hello, and while away some time being lured by books 😉
We have many and they are wonderful 😁
#naturewriting
#shoplocal
We have many and they are wonderful 😁
#naturewriting
#shoplocal
December 6, 2024 at 10:40 PM
We’ll be open tomorrow despite the weather (thank you storm Darragh) but we’ll mostly likely keep our signs indoors to keep them (and pedestrians!) safe. Pop on and say hello, and while away some time being lured by books 😉
We have many and they are wonderful 😁
#naturewriting
#shoplocal
We have many and they are wonderful 😁
#naturewriting
#shoplocal
That’s the doors closed for the day at FOLDE HQ. It’s a touch blowy out there tonight so we’re hoping our lights will be where we’ve left them!
If you want to avoid looking at the weather, why not have a mosey at www.foldedorset.com in the warm and dry 😉
#books
#naturewriting
#thoughtfulgiving
If you want to avoid looking at the weather, why not have a mosey at www.foldedorset.com in the warm and dry 😉
#books
#naturewriting
#thoughtfulgiving
December 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
That’s the doors closed for the day at FOLDE HQ. It’s a touch blowy out there tonight so we’re hoping our lights will be where we’ve left them!
If you want to avoid looking at the weather, why not have a mosey at www.foldedorset.com in the warm and dry 😉
#books
#naturewriting
#thoughtfulgiving
If you want to avoid looking at the weather, why not have a mosey at www.foldedorset.com in the warm and dry 😉
#books
#naturewriting
#thoughtfulgiving
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Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
December 4, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
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Working on a small press directory, mainly UK and Ireland but going to remove the geographical listing and do various finer listings and an overall alphabetical listing.
Over 1000 publishers on there at the moment
#SmallPress #Publisher #Publishing #IndiePublishing
www.indiepublishers.co.uk
Over 1000 publishers on there at the moment
#SmallPress #Publisher #Publishing #IndiePublishing
www.indiepublishers.co.uk
Independent Publishers
"though she be little she is fierce"
www.indiepublishers.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Working on a small press directory, mainly UK and Ireland but going to remove the geographical listing and do various finer listings and an overall alphabetical listing.
Over 1000 publishers on there at the moment
#SmallPress #Publisher #Publishing #IndiePublishing
www.indiepublishers.co.uk
Over 1000 publishers on there at the moment
#SmallPress #Publisher #Publishing #IndiePublishing
www.indiepublishers.co.uk
We absolutely adore this painting. If you know French Mill Lane you know exactly this spot. And if you don’t, you just want to wander down to find it 😍
Careful now……
‘French Mill Lane oaks’ ink, watercolour and charcoal
Walking past the young oaks on the lane just above French Mill. On show now at the lovely @foldedorset.bsky.social #watercolour
‘French Mill Lane oaks’ ink, watercolour and charcoal
Walking past the young oaks on the lane just above French Mill. On show now at the lovely @foldedorset.bsky.social #watercolour
December 2, 2024 at 11:05 AM
We absolutely adore this painting. If you know French Mill Lane you know exactly this spot. And if you don’t, you just want to wander down to find it 😍