It’s a testament to the growing interest in folklore as both an area of academic study and a topic worth further investigation by the general public that the National Trust would commission a collection of folklore. Written by #FolkloreThursday‘s own Dee Dee Chainey, A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe collects lore from the […]
Reviews
[Review] England’s Witchcraft Trials by Willow Winsham
The subject of witch panics and witchcraft trials remains a hotly contested one, even in these more enlightened times. Recently, I posted an article about northern witchcraft trials that surprisingly didn’t end in execution. One accusation occurred as late as 1867, and the accuser ended up paying damages to the accused. Yet an indignant tweeter […]
[Review] Indie with Ease by Pauline Wiles
Mindset is perhaps one of the biggest challenges facing indie authors. Never mind marketing, with all of its changing tactics and strategies. Your mindset has the potential to sink you before you ever get anywhere near an advertising platform. A myriad of productivity books already exist. And the indie author is spoiled for choice among […]
[Review] Past Mortems: Life and death behind mortuary doors
I’m one of those weird people who wanted to be a pathologist at the age of 8. I’m not sure why. I think it was prompted by a fascination with the ancient Egyptians at school, and a desire to understand how the human machine worked. The fascination with the ancient Egyptians would later manifest itself […]
