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In this episode of The Folklore Podcast, we hear from author of dark historical fiction Anna Mazzola about her book 'The Story Keeper'... A dark tale of folklore and disappearances on the Isle of Skye. Audrey Hart travels to Skye and to the mansion of a reclusive folklorist to collect the folk and fairy tales of the local people. It is 1857, the Highland Clearances have left devastation and poverty, and the crofters are suspicious and hostile, claiming they no longer know their stories. Then Audrey discovers the body of a young girl washed up in the bay beneath Lanerly, and the crofters reveal that it is only a matter of weeks since another girl disappeared. They believe the girls are victims of the restless dead: spirits who take the form of birds Anna discusses her research and the ways that she negotiates history and folklore to produce fiction based on historical fact and narrative. This episode is closed with music from singer/songwriter Sharron Kraus. To visit her website, click here. To support The Folklore Podcast on Patreon and access bonus content, please click here. To find out more about Anna and to link to her website, please visit the Guests page.
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Released during National Storytelling Week 2020, this episode of The Folklore Podcast features guest interviewer Joana Varanda in discussion with British storytelling legend, and the first Storyteller Laureate Taffy Thomas MBE about his life and work. Taffy is the patron of the Society for Storytelling, has received the English Folk Dance and Song Society Gold Badge Award and his repertoire of around 300 stories, collected mostly by the traditional oral methods, makes him the most well known and respected of all English storytellers. Visit the Guests page to see Taffy's biography and links to his website. To support the Folklore Podcast on Patreon and access extra rewards, plus a bonus story from Taffy, please click here. 
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We present a recording of a performance by Bulgarian/English storytelling group 'A Spell in Time', recorded live in 2013 at the Folklore Society's Beasts in Legend and Tradition conference at Paignton Zoo. Storyteller Moni Sheehan and musician Ivor Davies discuss the Bulgarian dragon known as the Zmey. The episode is closed by special musical guest Polly Preacher. To support the Folklore Podcast on Patreon and access exclusive extra content, please visit: www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast A Spell in Time: https://www.spellintime.co.uk/ Polly Preacher: https://pollypreacher.bandcamp.com/ 
Season 5 of The Folklore Podcast kicks off with a special extended episode. Host Mark Norman is joined by author Morgan Daimler to discuss their book 'A New Dictionary of Fairies' which builds on the research done by eminent folklorist Katharine Briggs, focusing on fairies in the Celtic and Western European traditions.
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