About — Folklife West

About Folklife publishers, print & online

About www.folklife.uk/about

Folklife are a non-profit group of volunteers. Read our publications free online !

See Home for a brief introduction to Folklife West
See this page, below for more details + details of our 4 publications
See Info for admin details: membership, sales/discounts, adverts, etc
Websites, so no social-media-style sign-up required to read our websites! , open to all to read !
On phones, our A4-size print-page copies become too small to read, but images will give you a general idea (& you can always buy a copy !)
3 separate websites, details below

Also on this site, quite separate from Folklife:

Homend Poets, plus an Homend Poets Archive.
STFC Crabbe: for the Somers Trad FC's Tribute to Crabbe night, held on 31 May 2024.

Keeping Folk In Touch Join our free "Updates" email list. This covers all 3 publications - see UPDATES webpage

FOLKLIFE TEAM MEMBERS

FOLKLIFE WEST: Correspondents listed on Folklife West page
JOURNAL contributors: see Journal website, www.folklife-traditions.uk
Editors: Eleanor & Sam Simmons; all Admin: Sam.
Text Editor (Members' news websites/word limits): David Harley.

FOLKLIFE TEAM MEMBERS:

Web advice: Paul Clarke, to July 2023, so a volunteer welcome.
Zoom listings: Paul Clarke, to July 2023, so a volunteer welcome.
Illustrations, Logos: Chris Beaumont, Chris Stewart, John Crane.
Photographs: Eden Tanner, Colin Davies.
We thank our team, we are all unpaid Volunteers ~ more welcome!

June 2024: site completely revised in move, it's now hosted by WebMate.

Your comments welcome, bearing in mind that we are print editors (looking for a Web-trained volunteer Webmaster or two ...)
Web-editor(s) wanted ! Currently it's just Sam & Eleanor for all admin . . .

our print readers tell us how much they enjoy our publication
ideally we'd concentrate on editing print magazines, others more web-knowledgeable volunteering to run a website or section

We'd like to be set up formally as a charity or CIC; a volunteer to take this on would be most welcome.

Folklife West ~ Members' folk news

Print; or paid-for PDF (emailed to you via WeTransfer). Copied online to this site, Folklife West

Folk news, from Folklife members, 40-48 pages.
Your music session, club guests, gigs, new album, festivals, workshops, Festivals & Workshops Diary.
Up to 160 words (more if advert) for each news item, plus an optional small photo/image.

3 x year: FW print dates & deadlines:
Jan (20 Nov). May (20 Mar). Sep (20 Jul).
UPDATES: on the UPDATES webpage

Folklife Traditions Journal ~ research

Print, or free PDF downloads.

Copied online to separate site, www.folklife-traditions.uk

Researched articles, societies' news, 16-20 pages.
Free downloads, archive of all past issues.
News is from folklife societies, researchers, and book publishers.
Up to 160 words (more if advert), plus an optional small photo/image eg book cover.
2 x year: FTJ print dates & deadlines:
MAR (by 1 Feb). NOV (by 1 Oct)

UPDATES: on FTJ website's UPDATES page, on www.folklife-traditions.uk

Folklife's Directory

Online only, on a separate site,
www.folklife-directory.uk

Directory listings ~ UK and world.

Free entries, with live links.
Includes a Zoom page.
Not dated events (gigs, festivals)

Categories - see that website
Basic details (no dates)

name/web/media, plus
brief description up to 40 words

We can draft entries for you, for you to approve or change, just email sam@folklife.uk

ith your website details. Or send in details, in our format - see www.folklife-directory.uk

UPDATES: on Directory site as above, on DIRECTORY UPDATES webpage

Folk What's On

Print, & copied online, free PDF download from this site's webpage 🄵🅆 Folk What's On.
Simply the FW adverts.