Important note, 15/11/2024

FOLKLIFE WEST online: - from 2025, only adverts will be online on this site - as in Folklife What's On
FOLKLIFE WEST in print:-   no change (£4 clubs/sessions, £6 UK post; or as a PDF copy of print £3)
FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL:-  no change (£2 clubs/sessions, £3.50 post; free PDF downloads from its site)
FOLKLIFE'S online DIRECTORY:  no change - but will move to this  site 

About Folklife publishers, print & online

About   www.folklife.uk/about       •••     Download below as A4 poster
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-pages too small to read; images give a general idea - and you can always buy a copy !
  • 3 separate websites, details below
Also on this site, quite separate from Folklife:
Keeping Folk In Touch   Join our free "Updates" email list. This covers all 3 publications - see YOUR UPDATES webpage

FOLKLIFE TEAM MEMBERS 
  • FOLKLIFE WEST: Correspondents listed on Folklife West page
  • JOURNAL contributors: see 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're 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: 
Folklife Traditions Journal ~ research
Print, or free PDF downloads. 
Copied online to    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:   
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: 
Folk  What's On
Print, & copied online, free PDF download from this site's webpage 🄵🅆 Folk What's On.
Simply the FW adverts.
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