Here’s a list of all the events and publications that we can link you to in the coming weeks.

Events

April 16 at 7:00 PM ET

Book Club – Join us on April 16th at 7PM ET to discuss Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries! Yes, we’re finally reading this delightful book about a very practical folklorist (shout out to prior book club pick, Emily Tesh’s Silver in the Wood!) doing fieldwork on actual fairies.

Here’s the description: “Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party—or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, Shadow, and the Fair Folk to other people. So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, muddle Emily’s research, and utterly confound and frustrate her. But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones—the most elusive of all faeries—lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she’ll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all—her own heart.”

How could we not love a book where the protagonist is making an encyclopedia of fairies?? ;).

Here are some reviews!

“The world-building here is exquisite . . . and the characters are just as textured and richly drawn. This is the kind of forlorn, folkloric fantasy that remembers the old, blood-ribboned source material about sacrifices and stolen children, but adds a modern gloss.” – The New York Times Book Review

“A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic.” – Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (another former book club pick!)

“The full cast of characters, well-developed faerie lore, and pervasive sense of cold add depth to the delightful proceedings, which include scholarship, yes, but also danger and a hint of romance.” – Booklist (starred review)

If you would like to join future book clubs, make sure you’re on the $7+ tier on our Patreon for April!  

April 22 at 7:00 PM ET

Fairy Tale Salon – Here is the info for our April Fairy-Tale Salon.

Prompt: Spring Renewal

Quest: Spring is officially in bloom, the plants are coming back to life, and we’re thinking a lot about renewal. Sometimes what you need isn’t to start something completely new, but instead to breathe new life into something you already love. For this salon, we’d love to talk about the things that you’re renewing, reinvigorating, and revitalizing. Maybe you’re just getting back into reading poetry, or you’ve vowed to nudge a little life back into your neglected vegetable garden. Maybe you want to reconnect with an old friend! Tell us what you’re doing to bring the energy of spring renewal into your life this month.

If you would like to join us, make sure that you’re on the Salonnières tier or higher on our Patreon for April!

Current Courses Available

The Magic of Shakespeare UNABRIDGED ($427)-Doors close April 10 at midnight ET- Once upon a time, a princess displeased her tyrannical father and was banished from their kingdom.

Once upon a time, a tiff between fairies spilled into the human world, catching up a bunch of unsuspecting mortals in their mischief and magic. 

Once upon a time, three witches made a prophecy and threw Scotland into war.

Once upon a time, a man named William Shakespeare wrote dozens of plays that changed the world. He wasn’t a prince or an aristocrat of any kind – he was the son of a glover. He read books and newspapers, listened to the stories of people he met, and distilled them into tales of shipwrecks, falling kingdoms, and romance.

And now we’re inviting you into his world of fairy tales, ghosts, and strange enchantments, whether you’re a long-established Shakespeare nerd or you’re a little Shakespeare-curious.

An expansive and enchanting exploration of Shakespeare’s plays through the lens of folklore. You’ll experience impeccable scholarship, sparkling adaptations, fairies and folktales, and Gothic ghosties.

But most importantly, you’ll learn the folkloric keys that unlock the plays so that you can understand and enjoy them as you never have before.

When you study Shakespeare through folklore, the puzzle pieces snap into place – we know from personal experience how dazzling and immensely satisfying it feels!

In this course, we bring Shakespeare down to earth, showing you it’s for you, and then fling it up into the stars so you can see all the folklore and magic that weave the plays together. We’ll show you why the plays mattered then and also why they matter now.

What’s Inside:

The Magic of Shakespeare UNABRIDGED is the biggest version of this course we’ve ever run. The core lectures, seminars, and bonus talks are self-study and can be done at your own pace. And we’ll have two live community events for questions, connection, and scholarly glee.

Each week of the course will feature a deep dive into one of these five topics:

• Shakespeare & the Folkloric Lens
• Fairies
• Fairy Tales
• Witches and Ghosts
• Gender

Click here to grab it!

Find Your Fairy Tale Mini-Course ($17) – Find Your Fairy Tale is a bite-sized mini course made to help you connect genuinely with the world of fairy tales and tap into the personal stories that underpin your life – so that you can harness their power or even start to change them. We guarantee academic excellence, dedication to whimsy, and an avenue right into a real sense of everyday enchantment. 

Some people swear by their Enneagram (we’re both 3s) or their Zodiac sign (*waves in Virgo and Scorpio*). We’re all about fairy tales and the insights they reveal.

Click here to grab it!

Press

We were interviewed by Lydia for her Flirting with Life podcast! We talked about fairytales as cultural scripts, practical ways to have an enchanted life, and flirting with something as a practice, and more. Listen to it here! 

We were interviewed on Kelly Jarvis’ blog about Fairylore! Check out our interview on friendship, Carterhaugh’s origin story, Fairylore, and more! Listen to it here!

We were interviewed on Deborah Zehna-Adams’ Substack about writing and Fairylore! Listen to it here! 

Publications

OUR BOOK, FAIRYLORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER!!!

Here’s the official description from our publisher, Sterling Ethos @ Hachette:

“A gorgeously illustrated guide to the fae, filled with intriguing and well-researched explorations of folklore from around the world.

In Ireland, the sinister leannán sídhe suck the life from artists and poets in exchange for muse-like inspiration. In Japan, the elusive zashiki-warashi bestow prosperity on the human families whose homes they share. From the dvorovoi of Russia to the Brazilian curupira, Malaysia’s orang bunian to English brownies, and the moksin tongbŏp of Korea, the world is full of magical creatures who assist, haunt, and dazzle humankind.

This illustrated compendium written by expert folklorists invites us to enter the realm of the fairy folk. Sections dedicated to fairies of the home, nature, romance, and more emphasize what fairies do and what they mean to people around the world. Each chapter illustrates a different way of seeing fairies—a way they’ve been used to explain our world and ourselves.

This is a fascinating reference for anyone who has ever been enchanted by fairies—or would like to be.”

Kelly Jarvis wrote a wonderful review of our new book, Fairylore, in The Fairy Tale Magazine! “Fairylore: A Compendium of the Fae Folk is a necessary book for all those who seek the rare blend of intellectual contemplation and fairy enchantment that Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman provide. It is both a valuable academic resource and a work of art that I will cherish and return to often as I continue to explore the fairy magic that beckons from ‘betwixt and between.’” Check out their review of Fairylore and order our book here!