In this episode we visit the 2025 UK Ghost Story Festival, which was held at the Museum of Making in Derby. Host Mark Norman meets some of the presenters from the festival and chats to them about ghost stories and their work.Children's author ALEX FOULKES discusses her middle-grade books, and talks about writing vampires for children.Author and editor TEIKA MARIJA SMITS talks about the darker side of fairy stories and her own short ghost fictionAcademic DR SAM HIRST tell us all about her project Romancing the Gothic and the wide range of areas in which that particular genre can take you.Learn more about the guests on their websites:Alex: https://foulkeswrites.wordpress.com/Teika: https://teikamarijasmits.com/Sam: https://romancingthegothic.com/Join The Folklore Podcast Patreon community at:https://www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcastYou can support the podcast with a small monthly donation, or elect to be a FREE member.
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