Five Leaves Publications and editors Anna Milon and Rory Waterman have pleasure in inviting you to the launch of our book on Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined.

Lincolnshire is a county with a rich, diverse and evolving heritage of folk tales – one that is perennially overlooked, despite renewed interest in folklore. Its traditional stories often tell of boggarts, rogues, princesses, witches, demons, old rites and customs… but folk tales are not set in aspic, they can change over time – as do the ‘folk’ themselves.

This book brings together new, original fiction and poetry by fifteen of Lincolnshire’s most celebrated writers. All take inspiration from Lincolnshire’s traditional folk tales, but they are equally concerned with today, and with how our collective cultural heritage might add colour to our present-day lives. They’re ripping good yarns – for their own sakes, and for our times.

Six of the contributors to the book will be reading. Line up TBA

Refreshments included

This anthology has been produced as part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures. We gratefully acknowledge the AHRC and Nottingham Trent University for their support. The Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project also benefits from partnerships with other organisations, including Heritage Lincolnshire, Adverse Camber Productions, Lincolnshire Life, the University of Lincoln and Five Leaves Publications.

Rory Waterman edited Something Happens, Sometimes Here for Five Leaves, a collection of poetry about Lincolnshire or by Lincolnshire writers