Wild Folk with Jackie Morris & Tamsin Abbott

The evening will begin with a performance from local folk duo, Silverthorne, followed by a conversation between Jackie and Tamsin about the inspiration for their book, a beautifully illustrated sequence of seven tales of transformation and power. 

 

The fables in Wild Folk are summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet and transformed by word and image into portals between past and future. You will meet selkies and silver trout, the black fox, the woman of flowers and Wayland, the crippled smith who can hammer metal to such airy thinness he makes his own wings. 

Wild Folk is a book that is made to be looked at and held. It brings together Jackie’s words and Tamsin’s images, but the stories come from both. These are tales to make you see, listen and most of all feel the wild magic that links stone, tree, fox and star.

18:00 Arrival 

18:30 Performance by Silverthorne 

19:00 Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott in conversation 

20:00 Book signing and Silverthorne performance

 

Jackie Morris is an artist and writer. She has illustrated many books, and written some, including The Unwinding, Feather, Leaf, Bark & Stone. The Lost Words, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane, won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019.

 

Tamsin Abbott has been creating painted stained glass panels from her Herefordshire home for over 20 years. Her work is inspired by the British landscape, folklore and fairytale. Her work is collected globally and she has twice featured on BBC’s Countryfile as well as in many national magazines and journals. Wild Folk is her first book as a stained glass illustrator.  

 

The bar will be open from 6pm for drinks before the evening begins. There will be copies of Wild Folk available to purchase on the evening. 

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Cancellation Policy

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