Contact & payments

EMAIL
sam<at>folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ

Please email email directly: sam@folklife.uk
Due to spam abuse, we are no longer using webpage forms, except for Data Protection purposes.

What we do - and what we don't
  • FW:  print magazine - not a blog, nor email forwarding service!  We don't use social media.
  • We print folk news from our Members only; plus researched articles (membership not required); and a few ads. For deadlines, word limits, etc, see below.
  • No interviews or reviews (members can send their publicity about their albums).
  • Member-performers news is very welcome as above, incl. members' forthcoming albums, tours, etc.
  • Non-Members please do not send news, nor CDs for reviews.  We do include non-Member ads.
Do join us!  (more details on "Info page" below)
To join: £18 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  ​Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181.
or send us a cheque to address on left.   ​EU £27.  USA £36.  Sterling only.   Card see shop above
Also, please use form above, or  email 'Opt In' + same info (name; country. or for England, region).
Links:  Data webpage for our data policy.  
           Sizes webpage --- ad sizes for beginners if you're new to publicity, unsure which is A4 or A5, etc​
You will receive 1 copy of 3 issues per year, UK by post or worldwide by WeTransfer
and for each issue you can send in
------ your folk listings, as in online Directories,
------ your folk news. Word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below.
DEADLINES will change from 19th to 20th so next 20th July for September print issue.

From MAY 2022 FW,  our policy for  FOLK NEWS & LISTINGS.
  • Pre Covid, FW was members-only news & listings.  
  • During Covid closedown, we accepted non-member news & listings since we were online-only or fewer pages than usual.
  • Now that we are back to 56 A4 pages: news only from members or those associates (signed-up non-members) who had previously sent in news. 
  • Exceptionally we may invite news from non-members outside our area (Wales, England Midlands, West, Oxon) if we have room. 
  • We will list non-members in our Directories, on request, if signed up to newsletter.
​free  emaileD  newsletter  (MONTHLY-ISH)           for DETAILS: cliCk to open

​join the mailing list,  and get  free  directory listingS !  online, & IN FW PRINT MAGazine
 **** From Feb 2022,    FREE LISTINGS in our DIRECTORY  if you are on our emailed Newsletter list  ****
  • VENUES:  How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st],  Day,  County,  TOWN, NAME, website,  optional: Contact name + phone
  • PERFORMERS, MEDIA, SHOPS (categories -> online Directories):  County, NAME, website, optional: Contact name + phone
​
A form for our free emailed newsletter (monthly-ish)  
                     -- or --  just email sam@folklife.uk with the same details. 

This is useful for you, 
​with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders). 
   
​So we spend less time on admin/emails = more time for magazine & website.  And know how many read this, & where, and so resource appropriately!  
​
Keep in touch with our free emailed occasional Newsletter

​​Updates: News, Directory, Folklife Traditions 
(& Deadline Reminders).
 
A form to sign up to Folklife Newsletter 
​and/or for new Folklife members
OR if you prefer, simply email same details to sam@folklife.uk
​      New permissions only ​(so if any changes, please email instead)
     
​We don't pass on details.  Data policy (opt-in) see Data webpage

Permission to hold & use your personal information

* indicates required

"INFO page" : details of deadlines, ad rates, & membership

2022 Membership is £18

​Back copies 2021 Jan £4, May £4, Oct £6
2021 Jan issue was a special one, combining 3 issues of Folklife Traditions pages, and no news & diary pages. Smaller than usual, £4 not £6
​2021 May issue similar: Folklife Traditions pages + Festivals & Workshops,  £4 not £6.
2021 Oct. Full issue £6. Thereafter same £6: 2022 Jan, May.
Postage savings if more than 1 magazine posted - please enquire.

"INFO page" pdf  - download  (same as page-image below)

info_may_2022_v1.pdf
File Size: 532 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
Using Word.docx  ?

​Using 'Word' Footnotes and Endnotes
For any notes: please use Endnotes.

Please do not use Footnotes.
​
How to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see the
Contact & Contribute webpage, on the Folklife Traditions website
Ads :  Sizes (A4) subpage

If you're NEW to publicity ? Not sure about page sizes / A4 vs A5 ? Then see our Guide to Page Sizes - A4, A5, etc, with examples, note these are A4-size pages, so not suitable for mobiles. 
​
See our webpage,  link-- 
AD SIZES for beginners
   If you find this free website useful . . .  as FW print magazine always makes a healthy loss . . .  plus, these free websites cost c.£300 a year . . . 
​​   you may wish to donate £3 very occasionally,     by clicking the yellow box (for our "Ko-fi" site) for a 1-off £3 card payment. Thank you!
​
Folklife West 52-page print magazine, copied online *** Folk news, directory on www.folklife.uk *** Researched articles on www.folklife-traditions.uk
If you can afford it, you may wish to support us, by a very occasional £3 donation, or buying a printed FW magazine, or a Pdf of FW, or by subscribing 

​–– Copied online - always free to view !     There's no obligation to buy magazines -- or to donate !
​PAYMENTS:  

​BACS / phone BANK
Folklife,  sort code 09-01-55,
account 18675181
 Overseas, email
sam@folklife.uk for bank details.
​
Or CHEQUE to "Folklife",
16 Barrett Rise,Malvern, WR14 2UJ.

Or CARD - our payments site   
ko-fi.com/folklife/shop
---- Emailing PDF of current FW  
​--  £3  Worldwide, via WeTransfer (sent as size A4 or US-letter)
​Link to card payment for PDF
ko-fi.com/s/8e92e77df9
---- Posting the current FW 
     (UK, EU only)  
​     UK £6.  EU £9.
​Link to card payment 1 copy
ko-fi.com/s/42287c6234
Annual Membership (3 issues) with
your news & Directory listings,
UK £18, EU £27.   Discounts for 2+.
​Link to card payment to subscribe
ko-fi.com/s/8624d72d04
----  Adverts from 1/8 A4 mono to A4 colour
​Link to card payments for adverts
ko-fi.com/s/34cd1547ab