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www.folklife.uk/info
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magazine ~ the "Info page"
​as printed every issue in Folklife West, page 3

•  contact details  &  info :  deadlines, ad rates, membership
FW, Folklife West,  printed 3 x year:  4-monthly, Jan, May, Sep
A4-size pages copied online, so not suitable for phones.
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FOLKLIFE

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​ABOUT    "Folklife".      Publishers: print & online information. 3 publications --- 3 websites

• FOLKLIFE WEST (this site)   • FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL  •  FOLKLIFE DIRECTORY.             click to open (& close!)
 2 print magazines, copied free online        
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  ①  "FOLKLIFE WEST" print magazine, 52-60 A4 pages, 3/year, Posted UK £18, EU £27.  Incl. Journal (also available separately).

          ● 1 JAN covering Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.     DEADLINE 20 NOV.   
          ● 1 MAY covering May, Jun, Jul, Aug.    DEADLINE 20 MAR.

          ● 1 SEP, covering Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.   DEADLINE 20 JULY. 
  ②  
"FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL" print magazine, 10-20 A4 pages, 3/year, UK £9, EU £27, rest of world.  See www.folklife-traditions.uk
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This site: 
FW's 
Folk News area pages + Festivals/Workshops Diary.
                   
Mostly Wales, West Country, West Midlands, but other welcome.

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Folklife Traditions Journal on www.folklife-traditions.uk, 
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Researched Articles, Folklife Studies, related news.
     
​UK & International contributors.

            
also !    a separate directory, online only
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Folklife's Directory on www.folklife-directory.uk   Online-only, not part of magazine.
 Free entries. Live & zoom.  Details + up to 40 words description (no dates - no concerts, festivals)
         Simple text entries - no maps, pictures, etc.  Send any time - no deadlines.
   Mostly Wales, West Country, West Midlands, but other welcome, incl. international.

Your new & amended entries appear on the 
⎈ Updates webpage & in our emailed Updates
Folklife is a non-profit group,  all of us are unpaid volunteers.     Editors: Sam & Eleanor Simmons  sam@folklife.uk​​ ​​

🄵🅆 ​News Webpages, and our Correspondents.  FOLKLIFE WEST's main areas: Wales, West Midlands, West Country, but all areas welcome        
🄵🅆 Cymru  .... Tudalen Cymru / Wales page, Mick Tems.   .......................................  N-E Wales & Cheshire, Brian Bull.  
                         Gwynedd, Travelling Sessions list local sessions.

England  🄵🅆  West Country (S-W)    Kernow (acting) David Harley; from May, Lamorna Spry.  .............  Glos-based & Roving, Cresby aka Mr Red
               
🄵🅆  Midlands   S. Birmingham & nearby, Bob Bignell.  .......................  Warwickshire with Coventry, Malc Gurnham.
                                         
S.W. Herefs and nearby, John & Jane Baxter. .........  Cotswold Folk: S.Warks/N.Cotswolds + listings, Paul Bryan.   
               🄵🅆  South-East, London, East ...................   Folk Arts Oxford   website list: local folk
               🄵🅆  North:    North-West   Cumbria & North Lancashire, Steve Harrison   North-East    Yorks & Humber
🄵🅆 Alba          ⎈ International [online only]          🄵🅆 Festivals & Workshops Diary

Editors: Sam & Eleanor Simmons (Worcs).  Editing Team: David Harley (Cornwall).  Zoom, web advice: Paul Clarke (Southampton).
Illustrations & Logos:  Chris Stewart (Worcs), John Crane (Wolverhampton), Chris Beaumont (Glos).  
Photographs:  Eden Tanner
 (Herefs), Colin Davies (Worcs).                 We thank our Team, we are all Volunteers --- more welcome!​

​FOLKLIFE WEST, FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL, print magazines, and copied online  ● next 1 JAN (Jan to Apr), DEADLINE 20 NOV

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EMAIL
sam@folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ
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Please email sam@folklife.uk


What we do
- and what we don't
  • FW:  print magazine, also copied online  - 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.
  • Members can send their publicity about their albums.  No interviews or reviews. 
  • Member-performers news is very welcome as above, incl. members' forthcoming albums, tours, etc.
  • We include non-Member ads.   Non-Members please do not send news, nor CDs for reviews. 
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BACS :     ‘Folklife West T/A Folklife’   
   
sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181

Cheque :  ‘Folklife’ post: 16 Barrett Rise,
​               Malvern, WR14 2UJ
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Card :       https://ko-fi.com/folklife/shop
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Updates to Members' folk news; Journal; online Directory on UPDATES webpage & emailed updates ---
Join our Mailing List, and get free Directory listings online!
free  emailed UPDATES (6-12/year)   &   "UPDATES" WEBPAGE .   

also:  Free  directory entries                                             
for details, click to open ( & close !)
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UPDATES webpage  + emailed updates

Keeping folk in touch 

with our free emailed occasional 
Updates
with News, Directory, Folklife Traditions -- & Deadline Reminders !
 
​Updates are added to Updates webpage, then if still timely are added to next emailed Updates to those opted-in.

We don't pass on details: for data policy see Data webpage :  for updates, we collect only email, names, + country, or English region, we don't need your address etc unless also buying a magazine, that info is kept on a separate file.

​On right:  a form to sign up to Folklife Updates
​                and/or for new Folklife members


OR  --- simply email same details to sam@folklife.uk
     
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This is useful for you, with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders). 

And knowing our online readership's folk interests, and country or for England, regions, helps us to help you with resources.
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FREE LISTINGS in our DIRECTORY

www.folklife-directory.uk
 
if you're on our emailed Updates list  
  • VENUES:  How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st],  Day,  County,  TOWN, NAME, website,  + optional contact name + optional phone ​
  • PERFORMERS, SHOPS, ETC (categories see online Directory):  County, NAME, website, + optional contact name + optional phone

Our "Updates" emails (6 - 12 a year)

MARKETING PERMISSIONS (GDPR: General Data Protection Regulations). Information you provide on this form will only be used to add you to our "Updates" emailing list. By submitting this form, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be processed in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy on https://www.folklife.uk/data.html

Thank you!

You have successfully joined Folklife's Updates list.

You can also send in free entries for Folklife's online Directory on www.folklife-directory.uk

To unsubscribe: there's a link on Updates emails, or email sam@folklife.uk, we will also delete listings from our Directory

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

FOLKLIFE WEST, FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL, print magazines, and copied online  
​● next 
1 JAN (Jan to Apr), DEADLINE 20 NOV

AD RATES - BACS/bank, cheque, card
  • Colour,  A4 £150,   1/2  £80,   1/4 (A6) £50,   1/8 £25.    
  • Mono,   A4 £60,     1/2  £32,   1/4 (A6) £18,   1/8 £10. 

To buy, by post or as PDF, see green box below "BUY FOLKLIFE WEST" 
SINGLE COPIES (pdf £3 worldwide, or posted UK £6. EU £9. world £11.)
or ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP (
for each issue you can send in your folk news; word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below).
See details below, download as PDF and/or read image of FW page 3
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Data policy is on Data webpage.
Sizes webpage​  --- ad sizes for beginners if you're new to publicity, unsure which is A4 or A5, etc​
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"Info-page"  as a pdf -- download (same as p.3 image below) --->

info_1_sep_2023.pdf
File Size: 690 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

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Using Word.docx  ?

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Using 'Word' Footnotes and Endnotes

For any notes: please use Endnotes, do not use Footnotes.
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For how to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see the
Contact & Contribute webpage, on the Folklife Traditions website
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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. 
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See our webpage,  link-- 

AD SIZES for beginners
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DONATIONS BY CARD - LINK
"Buy a coffee [or a broadsheet?]"  for Folklife: £3 donation

We are a non-profit group -- FW  runs at a healthy loss. . .  plus, these free websites cost c.£300 a year . . . 
If you find this free website useful . . .  you may wish to donate £3 very occasionally,     
by clicking the DONATIONS BY CARD - LINK box (for our "Ko-fi" site) for a 1-off £3 card payment. Thank you!
  • for us to continue, we need your support !
  • by buying a copy (pdf £3, print £6) or annual membership (pdf £9, post £18) -- or by a small donation (£3)
    • ​membership = pdf or posted FW  + your publicity in print & online (word limits apply)
BUY FOLKLIFE WEST --- PDF ​(£3 worldwide) OR POST (£6 UK) -- or annUAL membership                    

​for details, click to open (& close!)
​PAYMENTS:  

​BACS / phone banking  
Folklife West T/A Folklife, Sort Code 09-01-55, Account 18675181.  Overseas banking, email  sam@folklife.uk for details.
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Or CHEQUE to "Folklife", 16 Barrett Rise,Malvern, WR14 2UJ.           Or CARD - our payments site,  ko-fi.com/folklife/shop
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FOLKLIFE WEST: EMAILED PDF 
​--- £3 for 1 copy, worldwide, via WeTransfer (A4 or US-letter)
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, 3 issues,  £9
​Link to card payment for FW PDF
ko-fi.com/s/8e92e77df9
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FOLKLIFE WEST: BY POST 
--- x1: UK £6. EU £9. world £11.
--- 
Annual Membership: FW (3 issues)  + Journal (2 issues)
UK £18, EU £27.   Discounts for 2+.
​Link to card payment: FW by post
ko-fi.com/s/8624d72d04
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--- FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
BY POST.  (PDF free see website)
••• x1: May
2023 issue --- UK: £3, or EU: £5, or rest of world £6.50
••• Subscriber: 1 copies of 3 issues. --- UK: £9, or EU £15, or rest of world £19​
​Link to card payment: FTJ by post

ko-fi.com/s/d479e8d448
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----  Adverts from 1/8 A4 mono [£10] to A4 colour
​Link to card payments for adverts
ko-fi.com/s/34cd1547ab

​About us: meet the Folklife team: our volunteers  (as listed on page 3 above)

OUR POLICY
  • All of us (correspondents, editors, designers, etc) are volunteers, we receive no payment, no free adverts, etc. 
  • Correspondents can receive 3 copies of FW per issue, to sell, or give away, or circulate at their venue, as they wish
  • Other Volunteers such as those who supply lists, receive 1 copy of FW per issue
  • Correspondents and Volunteers receive free Membership of Folklife, so free news of all their folk activities
  • The magazine will run on a non-profit basis.  Note: so far, it has always run at a loss, subsidised by the editors. No grants or sponsorships are currently received.

 
CORRESPONDENTS
  • Correspondents include festival-organisers, club organisers, performers
  • Correspondents give an area or special-interest overview
  • Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column
  • Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
  • So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned but not their guests **
  • MORE for those interested in BECOMING A FW CORRESPONDENT below - see And you ?
    
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS can send in their own news items to editors (up to 200 words per item, more if advert)

SENDING YOUR INFO TO CORRESPONDENTS

Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk

- such as folk clubs, dances, music sessions, singarounds, small halls, and festivals run by unpaid volunteers.
Many printed folk magazines have folded over the years!
So, whilst we are not a commercial organisation, we must closely monitor costs, adverts, and sales, in order to survive.  
Venues that have paid guests : we cannot guarantee that Correspondents will have room to mention guests;
but for just £18 a year, you can join Folklife, and send in 200 words publicity per issue (more words if paid advertising). 
 
Organisations employing paid staff should consider joining Folklife for just £18 a year - less than 1 ticket for some events!
You can then send in up to 200 words per issue (more if advertising).

Correspondent -  And you ? 

If you would like to email a column every quarter, covering your area (which can include some mentions of your session/club/act/festival/etc), anywhere,
then we offer FREE MEMBERSHIP incl. free listings and up to 3 free copies.
*** as above - not mostly about your club/act - and - must be every issue ! ***


Read on, and then contact us !    Contact details see Info webpage

  • COVER an area, large or small, OR a SPECIAL INTEREST (eg morris, concertina, social dance ...)
  • Your 3 free copies: up to you what you do with them,
    • some only want 1 or 2
    • some give away 1 to other club organisers,
    • some circulate at their session on a read-and-return next time basis ...
    • some sell 'em (in eg own club or elsewhere),
    • some buy more -- we give 3, any more charged at discount rate (buy @ £2.40, sell @ £3) - see prices above
  • Some like to write a lot, some don't.
  • Correspondents' word limit: 700 words
    • Suggested minimum is 350 ....... • word count doesn't include heading, contact details, etc.
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  • House style: please avoid CAPITALS FOR NAMES ETC as we emphasize by using bold.
    • We may add ® symbol for Members "(see ad/directory/festivals etc)"
  • Your style: some give bullet-point lists, some ramble on .... we welcome whatever style suits you 
  • Area covered: size of area is up to you. It doesn't matter if there is a bit of overlap.
    • Or perhaps a special interest, eg sessions, morris, concertina, dance.
  • Correspondents give an area overview
    • Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column!
    • Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
      • So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned, but not their guests. See above "Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk, and Venues that have paid guests​
  • Your photo - please send a head and shoulders type (see examples below)
  • Pictures for column: entirely optional: a few high-res photo welcome. Printed in mono (so won't work if eg mainly black & red).
  • Deadlines: as top of page
Thanks, Sam.

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  • ⎈ Updates, & send news
  • 🄵🅆 News (area pages index)
    • 🄵🅆 Cymru
    • 🄵🅆 West Country
    • 🄵🅆 Midlands (East & West)
    • 🄵🅆 South-East, London, East
    • 🄵🅆 North (NE, NW, Y&H)
    • 🄵🅆 Alba•Scotland
  • 🄵🅆 Festivals, Workshops
  • ⎈ International
    • ⎈ International Archive
  • ⎈ Info
    • Data
    • Sizes
  • ⎈ Our other websites
    • Journal website
    • Directory website
    • Zoom / Virtual (Directory site)
    • Homend Poets