info:  
the contact and 
further information page

About Folklife publishers, and  Folklife West:  see   homepage
FOLKLIFE

On this page:

(1)   
CONTACT
​DETAILS

(2) 
​"info"   gives details of deadlines, ad rates, & membership

(and a link to webpage "Ad Sizes for beginners", if you're new to publicity, unsure A4 or A5, etc)

Data:  we have a webpage
​about our data protection policy

more:   meet the Folklife Team

our Folklife CORRESPONDENTS and OTHER VOLUNTEERS

a note: "Folk What's On" (the ads from FW)

​​Note: for the benefit of advertisers, and the public, we also supply an ads-only version of FW, "Folk What's On', (4 to 10 pages), to libraries in regular-advertising areas, as a reference copy, & large concert-venues as free leaflets. This is not available otherwise eg by post (but you can email me for a (large) download). 

(1)   
CONTACT
DETAILS

EMAIL
sam<at>folklife.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

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

Please email email directly: sam@folklife.uk
For DIRECTORY entries - see : Directory  (or  Folklife Traditions if appropriate)
If joining Folklife - please use form on the Data webpage

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..
  • Member-performers news is very welcome as above, including members' forthcoming CDs, tours, etc.
  • Non-Members please do not send news, nor CDs for reviews.  We do include non-Member ads if room 
Do join us!
To join: £16 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  ​Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181.
or send us a £16 cheque to address on left.   ​EU £24.  USA £32.  Sterling only.   No debit or credit cards.
Also, please complete the simple form on the Data webpage.
​
You will receive 1 copy of 3 issues per year,
and for each issue you can send in
------ your folk listings, as in online DIRECTORY,
------ your folk news. Word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below.

(2) "info"  gives details of deadlines, ad rates, & membership

"info"  - download our "Info" page:

info.pdf
File Size: 702 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
The above PDF to download (an image of which is shown on the left)
is the same as the information below 
--- deadlines;
--- Membership;
--- & word limits;
--- Your adverts in FW.   
​
It is a copy of FW page 3, which is always our "Info page"
Download size:  A4 page

FW Deadlines

< each covering 4 months >
deadlines
☞  ●   1 Jan:     19 Nov
☞  ●   1 May:    19 Mar
☞  ●   1 Sept:   19 July
● Folklife West published Jan 1st
< Jan   •   Feb   •   Mar   •   Apr >
Deadline :  19 Nov
● Folklife West published May 1st
< May   •   June   •   July   •   Aug >
Deadline :  19 Mar
● Folklife West published Sep 1st
< Sep   •   Oct   •   Nov   •   Dec >
Deadline :  19 Jul
Articles for Folklife Traditions pages: 2 months 1 Nov, Mar, July

Late changes after Deadlines? Possibly … conditions apply.

 Changes might be possible after deadline, conditions apply, see below:

ADVERTS
  • IF:  same size / image-type (eg jpg) as originally sent by Copy Date above
  • . . . . . . .  up to 30th Nov ,   31st Mar,   31st Jul   as we need to finalise advert layout !  ​
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ NEWS & LISTINGS: changes 
  • IF same word-length or shorter than last issue • up to 6th Dec ,   6th Apr ,   6th Aug       
  • Non-members news to Correspondents needs to be sent well before Copy date
  • It is entirely up to our local Correspondents as to what they put in / have room for. Typically, venue details, but maybe not dates, with preference to smaller sessions etc - guest venues should take out membership (only £16 pa) to list their guests etc..
⇒   Do Join Us !

Your Membership Benefits
FW by post
and
Free Editorial / Publicity, in print + online
•  Festivals, Venues, Performers, Media, Services, Organisations, etc
• News & Reports, 
• Listings: in DIRECTORY with summary + Updates in FW
• Festival Diary,  Workshop Diary, also copied to DIRECTORY
Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £16
  • 3 issues per year
  • x1= £16, 
  • or share the cost with friends: x2 = £20, 
  • x3 = £24, x4 = £28, x5 = £32 

Reselling for 6 or more :

post-free + discount 1/3rd

(cost £2, sell at £3)

√    post free 6 or more, by Clubs, Pubs, Venues, Festivals, Performers, Shops, and you -
X    Sold as ordered - No returns
  • x6 = £36 per year (or £12 per issue)
  • x7 = £42 per year
  • x8 = £48 per year
  • x9 = £54 per year
  • x10 = £60 per year
  • x11 = £66 per year
  • x12 = £72 per year  .... etc
  • You can also buy 6 or more on a per-issue basis,1/3rd of above, so x6 is £36 per year = £12 per issue, etc​
To join - no form needed
  • BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 1867518
  • NO CHEQUES PLEASE.    
  • Please email your name, address, phone  
  • if not on email, please PRINT when writing 
  • ​Details for our use when posting - not shared with anyone else
  • ​Email sam<at>folklife.uk
⇒  Word limits / Editorial


➊ Members' News

up to 200 words, for each news item;

more if advertising --
1/8 275;  1/4 300;  1/2 350;  A4 450 

your Reports, Dates, Festival Info, CD Info.
  • Reviews: only as sent in by our Members, so please don’t send CDs to editors
  • don’t count: heading [name/venue/start time], end contact details
  • Photos: B&W high-res (300 dpi) welcome 
    X not low-res eg copied from web ! 
  • Word limits are for 1 item, you can send in more than 1, eg 2 CDs count as 2 items.
  • Festival & Workshops Diaries:
    same word limits for “More Details” section.
  • In addition to Members' news, we have county correspondents, details at foot of this page.
  • Correspondents: usually 350 to 700 words [may vary, depends on local circulation/ads] 


​➋ Folklife Traditions 
Articles & news ~ word limits by arrangement.
Send News as plain email, or as RTF, or as Word.doc​
See folklife-traditions.uk website

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
⇒  Your  Adverts  in  FW
  • stand out   ………………… as advertising limited to just 1/4 of FW!
  • ​value for money!   … as your adverts will be shown for 4 months!
  • and copied online:  …  on this site's news pages, or in our online DIRECTORY, for Festivals and Workshops 
  • and copied to our ads-only Folk What’s On, distributed free to TICs, libraries, & large general venues that include folk programming
Ads:  2019 & 2020 Costs  (no VAT charged):

‘Prepaid’  --  £4 less than invoiced.
  • Prepaid = you pay by deadline, so we don’t have to invoice (we'll email a receipt)
‘Prepaid’  -- 10% discount for 2 prepaid
‘Prepaid’  -- Prepaid year over 15% less than 3 prepaid separately.

Colour
  • A4 invoiced £184.  Prepaid £180.  Year [x3, £540, -15+%] £450 
  • Full bleed (edge-to-edge)  £200 colour (see Sizes, below)
  • 1/2 invoiced £104. Prepaid £100.  Year [x3, £300, -15+%] £250 
  • 1/4 [A6]  invoiced £64. Prepaid £60.  Year [x3, £180 -15+%] £150  
  • 1/8 [1/2 A6]  invoiced £34. Prepaid £30. Year [x3, £90 -15+%] £75
          
Mono  
  • A4   invoiced £73.  Prepaid £69. Year [x3, £207 -15+%]  £175
  • 1/2  invoiced £42.  Prepaid £38.  Year [x3, £114 -15+%] £96
  • 1/4 [A6]  invoiced £25.  Prepaid £21.   Year [x3, £63 -15+%] £53
  • 1/8 [1/2 A6]  invoiced £16. Prepaid £12. Year [x3, £36 -15+%] £30

Book space by emailing your Purchase Order Nº.
Invoiced terms = 30 Days from invoice date. 
Invoices (and receipts) are emailed.​
  • Further ads will not be accepted if money owing from last time ! 
  • You can book A4 colour position: prepaid, on 1st come, 1st served, basis
  • Mono ads placed as near as possible to your news, or Diary entry,
  • Page preference-order to biggest (1st A4; 2nd 1/2; and so on)
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
​Colour only
  • Edge-to-edge max w 210, max h 297, +3 mm bleed 
Colour or mono
  • A4 …………….    max w 188, max h 275
  • 1/2 across   max w 188, max h 132
  • 1/2 column  max w 92, max h 268
  • 1/4 [A6]       max w 92, max h 132 
  • 1/8 …………...    max w 92, max h 64  
  • Other: any combination of 1/8 boxes (4mm between boxes).
Sizes include optional border
Ads :  Ads must be emailed (image or text)
  • email image:   camera-ready - attach your tiff, jpeg, PDF - we can stretch to fit
  • or   email text:  just email us the words; you can also attach 1 logo to be included; we will typeset, free, in our choice of typeface (as we regularly do for smaller clubs)
  • complex adverts may appear differently, so please ask a professional designer to design & send them​
√    We use: Mac OS 10.7.5,  Adobe InDesign CS 6.
√    Colour ads: you are advised to send us a printout so we can check colours.
√    If B&W: pl convert colour to greyscale, & check that before sending.
√    Tiff  √ Jpeg,     
√    PDF as High-definition 300dpi, text 600 dpi, fonts embedded; if B&W ad, send only as greyscale.
?    Word  “.doc” is not an image, so can't be used directly 
  • You can "Save" Word as a PDF - design with a good margin or top or bottom may go missing!
  • GO TO⇒  "Print" 
  • THEN GO TO⇒  "Save As PDF" 
  • check before sending - we can't alter PDFs