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FQ ~ Folklife Quarterly became FW ~ Folklife West Oct. 2018 •  FW becomes 3 per year (4-monthly) Jan. 2019
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Folklife Quarterly has reverted to its previous title, Folklife West, starting Oct 2018 issue. It will be 3 times a year from Jan 2019.

info:  our contact and further information page

(1)  about Folklife & FW - folklife.​org.uk

(2)  contact ;
our Newsletter

(3) "info" ~ deadlines, ad rates, & membership

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(1) About   Folklife publishers, and Folklife West
Folklife's main site is folklife.​org.uk

Folklife are print publishers,
​who also provide some material online.

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FW, the Folklife West magazine,
a c.52 page A4-size printed paid-for publication

With Folk news, and listings, from our Members
(mostly Wales, England West Country, England West Midlands & Oxon), and Folklife Traditions -- news & articles, and  Folklife listings



We also publish Folk What's On -  simply the ads from FW, sent free to concert venues, libraries, TICs, etc.

We also provide, free, online:
--- FW and Folk What's On ;
--- this Directory;
--- an archive of articles from the Folklife Traditions pages in FW.

Also, a bilingual Welsh Traditions Directory, Bywyd Gwerin.

See more on our other publications on our main site:  folklife.org.uk
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FW ( 1 )
News pages 

FW's folk news from our Folklife members, which forms the first half of each issue.
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Media
➃ Services (incl. Shops) 
• News webpages:  Wales. Then England: mostly West Midlands & West Country; mostly, a webpage for each county.
Note: these webpages are copies of FW's A4-sizes pages, so may be too big for mobiles.
news pages are on our Folklife website
Of these 3 sections, 
​
(1) and (2) are from our Folklife members only. (3) open to all.
Membership £15 a year, besides posting out FW three times a year, covers Members' news and online Directory listings.
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FW ( 2 )
Listings are on News pages

Listings from Folklife Members only

• venues • performers • services • festivals • workshops •
song, music, dance, story, poets

In FW, we print 1-line listing-summaries, plus a next-12-months festival diary, a workshops diary.

Online, we have the full listings on this, our Members' Directory website.


'Folk' listings, from our members   
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Services (incl. Shops, media) 
➃ Festival Diary 
➄ Workshop Listings ➅ Workshop Diary
CORRESPONDENTS & OTHER VOLUNTEERS  --- see FOLKLIFE--TEAM page on our main website, Folklife.org.uk
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FW ( 3 )
FT: the Folklife Traditions pages

The FT pages have articles and folklife news; plus 1-line listing-summaries for Folklife Studies & Folklife Societies, and seasonal local celebrations for this issue (covering 4 months)

The FT Archive
We have a fully indexed online archive for all issues on a new fully-interactive FT site!  Full listings plus Jan-Dec seasonal local celebrations.
PDFs of each issue (A4 size) are on an e-magazine website.

'Folklife Traditions' listings, open to all   
➆
Folklife Societies  
➇ Folklife Studies & In
stitutions   
​➈ Seasonal Celebrations

FT: website

(2) Contact ~ simply email the information
Due to spam, we don't use forms (other than data protection form, as below), please email details instead

EMAIL
sam<at>folklife.co.uk

PHONE 
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
​Worcs WR14 2UJ
Folklife (our main site) ….. folklife. org. uk
Do email us . . .

.
. . firstly, please read what we do - and what we don't
  • FW is a print magazine - not a blog, nor email forwarding service!
  • We don't use social media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
  • We only print Members' news; researched articles; and a few ads.
  • For deadlines, word limits, etc, see "info" below
  • Member-performers news is welcome, including forthcoming CDs, tours, etc.
  • For Festival Diary, don't use this form, pl email us directly the details as on Festivals page.  For adverts, see below "info"
  • So Non-Members are asked not to send editorial details about performers, festivals, etc, nor CDs for reviews.  We do include a few non-Member ads.
IF JOINING FOLKLIFE
please fill in
(very simple)
DATA form on the DATA page
 <----- [ link to our main Folklife site ]
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TO RECEIVE OUR OCCASIONAL emailed FOLKLIFE NEWSLETTER, without joining Folklife: please fill in (very simple) DATA form on the DATA page <----- [ link to our main Folklife site ]
Do join us:
Folklife membership for Folklife West, a c.52 page (A4) print magazine, folk news (Wales, England West Country & West Midlands & Oxon) & folklife traditions​.

To join Folklife.
To join: £15 a year.  Please send by BACS  to:  Folklife, sort code 09-01-55,  account 18675181. 
or
send us a £15 cheque to address above.  EU £23.  USA £30.
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New Data rules (from May 2018)
so: when you have checked that the BACS payment has been taken from your account, or that the cheque is in the post,
t
hen please complete the (very simple) form on the new DATA page   <------ [ link to our main Folklife website ]

You will receive 1 copy of 3 issues per year, and for each issue you can send in
------ your folk listings, as in this online DIRECTORY,
------ your folk news. Word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below
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(3)  "info"  - the download

download our "Info page" : the information below
      ---  FW deadlines;   Membership & word limits;   Your adverts in FW
This is a copy of FW p.3, the Info page (download size: about 2/3rds A4 page) which gives the same details as below: 
info.pdf
File Size: 531 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


​FW
Deadlines

●   1 Jan:     19 Nov
●   1 May:    19 Feb 

●   1 Sept:    19 Sept
2019
Folklife West to be published


< covering 4 months >


Deadline Copy Date

●    FW    Jan    1st
< Jan   •   Feb   •   Mar   •   Apr >
COPY    by    19 Nov
●    FW    May   1st 
< May   •   June   •   July   •   Aug  >
COPY    by    19 March
●    FW    Sept   1st
< Sep   •   Oct   •   Nov   •   Dec >
COPY   by    19  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
  • . . . . . . .  up to 30th Nov ,   31st Mar,   31st Jul   as advert layout is finalised next day !  

FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ NEWS & LISTINGS: changes 
  • IF  same word-length or shorter • up to 6th Dec ,   7th Apr ,   7th Jul        
  • But for others (non-members), sending news to our local Correspondents, must be by Deadline COPY date above
  • 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 £15 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 this Directory, with summary in FW

• Festival Diary,  Workshop Diary
No form needed
  • BACS: Folklife, sort code 09-01-55, account 1867518
  • Or send a cheque: 16 Barrett Rise, Malvern WR14 2UJ
  • 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 on Contact page
Posted :  1 year to 1 address  £15
  • 3 issues per year
  • x1= £15, x2=£18, x3=£20, x4=£23, x5 = £25

Reselling : 6 or more, 40% off + post-free!
√    post free 6 or more, by Clubs, Pubs, Venues, Festivals, Performers, Shops, & you -
 √    Buy @ £1.50, sell @ £2.50 .. minimum 6 copies
 √    6 or more copies can be bought on a pro-rata per-issue basis (includes membership) so you can easily change quantities
X    Sold as ordered - No returns
  • x6 = £9 per issue, or £27 per year
  • x7 = £10.50 per issue, or £31.50 per year
  • x8 = £12 per issue, or £36 year
  • x9 = £13.50 per issue, or £40.50 per year
  • x10 = £15 per issue, or £45 per year
  • x11 = £16.50 per issue, or £49.50 per year
  • x12 = £18 per issue, or £54 per year
⇒  Word limits / Editorial


➊ Members' News

up to 200 words, for each news item;

more if advertising --

1/8 275 words;  1/4 300 words;  1/2 350 words;  A4 450 words

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, usually 350 to 800 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.
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How to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see 
https://folklife-traditions.weebly.com/contributions.html
⇒  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 http://folklife.org.uk, or in this 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 Costs  (no VAT charged):

Colour
  • ££ shown at ‘Invoiced’ prices
  • Deduct £4 from below if prepaid = you pay by deadline, so we don’t have to invoice (we'll email a receipt)
  • A4 ……….......................................... £190 colour  
  • Full bleed (edge-to-edge)  £200 colour (see Sizes, below)
  • 1/2  ...........................................…  £115 colour  
  • 1/4 [A6]  ................................... £65 colour    
  • 1/8 [1/2 A6]   ...................... £40 colour
​Invoice price above. Prepaid £4 less.
10% discount for 2 prepaid, 15% for 3 prepaid

Colour ads
~ only on covers/inside covers, or exceptionally on colour insert page
~ booking A4 colour position: prepaid, on 1st come, 1st served, basis

          
Mono  
“Prepaid” is £4 less than invoiced;
a prepaid year (3 issues) is over 15% less than 3 prepaid issues paid separately
  • 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.​
  • Discounts; x2 issues, 10%. x3, 15+%.
 
  • Further ads will not be accepted if money owing from last time ! 
 
  • Colour ads: only on covers/inside covers, or exceptionally on colour insert page
  • You can book A4 colour position: prepaid, on 1st come, 1st served, basis
  • Members: B+W 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)
'A4' - if you're not sure about page sizes 
- see our 
Guide to Page Sizes [<---this is on our main folklife site] - A4, A5, etc, with examples (A4-size pages, not suitable for mobiles).

​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 1/18 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
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  • Be listed!    Join Folklife, only £15 for 3 issues, for these online Directory listings, and FW (Folklife West) posted to you, and your free news/publicity in FW, every issue (per item: up to 200 words, more if advertising), see Info page (which includes contact details)
  • Our main site, about Folklife, with FW pages online: folklife.org.uk 
  • FW :   from 2019,  1 Jan,  1 May,  1 Sep, deadlines & other details on  Info page
  • FD: HOME
  • Info
  • UPDATES
  • Wales
  • Cornwall-Devon
  • Glos
  • West-Country
  • Worcs
  • Midlands
  • Elsewhere
  • Festivals
  • Workshops
  • [ Folklife-Traditions ]