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Thu Nov 19 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm UTC+00:00

Tree Folk: Tree folk tales, songs and lore from Britain and Ireland

  • The East Gate Bookshop · Totnes
  • From GBP 3.00
East Gate Bookshop Publisher / Host East Gate Bookshop
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Tree Folk: Tree folk tales, songs and lore from Britain and Ireland
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Following the wheel of the year, storyteller and ecologist Lisa Schneidau brings our trees alive through their stories and songs.
About this Event

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of folk tales, history, knowledge and song about trees. It is a living heritage, changing all the time through the circling year as oak and rowan are joined by spruce and plane, and as old stories are reworked and new ones created.

In storyteller and ecologist Lisa Schneidau brings our trees alive through their stories and songs, whether they are rooted in rural magic or modern myth

Lisa is a storyteller, author and folklorist living on the wild edge of Dartmoor in Devon. She uses storytelling to explore our relationship with nature and folklore. Lisa is passionate about bringing our story heritage to a wider audience. She written five popular books of folk tales, including the best-selling Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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The East Gate Bookshop, 62 Fore Street, Totnes, United Kingdom

Tickets GBP 3.00
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