Katharine Briggs Award 2017—Short List

There were many, excellent books submitted for this year’s Award, and the judges have short listed the following entries:

• Bronner, Simon. Folklore: The Basics (Routledge, 2017)
• Constantine, Mary-Ann, and Éva Guillorel. Miracles & Murders: An Introductory Anthology of Breton Ballads (Oxford University Press, 2017)
• Davies, Owen, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft & Magic (Oxford University Press, 2017)
• Dillion, Jacqueline. Thomas Hardy: Folklore and Resistance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
• Fimi, Dimitra. Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy: Idealization, Identity, Ideology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
• Hannant, Sara, and Simon Costin. Of Shadows: One Hundred Objects from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic (Strange Attractor Press, 2016)
• Heaney, Michael, ed. Percy Manning: The Man Who Collected Oxfordshire (Archaeopress Publishing, 2017)
• Josiffe, Christopher. Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose (Strange Attractor Press, 2017)
• Williams, Kelsey Jackson. The Antiquary: John Aubrey’s Historical Scholarship (Oxford University Press, 2016)

The winner will be announced on Wednesday 8 November 2017 at The Warburg Institute, after the Katharine Briggs Lecture, which begins at 17:30. After the lecture, the judges’ report on the books short listed for the Katharine Briggs Award will be read out, followed by a wine reception and buffet supper during which the winner will be announced. To book, contact thefolkloresociety@ gmail.com