Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies: Banshees, Boggarts & Other Folklore Creatures, illustrated by Fee Greening.

We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies: Banshees, Boggarts & Other Folklore Creatures, illustrated by Fee Greening. This new edition of Katharine Briggs’ Dictionary of Fairies will be published by Octopus on 11 September 2025. It includes a foreword by Sophia Kingshill, Honorary Secretary of The Folklore Society, to whom Katharine Briggs was a family friend.

Katharine Mary Briggs (1898-1980) was a British folklorist, scholar and author, and President of The Folklore Society from 1969-1972. The Folklore Society holds its annual Katharine Briggs Lecture and book Award to commemorate her life and work.