Yew and Blackthorn Books

16/02/2026

Book of the Week is Folklore by Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook.

Folklore is a groundbreaking book. The authors explore Folklore in all its variations, from rituals in villages to Internet fanfiction. An overwhelming message in this book that Folklore is fluid, ever changing, ever alive, ever adapting to the world and the politics taking place therein. A living tradition continually evolving.

Folklore is available through the shop website and the bookshop.org storefront.

13/02/2026

Book of the Weekend is Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent.

In this book Alice Vincent speaks to women who are gardeners and asks them why they seek refuge in their gardens. The answers range from healing to celebration, from power to protest. Why Women Grow contains the stories of women who are often overlooked and silenced, and what the very soil does for them.

Book of the weekend is available through both the shop website and the bookshop storefront, links to both in bio.

09/02/2026

Book of the Week is Mike Berners-Lee's groundbreaking There is No Planet B.

No planet B looks at climate, food production, ecology, population, and economics - to name a few- and puts together practical ideas for what the average person can do to help humanity thrive on earth in the world we have created.

A vital read with the recent update on the Doomsday Clock being now at 85 seconds to 0.

Protecting the planet also ensures survival of folk culture.

Available through my shopfront on bookshop.org or through the shop website

Shopify: https://yew-and-blackthorn-books.myshopify.com/products/there-is-no-planet-b-updated?variant=56327980843388

Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/there-is-no-planet-b-a-handbook-for-the-make-or-break-years-updated-edition-mike-berners-lee/4940863?ean=9781108821575&next=t&aid=16954&listref=politics-yew-and-blackthorn-books&next=t

08/02/2026

Small selection of new stock available on the website!

07/02/2026

Small selection of new stock available from this evening!

07/02/2026

BIG NEWS! Yew and Blackthorn Books now has a shopfront on bookshop.org. Stock I have in is going on my lists but you can purchase virtually any book or ebook through the shopfront.

https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/yewandblackthornbooks

Female owned independent online bookshop based in Derbyshire specialising in folklore, politics, and traditional crafts.

07/01/2026

https://yew-and-blackthorn-books.myshopify.com/ head on to the shop to check out what's in stock

07/01/2026

Some of the new books in stock on the website. Head on over to https://yew-and-blackthorn-books.myshopify.com/ to check them out

12/12/2025

Christmas cake prep at Y&B!