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Wyrd Folk Book Club
Season 7, Ep. 3
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This week we'd like to take you a bit deeper into two of our favourite folklore books of all time. Join us for a chat about George MacDonald's classic children's novel The Princess and the Goblin and Samantha's most mentioned book of the show 'Dark and Dastardly Dartmoor'. Read along with us and let us know what you think of the books.
Wyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1
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