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Alan Lee, 1971.

#illustration #coverart #bookcover #1970s #AlanLee #AlanGarner #TheOwlService
January 15, 2026 at 11:56 PM
myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social
Laurence Schwinger, 1981.

#illustration #coverart #bookcover #1980s #LaurenceSchwinger #AlanGarner
August 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
chadbourn.bsky.social
Reskeet with a favourite book from your childhood.
ALANGARNER THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN 'marvellously exciting ... ferocious and deeply felt.
August 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM
wyrdbritain.bsky.social
Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author Alan Garner (1934).
#alangarner #theowlservice
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
oilpainting71.bsky.social
Got these bad boys to read with the kids. It’s been a while and my memory is probably rose tinted but Let’s see if they hold up.

#AlanGarner
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
elilewislycett.bsky.social
The Real Wizards of Alderley Edge; gold, legend and a druidic industrial complex? #alangarner #cheshirehistory #thelocalmythstorian #wizardoftheedge #alderleyedge
thelocalmythstorian.com/industrial-m...
November 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM
elilewislycett.bsky.social
The Three Dales - a suspected tomb complex on the Cheshire / Staffordshire border #TLMythstorian #LocalHistory #cheshirehistory #Sotlive #staffslife #mythsandlegends #alangarner #grahamphillips #thelocalmythstorian #staffordshiremoorlands
December 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
cocoanoko.bsky.social
In the woods at Alderley Edge, watch out for svarts..

📕 Weirdstone of Brisingerman
📕 Moon of Gomrath

Alan Garner

#AlphabetChallenge #books #alderleyedge #alangarner #weirdstone #macclesfield #mythandlegend #inthewoods #photography #trees #photohour #landscape #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
culture-club.bsky.social
"Fairytales of gold" by Alan Garner, illustrated by Michael Foreman. (1980)

#AlanGarner #MichaelForeman #books #illustration #uk #bookforkids #fairytale #culture #art
February 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
elilewislycett.bsky.social
Thursbitch, the earliest named settlement in the valley of East Cheshire, is a conversion from old English. Þyrs most closely translates to demon. Bæch, meanwhile means ‘dwelling’. Thursbitch, therefore, translates quite literally to the ‘dwelling of the demon’. #cheshirehistory #alangarner
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
folklorepod.bsky.social
Like #folklore ?
Like #archaeology ?
Like #AlanGarner ?

Then The Folklore Library and Archive has the online talk for you.

See below for details, and book now at bit.ly/flaevents
folklorelibrary.bsky.social The Folklore Library & Archive @folklorelibrary.bsky.social · Mar 26
NEW ONLINE TALK
Saturday 18th April, 8pm UK via Zoom

WALKING THE WEIRDSTONE
Archaeology and the works of Alan Garner

An illustrated lecture, presented by buildings archaeologist @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social

Tickets £5 plus booking fee from bit.ly/flaevents

All tickets support our work

#folklore
Bullstone in a grassy landscape
March 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
marky1969.bsky.social
#alangarner #ilovebooks #cat #cats
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM
ranaroth.bsky.social
Alan Garner, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Puffin, 1963-66 editions. Cover: George W. Adamson. Alderley series no. 1. #AlanGarner #Puffin #GeorgeAdamson #weirdstone #brisingamen #Alderley
August 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
meerbuschknitter.bsky.social
Wondering whether to adapt my owl cowl design to make a sweater.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitting #ravelry #showmeyourknits #cowl
#fibreart #owl #owlservice #slowfashion #crafting
#alangarner #cathydobson #knittingpattern
Knitted cowl with an owl flying through a pattern of flowers on one side and a quote from Alan Garner: “She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.”
November 21, 2024 at 9:57 AM
theghostmonk.bsky.social
The great sandstone escarpment of Alderley Edge in #Cheshire. Alan Garner country. The remains of the old copper mines are still redolent of 'Brisingamen'. An atmospheric place once the dog-walkers have departed.

#AlanGarner #hookland #fantasy #fantasyfiction #childrensbooks #landscape (My photos)
May 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
ranaroth.bsky.social
Alan Garner, A Book of Goblins, Puffin, 1973. Cover: Krystyna Turska. First published as The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins; then as A Cavalcade of Goblins both 1969. #AlanGarner #goblin #KrystynaTurska #HamishHamilton #Puffin @goblogna.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
sheeds.bsky.social
OMG! How am I only just discovering today that one of my favourite childhood stories by #AlanGarner, "The Owl Service", was adapted for TV by the BBC in the... #70s!
Friday night locked in. #Welsh #mythology
My copy pictured below. cc @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh_O...
April 26, 2024 at 10:08 AM
earbyfae.bsky.social
Listening to Powsels and Thrums by #AlanGarner, on audible. He has just called TS Eliot’s The wasteland tripe and I could not be happier!!
September 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
ghostcatcherisles.com
Alan Garner's Collected Folk Tales: "Do not use near overhead power lines."

That's one volatile book... must be due to all the esoteric wisdom within!

#weirdamazonfinds #alangarner #folktales #powerfulbook #foundonamazon
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
sjrafloat.bsky.social
Sounds great. #AlanGarner and #archaeology - a perfect mix of topics, in a lovely venue.
jpwarchaeology.bsky.social James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · Jun 4
Next month I'm speaking for the National Trust at two events at Biddulph Grange Garden. On Sat 5 July it'll be Historic Building Mythbusting in Staffordshire. On Sun 6 July it'll be Alan Garner & Archaeology.

More info & tickets:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/in-person-ta...
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
daviddoddsauthor.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' by Alan Garner

#booksky #author #book #bookblog #writing #authorinfluence #alangarner
March 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
joe-byron.bsky.social
Here’s a Halloween recommendation which’d probably come under the ‘folk horror’ banner; and an absolute classic of the genre at that! Alan Garner is a really distinctive writer, and I recommend The Owl Service as a good starting place to enter his time-warping oeuvre. #blutoid #books #alangarner
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
commonerschoir.bsky.social
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20
#Books
#BookSky
📚💙
#BookChallenge

#TheOwlService #FolkHorror #AlanGarner
Pic of an owl about to land with a plate behind it. Text: The Owl Service. Alan Garner.
November 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
sheeds.bsky.social
Here's a treat for you! #Booksky

Alan Garner's amazing book #TheOwlService as presented by ABC Australia as a Radio Play in 1987. A haunting and enthralling tale of blended mythology and adolescence. All 3 parts at this link (click forward to 2&3). #AlanGarner

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March 9, 2026 at 2:29 AM
bobfry.bsky.social
#AlanGarner My treasured copy of Red Shift. I was 17 when I read this “brilliant , bitter, complex” tale of love, time, the past, & social class. It had a profound impact on me. I recently re-read it and found it as powerful as ever.
The cover of the 1975 Armada Lions edition of Red Shift. It shows the folly on Mow Cop in silhouette against a red sky. A starburst effect shines through a window.
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM