Terri Windling
Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
- For local friends ( #Devon, #Dartmoor, #WestCountry UK), Chagford's annual Wassail takes place on Saturday. It's a free, folkloric, family-friendly event and all are welcome. The beautiful art on the poster is by @matpringle.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Terri Windling'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
- I haven't been online much due to ongoing health issues & work deadlines - but I want to send my love and solidarity to friends & publishing colleagues in Minnesota, and their communities. Below is a useful "How to Help" list compiled by sff writer Naomi Kritzer. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
- Reposted by Terri WindlingThis is a gorgeous essay. “So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
- Reposted by Terri WindlingThere is so much ugliness in the world that sometimes I need a little break to remember the importance of beauty. youtu.be/CPUSVZf3elM?...
- Reposted by Terri WindlingOn 1/29 at 2:00PM ET, we’re doing a free talk “Experiencing King Arthur’s Cornwall” for The Great Courses. All are welcome, but come if you want to visit England with us in Sept 21-28 on “Enchanted England: Folklore, Literature, and Landscapes!” www.thegreatcoursesjourneys.com/liveevents
- Reposted by Terri WindlingHere's some more sketches. Kitsune is very lazy, so he makes a good model
- I love her work. More here: www.maxinehelfman.com
- Artist Maxine Helfman's photographic recreation of Flemish-style portraits using contemporary models #WomensArt
- Dammit, It's high time that @ellenkushner.bsky.social's Riverside books (Swordspoint, etc.) were turned into a television series. She's been creating these kinds of characters since the 1980s, for heaven's sake. I'd watch a Riverside series in a heartbeat. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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- This piece by Tich Minter, about visiting Sylvia Townsend Warner in Dorset when STW was in her 70s, is charming and fascinating:
- AM's daughter, Janet Machen, was a driving force behind the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society, so important in preserving her legacy. Here's Tich Minter's lovely memoir of Janet M and STW in the 1970s. discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/15...
- In case you, too, didn't know this about Sylvia Townsend Warner:
- Sylvia Townsend Warner's aunt Purefoy was married to Arthur Machen, accounting for the Machen mood in Lolly Willowes & some of W's wonderful short stories, inc 'A Spirit Rises', with its curious rocking horse. On visits to Winterton AM would sit on Valentine Ackland's rocking horse while declaiming.
- Reposted by Terri WindlingThe Teign Gorge, Dartmoor. Early morning before the day has decided which face to put on. #photography #landscape #dartmoor
- Lottie this morning, looking out the window at the dismal Dartmoor weather and wondering if she would get a good walk today. Reader, she did.
- Reposted by Terri WindlingSt Cuthbert’s Church, Crayke, North #Yorkshire “St Cuthbert” window (2020) #HelenWhittaker The detail shows the Tale of the Affectionate Sea Otters who were reputed to have warmed & dried Cuthbert's feet after a night of him meditating & praying whilst standing in the sea. #StainedGlassSunday
- This is a powerful, beautifully written post on difference, loss, and grief (passed on with a trigger warning on the subject of stillborn births, for those who find that difficult).
- "What is there to explain, anyway? That life is infinitely inventive? That some of us are a little different? That some of us keep living while others do not?" www.awritersnotebook.org/p/words-and-...
- Reposted by Terri WindlingUK ceramic artist Marie Prett specialises in figurative and carnivalesque sculptures #WomensArt
- Here's a lovely post (and video link) from Catherine Munro about Shetland ponies in winter. I highly recommend her lovely book The Ponies at the End of the World. Our Dartmoor ponies are tough and weather-wise too, but winters here are not so fierce!
- Reposted by Terri Windling'Glasgow Girls' artists, 1880-1920 whose designs were influential in Art Nouveau. The embroidery department was a radical space, improving dress design & aiding the women's suffrage cause via artists emboldened by newly opened women-only art societies #Womensart
- Reposted by Terri WindlingJanuary 6 is the birthday of Barry Lopez (1945-2020), a unique person & writer. I wrote about Lopez, pottery, poetry, politics, queerness, and the suffering of the world in my little (open access) book ABOUT THAT LIFE from @punctumbooks.bsky.social: punctumbooks.com/titles/about...
- Reposted by Terri Windling“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity... It’s as simple as that.” -Tove Jansson
- Reposted by Terri WindlingDartmoor, Devon, West Country friends: The Chagford Mummers will be performing all day on Sunday, 4 January, traveling from pub to pub in Drewsteignton and Chagford. It's traditional, folkloric, silly, and free...but the players won't say no to a pint of beer. #Mumming #Folklore #FolkDrama
- Reposted by Terri WindlingIt's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
- Reposted by Terri WindlingHave just seen this, I think for the first time -
- "Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage." - Susan Sontag Wishing you kindness, courage, enchanting stories, and abundant creativity as new year unfolds.
- Our Lottie turned three years old this week. She tumbled into our family at an inopportune time and caused absolute havoc, but stole our hearts. Now I can't imagine life without this bright-eyed, funny, loving, and irrepressibly joyful little soul.
- Happy winter holidays from me and the little reindeer, whatever you may be celebrating this season. And for those who find the holidays hard, for all kinds of reasons, I'm thinking of you especially today. May the days pass gently.
- Reposted by Terri WindlingGood morning. It was good to be back in the fields.
- If you're looking for a last-minute holiday present for someone who loves art and biographies, 'Artists, Siblings, Visionaries' is terrific. Our spaniel, Lottie, does't look terribly impressed in this picture, but I was.
- Having read all the previous biographies of Gwen & Augustus John, I was intrigued by @judithmackrell.bsky.social's new joint biography, wondering what more could be written about these two artists. Quite a lot, as it turns out. It is a magnificent and insightful book, and I didn't want it to end.
