Greetings, and mòran taing (many thanks) for taking the time to read my newsletter. This is the January 2026 edition of Folkbyte, a somewhat quiet missive after the torrent of publication news I shared in the autumn! I'll get right to it.

Housekeeping

First, a warm welcome to the many newcomers who signed up for the Folkbyte newsletter in the last several weeks. This is the first of two regular posts you'll receive from me in the course of a month. It's designed to keep you informed about my work, and it arrives on the first Wednesday. The second is the Special Dispatch, a new essay series I tinkered with in the early autumn and will launch in earnest this month. For the most part, these essays sit at the crossroads of academic folkloristics and contemporary Paganism, and the next several of them will discuss various aspects of my recent retreat in Scotland. It arrives on the third Wednesday.