(Fans Of Light Literature for the Young)

Do you enjoy or collect girls’ books? Then you might enjoy Folly.

Folly is not a fanzine, though fans read it. It’s not a scholarly journal, though it publishes original research. It’s not simply a frivolous bit of froth, though there’s plenty to make you laugh. It has elements of all these things, and tries to provide a mix of them every four months.

Folly was founded in 1990 by Sue Sims and Belinda Copson, who love children’s books, and especially girls’ school stories; Belinda has now retired from the fray, but Sue is still toiling away, with the expert help of Daphne Faux-Larkman, our Treasurer, and Jan Owen, Lord High Everything Else.

We’ve had articles about many school story writers, from Elinor M. Brent-Dyer to Antonia Forest and from Elsie Jeanette Oxenham to Evelyn Smith. We branched out long ago into any collectible children’s books: consult our Index to see what’s available. Follow the links to see what we’re like at the click of a mouse.

We’ve had short stories, verse, lots of articles on collecting, and plenty of silly pictures and competitions. It’s surprising how much one can get into 48 A5 pages.

If you’re interested in receiving a sample copy, send your address (snail-mail) to Daphne, plus a self-addressed A5 envelope with two second-class stamps, or 2 International Reply Coupons, and we’ll send you the latest issue.

Alternatively, click on the links above, or go to Articles, to see the sort of thing on offer. Then go to subscribe to arrange everything online.