Dee Dee Chainey
Dee Dee Chainey is a writer, and spends her time curating weird and wonderful folklore from around the world for digital communities as co-founder of the online folklore magazine and hashtag day #FolkloreThursday, featured on 'BBC Trending', in 'The Independent' and 'Vice UK'. Dee Dee also appeared on the 'BBC World Service' talking about the value of the Cinderella fairy tale to modern women, and in 'The Telegraph', debating how folklore is still relevant today. Her first book, 'A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe', was released in April 2018 from National Trust Books (buy it here: http://amzn.to/2An2N09). Her work has appeared in the national magazine 'History of Royals', and she regularly contributes to Future Publishing's international bookazines, including pieces on folklore, Norse myths, vampires across the world, the history of magic, Bronze Age artefacts, and Ancient Egyptian deities. (See more: http://bit.ly/3a7XCzG) Dee Dee writes a monthly column for 'The Countryman' magazine — one of the oldest, most respected countryside magazines in the world — 'A Treasury of Folklore' launched in the March 2020 issue, available here: http://www.countrymanmagazine.co.uk. Dee Dee's latest books, co-authored with #FolkloreThursday's Willow Winsham, from Batsford, were published in April and August 2021. She is represented by Sprung Sultan literary and talent agency.
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Dee Dee Chainey: In the Media

BBC Countryfile Magazine

The Telegraph

BBC World Service

VICE UK
