Wiltshire Folk Tales

Wiltshire Folk Tales gathers 30 stories associated with the county, retold by storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis. The collection ranges from the Giant’s Dance and the Moonrakers to Merlin’s trickery, the flying monk of Malmesbury, and tales involving dabchicks and the Devil.

Alongside older legends, Hartsiotis includes stories linked to the Great Western Railway and a canal ghost, showing how local folklore has continued to absorb newer places and events. Ancient barrows, stone circles and rolling hills provide the settings for accounts shaped by oral tradition, local humour and belief. The book also considers the stories’ connections with Wiltshire’s people and landscape, with illustrations by the author accompanying the retellings.