ADVERTISE WITH FOLKLIFE
Loyal customers. Lasting impact.
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FOLKLIFE is a high-touch, high-trust platform that blends timeless storytelling with thoughtful design. Aligned brands find a place to be seen.
We're a small, woman-owned indie media company. Together with editorial and design, we curate partnerships to resonate with our readers. We include design so your ads look great in our publication in print, or digital.
Print Ads
Our readers keep FOLKLIFE Magazines on their shelves, coffee tables, and nightstands.
We publish twice a year on archival-quality paper, and your ad is woven into the aesthetic of each issue. Readers often tell us they love the ads as much as the stories.
Your ad looks beautiful, captures attention, and doesn't get lost in clutter.
We offer:
- Full-page ads
- Inside back cover
- 2-page spreads
- Discounts for non-profits and multi-issue bookings
- Custom ad design, included in the price
Contact us with the form below or email partners@folklife.ca for ad rates and more information.
Welcome to CommunityFOLK—where our readers become part of the story.
This is our growing wall of dreamers and doers: makers, artists, service providers, and supporters who share our love for indie publishing, the arts, and slow, intentional living. Each small feature supports the future of FOLKLIFE and helps keep our online editorial free to read.
Want to join in? You can book your spot here. There are only 100 available. Each CommunityFOLK listing includes an image, a short write up, and a link to learn more. Think of it as a digital community board for the folks we’d love to sit at the picnic table with.
If you're a painter, a potter, a therapist, a baker, or a small-batch brand—there’s a spot here for you.
Available in 3, 6, and 12 month packages.
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Jasmyn Clift, Herbalist, and her Partner in her shop. Photo by Syd Woodward.
EXPANDING OUR REACH
Digital ads launch this summer
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New options for digital ads
Expanded FOLKLIFE space for more stories rooted in slow living, creativity, and connection.
We are investing in reaching a wider audience, wherever they are.
Digital ad options will include:
• Sponsored placements on article pages
• Embedded ads across the website
• Sponsored stories
• Email newsletter sponsorships
• Social media partnerships
Join our email newsletter for launch details or use our contact form below to get in touch.
Get in with the FOLKLIFE crowd
FOLKLIFE connects with a growing community of creative, values-led readers who care deeply about how they live, what they make, and where they spend their money.
Meet the community
Many of our readers are Intentional Creators. Artists, makers, and small business owners building sustainable, purpose-driven lives. They look to us to find community, learn how others are doing it.
Some of our readers are Mindful Families. Parents navigating modern life while raising kids with creativity and connection.
Sourdough bread making had a big comeback and we're here for all our Sustainable Homemakers. Gardeners, homesteaders, and those making things from scratch in the kitchen or the workshop. They may be living close to the earth, or in the city.
We're expanding our reach beyond social to the crowd we think of as Urban Eco-Warriors. Young professionals doing their best to making slow living choices in busy cities, travelling to explore rural areas and nature.
Our Adventurous Explorers have been here all along on social, and reading magazines in cafes. The digital nomads, nature lovers, and slow travellers seeking meaningful experiences and connections.
Our biggest group of engaged readers are those we love to call Wisdom Seekers. Curious, engaged retirees who live with purpose and value creativity, learning, and connection. Parents, grandparents, aunties, and others, who do everything with heart.
Photo by Stephanie Artuso.
A loyal group of curious explorers
“I love what Alina is doing and the stories about slow living. Our small-batch jams and preserves are a natural fit for FOLKLIFE. We also sell the magazines in our Tasting Room on Salt Spring Island.”
–Melanie Mulherin, Founder of SaltSpring Kitchen Co.
Join us
Get the Media Kit
Use the contact form below and write to us for a media kit.
Sign up for the digital launch
Join our email newsletter or write to us in the form below we'll let you know when we launch our digital offerings.
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