The aim of #worldstorytellingday is to celebrate the art of oral storytelling, with as many people as possible around the world telling and listening to stories in their own languages on the same day. #storytelling #storyteller #oralstorytelling
We have a new episode out today! Our old friend Coyote is back and getting into trouble in this folktale from the Navajo Tribe ❤️🐺 #storytelling #oralstorytelling #podcast
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Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
As it so happens, a story idea might start coming to a person long before it actually becomes written.
Or told, in this case. This post is for paid subscribers or for purchase as a one-off. #writing #oralstorytelling #indigenousfuturism
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Calling weavers, the dreamers, tree-singers, marsh dwellers and undergrowth bards. I’m dedicating the winter to putting audio and written stories in front of you.
Be swell to see you 😊
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Hala told "The Stork Caliph" at the World Storytelling Cafe via Zoom from her home in Gaza in 2020. It’s a wonderful story, and Hala told it brilliantly, adding her own details and embellishments to make it her own, as all great storytellers do. I recorded a video of myself retelling Hala’s story for the Tell A Child In Gaza’s Tale project. The project was started by David Heathfield and Haneen Khaled Jadallah. It’s still ongoing. You can get involved by watching and sharing the videos – or even better, by retelling a Gazan child’s story yourself. Watch Hala tell the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHdvjjFykiA&list=PLj-mcWeMmSZw63V5abQ4fw3JIITI_S_kS&index=10 Watch a video of me retelling Hala’s story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj-eJVdgbAM&list=PLj-mcWeMmSZw63V5abQ4fw3JIITI_S_kS&index=13 Browse a full playlist of all the project videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj-mcWeMmSZw63V5abQ4fw3JIITI_S_kS Find out more about the project here: https://www.hltmag.co.uk/feb24/tell-a-child-in-gazas-tale (Picture shows a white woman wearing glasses and a headscarf, gesturing towards the camera)
Be careful what you put up your nose. Especially if it’s dust from a box you’ve just been handed by a wizard.
“The Stork Caliph” is a story I learned from a Gazan girl named Hala. I retold it for Tell A Child In Gaza’s Tale.
More info, video and links in Alt Text.
#FolkTales #OralStorytelling
A story of how #flamingos light the skies all over the world at night is retold again and again through #generations...
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Are you interested in the history of oral storytelling? It is a fascinating field of study.
Watch the video today to learn more:
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#storytelling #history #oralstorytelling
Are you interested in the history of oral storytelling? It is a fascinating field of study.
Watch the video today to learn more:
youtu.be/97_mjR92xNQ?...
#storytelling #history #oralstorytelling
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My so-called video studio, which was actually a very messy room cluttered with a floor lamp, cables, a laptop propped up on a box on top of a kitchen chair, and a whole load of other stuff that really wasn't helping.
Spent the afternoon recording a storytelling video. The finished video is 6 minutes long. The recording process took, um... longer. Maybe I should stick to what I know, i.e. bellowing analogue stories at people in a field. #OralStorytelling
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Come and join the Island Storytellers for our monthly #IsleOfWight story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of #TraditionalStorytelling. Tell a tale of your own, or sit and listen. Free admission.
Wed 18 June, 7–9pm, Freshwater Library, School Green Rd, PO40 9AW
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling
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This Saturday I'm telling stories from Tāranātha's "Golden Rosary" (1604) as part of Tārā Day at #Southampton Buddhist Centre. Expect moon miracles, magic animals, and wild-eyed bandits.
#GreenTara #WhiteTara #FolkTales #Buddhism #PerformanceStorytelling #OralStorytelling #LiveStorytelling
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Groovy props from charity shops, episode 94: snapped up this rather excellent tree lamp yesterday. A bit fairylike (Carterhaugh, not Sugar Plum, obvs). Coming soon to a storytelling session near you.
(PS I’m in the photo. Can you spot me?)
#FolkTales #FairyTales #OralStorytelling
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Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of #TraditionalStorytelling. Tell a tale of your own, or sit and listen. All welcome
Thu 15 May, 7–9pm, Yelf's, 54 Union St, Ryde PO33 2LG
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
Boom! I will be telling some wild sea stories at the Spyglass Inn in Ventnor as part of this big Armada event on 21st May. #OralStorytelling #TraditionalStorytelling #IsleOfWight
A paddock of donkeys.
Tomorrow night’s #OralStorytelling show has already sold out, so I’m getting match fit the best way I know how: running through the stories one last time while hanging out with these characters. #IsleOfWight
I just bought my weekend ticket for the East Anglian Storytelling Festival, oh yes I did! Cannot wait!
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#OralStorytelling #TraditionalStorytelling #PerformanceStorytelling
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Today’s story prep to-do list has been all about this fella. Rum cove.
#OralStorytelling #PerformanceStorytelling #FolkTales
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Today's to-do list is all about these dudes.
#WorldStorytellingDay #WorldStorytellingDay2025 #OralStorytelling
"People tend to listen to and believe stories more than facts, which makes storytelling a powerful tool. … It’s hard to hate someone when you’ve heard their story. If we could get people to sit in a room and listen to each other, we could change things for the better."
YES!
#OralStorytelling
And it’s so important to remember that sharing stories isn’t limited to reading aloud. Sharing and encouraging #OralStorytelling boosts oracy, imagination, improvisation, empathy, confidence, playfulness, cultural capital, classroom community. But not the ability to count to 4 in my case, apparently
Spent the morning with @hollyofthestories.bsky.social going over our “Wild & Wondrous Women” #OralStorytelling set. Spent the afternoon registering “Tales That Topple Tyrants”, my first ever solo show, for @ventnorfringe.bsky.social #VentnorFringe Yup, I reckon that was a day well spent.
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Our next Island Storytellers story club falls on World Storytelling Day
Thurs 20 March, 7–9pm, East Cowes Library.
Free admission
Join us! You might get a sneak preview from my “Wild & Wondrous Women” show with @hollyofthestories.bsky.social
#OralStorytelling #TraditionalStorytelling #IsleOfWight
A 19th-century black-and-white image of the witch Baba Yaga riding her pestle and mortar through the forest.
Me at 2 pm: Ok, I've got four crackerjack Baba Yaga stories to choose from, I just need to decide which one I'm going to tell.
Me at 4 pm: I've emptied an entire bookcase and now have 20 stories to choose from and my house is sprouting chicken legs.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
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A shapeshifter outruns her pursuers. A demon princess leads an army across the sea. A girl learns how to conjure dreams. These are stories of women who stood no nonsense and kissed no frogs. Leave your glass slippers at home.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
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Adventures with Post-it notes, episode 527. Beavering away on on my Water Babies adaptation. It's a complex project, but I'm making headway. Beavering! See what I did there? #performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
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Had a blast on Friday night telling “Tales of Darkness and Dread” to a sold-out #IsleOfWight audience alongside the fabulous Holly Medland. Everyone went home with a shiver and a smile – including quite a few who'd never seen live #OralStorytelling before. I think we made some converts.
I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
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Want to be scared silly by a crack team of live storytellers? Holly Medland and I bring you TALES OF DARKNESS AND DREAD – creepy stories that will follow you home.
Fri 31 Jan, 6.30pm, CHOYD, St James St, Yarmouth #isleofwight Booking essential www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#oralstorytelling
FAO Oral Storytellers
Adverse Camber have five mentoring opportunities for this year! Read more below:
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#storytelling #oralstorytelling #creative #mentorship
