Cracking On Story Sharing.
This month we are excited to welcome Heather and Nerrisa to share stories that interest and inspire them.
It's free to join in, but you do need to reserve a place and get a zoom code.
Contact Malcom via our contact form Before January 18th please.
News of The Day – Jo Blake.
Heaton, NE6 5XL
What is going on in the world? How did we get here? Where are we going? Can we do anything about it? Jo Blake does not have the answers to these questions...
Find out more »WOLF GIRL: WITH DAIVA IVANAUSKAITĖ.
Wylam, NE41 8AP
It is fitting that the final event of Wylam Winter Tales 2022 is a storytelling. Tonight’s performance has a wonderful international flavour to while away an early Sunday evening in the company of Lithuanian/Scottish Storyteller Daiva Ivanauskaitė. Suitable for all the family Daiva will bring the captivating and exciting story of The Wolf Girl.
Find out more »‘Travelling Together’ with Amy Douglas
Heaton, NE6 5XL
The unusual friendship between a Shropshire teenager and a Scots Traveller. Amy shares reminiscences of learning to drive, making pegs, drinking special brew and coping with sleep deprivation alongside an ever-present flow of story, song and history.
Find out more »“The Gods Are All Here” Phil Okwendy
Heaton, NE6 5XL
When clearing his mother’s house, storyteller Phil Okwedy made an astonishing discovery of a series of love letters from his father to his mother... Charting the time of life when children are said to view their parents as gods, Phil considers if his parents were, in fact, the gods he had believed them to be…
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On a wet December Saturday a group of asylum seekers and volunteers from the conversation class in Newcastle made their intrepid way to Burnlaw in Northumberland for a day out in the countryside.February 1, 2022, 7.30–8.30pm 
Join Hawthorn Press for the online zoom launch of their latest book: Storytelling for Nature Connection. Environment, Community and Story based learning. Edited by Gersie Charlene Collison Buck Schieffelin Jon Cree Anthony Nanson
They have drawn together a diverse panel to join the editors to discuss why story-work matters in nature connection and why it’s important now. A lively program will also include storytelling and a Q&A.
Guests include: Lisa Schneidau – ecologist, storyteller and writer. Dr Alan Kellas – Green Care Lead, Royal College of Psychiatrists. Robin Webster – Advocacy and Communications at Climate Outre.
Please register to attend at www.hawthornpress.com
Film report of Tales of the Forgotten North
Here is our final film report for Tales of the Forgotten North. This film gives you an overview of our two years spent exploring Northumberland and the North Pennines, digging deep into the earths history and uncovering new stories shared along the way. For more in depth films of each year of our journey take a look at Dreaming the Land 2013 and 2014.
https://vimeo.com/129795615
News from A Bit Crack Tellers
Northumberland Folk Tales by Malcolm Green
With illustrations by Rachel Edwards, this book brings to life the rich history of Northumberland Folk Tales.
More information here.