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Storytelling is a traditional artform dating back to the earliest times when the spoken word ensured the survival of legends and history. This category includes sites about the tradition of story telling, and contemporary storytellers performing for for both adults and children.

  • Beyond the Border Wales  - Provides information on this annual international storytelling festival. Includes gallery of previous festivals as well as news of the next.
  • Crick Crack Club  - Performance storytelling promoter and programmer. Details their services to both storytellers and commissioners and provides an archive of audio performances, links to recommended tellers and a downloadable education pack for using storytelling in the classroom.
  • English Storytelling Network  - Details a network of storytelling venues across England, with information on each and links to some local storytelling groups.
  • Festival at the Edge  - Annual weekend storytelling festival in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Contains details of performances and new commissions.
  • Forum for Storytelling in Wales  - Outlines the constitution of this membership groups representing storytellers in Wales and provides details of forthcoming events.
  • Hand and Word  - Aberdeenshire-based storyteller, P D Brown; specialises in the myths, legends and sagas of peoples who settled the British Isles in the distant past. Describes his services and repertoire, and includes details of his recordings.
  • Myth Stories  - A museum of myth, fable and storytelling, located in Shropshire. Contains information about the museum's collections, activities and events, plus extensive educational resources.
  • Raven Tales  - Professional storytellers offer details of their workshops, shows and puppetry work, with video clips and news.
  • Scottish Storytelling Centre  - Based in Edinburgh, and established to support and promote the art of live oral storytelling. Includes their programme of events and workshops, facilities, and their annual festival.
  • Society for Storytelling  - Features details of special interest groups, information about National Storytelling Week and a directory of professional storytellers.
  • Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers  - Features a storytelling FAQ for professionals, plus articles on the craft of storytelling and details of training available.
  • Traditional Arts Team: Storytelling  - Features details of the Storytelling Cafe, which is aimed at adults and runs in venues across the Midlands; also provides information on the Young Storyteller of the Year competition and storytelling training.
  • Westcountry Storytelling Festival  - Features profiles of the tellers and performers at this annual storytelling festival in Devon.
 
 
 
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