Daily Archives: November 5, 2011

Emily Dodd, the education officer for the Scottish Seabird Centre, talks about the role of storytelling in communicating science to children and in inspiring them to care about the maritime environment and its birds.  She also discusses her experiences using … Continue reading →

In this continuation of my interview with storyteller Michael Williams, he talks about some of his favourite sources for stories.  He also discusses the responsibility a storyteller has to his stories and his audience, relating the unexpected reception The Fearful … Continue reading →

Storyteller Michael Williams recently returned from a tour of the Holy Land where he and eleven colleagues told stories to and facilitated workshops with mixed groups of Israelis and Palestinians.  The tour was the culmination of a School of Storytelling … Continue reading →

Allison Galbraith is a professional storyteller from Lanark, Scotland.  In this podcast I talk to her about a workshop she recently gave at a conference on climate change hosted by Scottish Natural Heritage.  Allison shares some insights on why storytelling … Continue reading →

This is the second part of the two-part interview I did with Bretagne storyteller, Fiona MacLeod.  Here she talks about re-storying trees, stones, and water; her annual week-long storytelling in nature workshop; and some resources for environmentally-friendly tales.  She leaves … Continue reading →

I caught up with Fiona MacLeod, a storyteller from Brittany, France, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre where she was storyteller in residence for the month of February. While in Scotland she facilitated a workshop on Contemplation, Story and Pathways to … Continue reading →