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Crumbfest in Edinburgh

I told the story of The True Meaning of Crumbfest last night at the Scottish Storytelling Centre‘s Christmas Storytelling Cafe. It is a profound story about how a young mouse by the name of Eckhart discovers what Christmas is all about. An environmental and animal-friendly take on the season by Prince Edward Islander David Weale.Continue reading “Crumbfest in Edinburgh”

On-line activist storytelling: www.Neveragain.no

I recently found out about this on-line project at a workshop given by Donald Smith (Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre). Donald had recently returned from a conference on creative clusters in Glasgow, where he had presented in the same session as Bjorn Enes, the editor of Neveragain.no. Unfortunately for us anglophones, the site isContinue reading “On-line activist storytelling: www.Neveragain.no”

Tea, the Storytelling Festival, and the Birth of a Website

I was explaining what I was doing over here in Scotland to some storytellers and storylisteners over tea at the Netherbow Theatre Cafe during the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, when someone asked me what I was going to do with my research. I’m sorry to say that the question stumped me. I hadn’t really thoughtContinue reading “Tea, the Storytelling Festival, and the Birth of a Website”