Society for Story telling Publications List

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DIRECTORIES:

Directory of Storytellers, an extensive listing of over 150 artists, detailing the skills and specialisms of each teller. Regularly updated.

Price £11.50 Members rate £6.50

Compilation Update to the Directory. This is included free with the main Directory, it details changes of address and new entries

Price £5.00 Members rate £3.50

FACT SHEETS:

Telling Tales: A Beginners Guide to Storytelling (free download, MS Word Format, 45 Kb)

A guide covering: Why Tell Stories; Choosing Stories; Learning Stories; Telling Stories; Further Information and Places That Regularly Run Storytelling Courses.

Download only.

Storytelling Courses

A list of venues which regularly run courses. Originally compiled by Jean Edmiston and updated periodically.
See also the Story Diary pages for an alternative list.

Free. Please send an A4 sae

Storytelling Clubs,

A detailed list of clubs meeting throughout England, Wales and Ireland. Originally compiled by Richard Walker and periodically updated.
See also the Story Diary pages for an alternative list.

Price £1.35

Organising a Storytelling Club

A beginners guide to organising and publicising storytelling events, a compilation of advice.

Price £1.35

Libraries and Archives for Storytellers

A guide to where to find folktales in libraries and details of 9 specialist collections of interest to storytellers. Compiled by Carl Clayton.

Price £1.35

Becoming a Professional Storyteller: Practical Advice on the Business (free download, MS Word Format, 62 Kb)

A guide covering: Beginning; Publicity; Contacts; Insurance; Accounts & Tax; Business Bank Accounts; Criminal Disclosures; Arranging Fees & Payment; Contracts; and Project Funding. Compiled by Tina Bilbé.

Download only.

Using Storytellers in Schools (free download, MS Word Format, 45 Kb)

A guide covering: What is a storyteller, their educational value, how to chose one and get the best from them. Compiled by Tina Bilbé.

Price £1.35

Education Booklist

An annotated book list covering 34 books and articles on storytelling and education. Compiled by the SfS Education sub-committee.

Price £1.35

Using Storytellers in Libraries

A guide covering: What is a storyteller, Why tell stories in libraries, What a storyteller can do for a library, Booking and getting the best from a storyteller. Compiled by Tina Bilbé.

Price £1.35

Using Storytellers in Museums

A guide covering: What is a storyteller, Why tell stories in museums, What a storyteller can do for a museum, Booking and getting the best from a storyteller, and two case studies. Compiled by Tina Bilbé

Price £1.35

Promoting Storytelling events (free download , MS Word Format, 34 Kb)

A beginners guide to organising and publicising storytelling events, a compilation of advice.

Price £1.35

Using Storytellers in Organisations

A guide for organisations and businesses thinking of using storytellers to enhance communications within and beyond their organisation. Compiled by David England.

Price £1.35

SfS Health and Therapy Group Guidelines (free download, MS Word Format, 19 Kb)

There is considerable evidence that using stories in health and therapy settings can have a beneficial and therapeutic effect. However there are a variety of different means that stories can be used and ways that they can impact on the audience. The storyteller working in health and therapy settings needs to be aware of the potential impact of stories for good and for ill.

These notes have been drawn up after Consultation with the SfS Health and Therapy special interest group.

Download only.

NEWSLETTER:

STORYLINES - the SfSNewsletter

Current editions free with membership of the SfS. See also the individual page for Storylines.

Back copies of articles from Storylines are available, for an index of articles please send an A5 s.a.e.

DOCUMENTS:

Storytelling in Education

An A3 fold out, poster style document which aims to raise awareness of the importance of storytelling in education. Produced by the Education Special Interest Group.

Single copies free, please send an A4 sae. Multiple copies are available: 10 copies for £2.50, 20 copies for £5.00. For larger quantities please enquire.

INFORMATION PACKS:

NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK PACK:

This pack contains: Background information; Promoting Storytelling Events; Storytelling in Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries; Using Storytellers in School; Advice to teachers on ‘Do-it-yourself’ events; How to prepare a story; National Storytelling Week Poster blank; Directory order form, Publications list and SfS Information leaflet.

Price £5.50

EDUCATION PACK:

This pack contains: Storytelling in Education document; Education Booklist; How Stories Teach; Beginners Guide to Telling Stories; Storytelling Courses; Libraries and Archives; Using Storytellers in Schools; Publications List and an Information Leaflet on the SfS.

Price £5.50

LIBRARIES PACK:

This pack contains this pack contains articles and factsheets: Using Storytellers in Libraries; Wednesbury Library Storytelling Café; Promoting Storytelling Events; Directory Order Form; Beginners Guide to Telling Stories; Storytelling Courses; Libraries Booklist; Libraries and Archives for Storytellers; Publications List and an Information Leaflet on the SfS

Price £5.50

WRITINGS IN CELBEBRATION

Eileen Colwell: ‘An Excellent Guide’

The influence of storytelling pioneer and SfS patron, Eileen Colwell, is examined in this celebratory collection of articles by Grace Hallworth, Liz Weir, Patrick Ryan and others.

Price £6.00 Members rate £5.00 ISBN 1 898878 08 0

PAPYRUS, ORACLE AND ARTISAN PUBLICATIONS, occasional papers on the theory and practice of storytelling:

In the PAPYRUS SERIES: Price per title:

Institutions £10.00 Non-members £5.00 Members £4.00

Fairytales and Therapy, by Dick Leith

An exploration of the rationales behind the use of fairytales within therapy. ISBN 1898878056

The New Storytelling, by Simon Heywood

A critical account of the emergence of storytelling as a contemporary art form in Britain. ISBN 1898878064

Storytellers’ Keywords by Dick Leith.

A powerful analysis of commonly used terms such as ‘archetype’, ‘myth’ and ‘tradition’. ISBN 1898878102

Storytelling and Ecology by Anthony Nanson.

a stimulating study of the relationships between storytelling in Britain today and the ecological crisis.

Price: Non-members £6.00, Members £5.00

In the ORACLE SERIES:

The Dreaming of Place, by Hugh Lupton

In this Hugh describes "re-storying and re-dreaming the land, using word and song to make numinous once again the mysterious ground that is the grandfather or all grandfathers, the grandmother or all grandmothers", based on his keynote speech at the 2001 SfS Annual Gathering.

Price £4.00          Members rate £3.00 ISBN 1898878099

Revisiting The Storyteller, by Jack Zipes

On Walter Benjamin and the role of the storyteller.

Price £3.50          Members rate £2.50 ISBN 1898878013

Seek Out The Voice of The Critic, by Ben Haggarty

On establishing a critical vocabulary for storytelling.

Price £3.50          Members rate £2.50 ISBN 1898878021

Different, - but oh how like! by Kevin Crossley-Holland

On traditional tales and the challenges they pose to writers and storytellers.

Price £3.50          Members rate £2.50 ISBN 1898878056

Three Angles On An Awakening Kiss by Rob Parkinson

On how storytelling is regarded in Britain today and its true nature as an art form.

Price £4.00          Members rate £3.00 ISBN 1 898878 07 2

The Language of Signs by Daniel Morden

reflections on the value & function of metaphor in storytelling.

Price £4.00          Members rate £3.00 ISBN 1898878099

The Call of Stories by Grace Hallworth

How encountering a story stimulates us to search for meaning and connection.

Price £4.00          Members rate £3.00 ISBN 1 898878 15 3

In the ARTISAN SERIES:

Story Clubs In School, by Jane Hislam

A practical guide on how to set up a story club where the children can practise and perform stories.

Price £3.50          Members rate £2.50 ISBN 189887803X

TALK SHOP catalogue:

Mail order catalogue with details of storytelling tapes, please send an A4 sae, or look at the individual page for the Talkshop Catalogue

Ben Haggarty's Informal Survey of Storytelling in England and Wales

Please look at the individual page for the survey.

Country Living Magazine: How to Set up a Storytelling Group

Kitty Corrigan, of Country Living Magazine, has prepared a guide on how to set up a storytelling group, and has kindly given us permission to post it on our website here.

Country Living Magazine's own web site can be found here.

STORY TELLING CENTRE

Members of the board of the Society for Storytelling (SfS) have been working in partnership with MythStories and other story organisations in the Midlands to collaborate on developing the profile of storytelling. The SfS already had its reference library of Folk and Fairy tales based at the MythStories Museum in Wem. Now a consortium of storytelling partners have put together a proposal on the development of a Storytelling Centre in the Midlands, based in and around MythStories in Wem. We would hope that this could be the first of several such centres. The propel document has gone to a board of funders, and various options are being considered.

The proposal document is available here (536K, MS Word format). There will an opportunity for formal feedback and discussion later in the year, but if you have any comments or queries please contact Janet Dowling on jadowling@aol.com

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