The Newsletter of the Society is produced quarterly and contains articles, letters, notes, reviews and adverts for all manner of things to do with the storytelling world. Below is an index of issues to Winter 2002 (prepared by Tina Bilbe), and then some links to sample material from the newsletter.
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| New Year 1993 | Proposal to create a Storytelling Society - p1&2 (2 pages) |
| April 1993 | Announcement of Inaugural Gathering - p1&2 (2 pages) |
| July 1993 | Gathering reports - p5-10 (6 pages) |
| Response to changes in the National Curriculum p11&12 (2 pages) | |
| October 1993 | Development of Research Projects and Information Sheets - Pat Ryan p3 (1 page) |
| February 1994 | Information on the internal affairs of the SfS - (6 pages) |
| June 1994 | Gathering and A.G.M. reports - p4,6&7 |
| Leicester NATE Children's Story Clubs - Jane Hislam - p5 (1 page) | |
| Storytellers in Schools - Betty Rosen - p8 (1 page) | |
| Autumn 1994 | Storytelling in Japan - Eileen Colwell - p4 (1/3 page) |
| Being Physical with a Story - Charlie Wilson - p5&6 (2 pages) | |
| February 1995 | Tales for 12th Night reports - p1 (1 page) |
| Some thoughts on running a Storytelling Club - Tony Aylwin p4 (1 page) | |
| The Story Club Scene - Rob Parkinson - p5 (1 page) | |
| Gender Agenda - Pat Bowen - p7&8 (1.1/2 pages) | |
| June 1995 | Joint conference with the Folklore Society reports - p4 (1 page) |
| Gathering and A.G.M. reports - p5-8 (4 pages) | |
| Storytelling Clubs - Yarnspinners, Belfast - Liz Weir - p12&13 (1.1/3 pages) | |
| A Bit Crack, Newcastle - Malcolm Green - p13&14 (1.1/4 pages) | |
| Autumn 1995 | Storytelling Festivals, Beyond the Border, At the Edge, Word in Edgeways, Bleddfa - p3&4 (1.1/4 pages) |
| Storytelling Clubs - Falmouth - Fran O'Boyle - p5 (1 page) | |
| Winter 1995 | Storytelling and Silence - Dick Leith - p4 (2/3 page) |
| Storytelling Clubs - Tall Tales at The Trip - Roy Dyson - p5 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling in the 80's - The revival - Rob Parkinson - p8 (1 page) | |
| Wandsworth Conference reports - Whose Story Is It Anyway? - p9&10 (1.1/3 pages) | |
| News from the Web - Tim Sheppard - p10 (2/3 page) | |
| Spring 1996 | Storytelling Festivals, Cape Clear - Miceal Ross - p3 (1/4 page) |
| Storytellers Keywords - Performance - Dick Leith - p4 (3/4 page) | |
| Storytelling Clubs - Tales at The Edge, Wenlock Edge - Richard Walker - p5 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling in the 80's - The College of Storytellers - Rob Parkinson p6&7 (2 pages) | |
| Candlemas - National Storytelling Day reports - p9 (1/3 page) | |
| Summer 1996 | Storytelling in Education document launch announcement - p1 (1 page) |
| Do You Need Flame-proofing - Fiona Collins - p4 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling Clubs - Storytelling at The Volunteer, Brighton - Pat Bowen - p5 (1/2 page) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Culture - Dick Leith - p6 (1 page) | |
| Gathering and A.G.M. reports - Look Out Stories, Look In Storytelling p7-12 (6 pages) | |
| Artisan and Oracle launch announcement - p18 (1 page) | |
| Autumn 1996 | Storytelling Clubs - Malvern - Grenville Sherringham - p4 (1 page) |
| Storytelling Festivals- Beyond the Border and At the Edge - Mary Steele - p5 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling in the 80's - I've Just Had This Great Idea - Rob Parkinson - p6&7 (2 pages) | |
| Storytelling in Wales - Michael Harvey - p8&9 (1 1/3 pages) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Tradition - Dick Leith - p9 (2/3 page) | |
| Carefully Prepared Confetti, planning a storytelling session - Tony Cooper - p10 (1 page) | |
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| Winter 1996 | Storytelling Festivals - Scandinavia - Sam Cannarozzi - p5&6 (1.2/3 pages) |
| Ogresses Festival, London - Tina Bilbé - p6 (1/3 page) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Oral Transmission - Dick Leith - p7 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling in the 80's - Jenny Pearson - p8-10 (2.1/4 pages) | |
| The Tax Lady Cometh - Joan Barr - p10 (2/3 page) | |
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| Spring 1997 | Storytelling Clubs - Guild of Storytellers, Leicester - Liza Watts - p4 (1 page) |
| Story Clubs in Schools, background to the Artisan booklet - Jane Hislam - p5 (1 page) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Oral Tradition - Dick Leith - p7 (2/3 page) | |
| Storytelling in the Eighties - Flying Time - Ben Haggarty - p8-10 (2.1/4 pages) | |
| Telling Stories from the wrong side of Offa's Dyke - Jan Williams - p10 (2/3 page) | |
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| Summer 1997 | Gathering and A.G.M. - At Your Doorstep reports - p4-12 (9 pages) |
| Body Shop Project - Mary Medlicott and Charlene Collison - p14&15 (2 pages) | |
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| Autumn 1997 | Papyrus proposal - p2 (1 page) |
| National Storytelling Day - Candlemas reports - p4&5 (2 pages) | |
| Storytelling in the 80's - Can We Use Our Own Voice? - Mary Medlicott - p6-8 (2.1/3 pages) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Genre - Dick Leith - p8 (2/3 page) | |
| Storytelling Festivals - France - Sam Cannarozzi - p9 (2/3 page) | |
| Ireland - Tanya Batt - p9 (1/3 page) | |
| Swans, Skulls and Spectres, Taffy Thomas' Cumbria storytelling | |
| residency - Roy Dyson - p10 (2/3 page) | |
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| Winter 1997 | Common Lore storytelling company - Helen East and Kevin Graal - p4&5 (2 pages) |
| Storytelling in the 80's - That Reminds Me Of One - Rob Parkinson - p6&7 (2 pages) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Authenticity - Dick Leith - p8 (2/3 page) | |
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| Spring 1998 | Body Shop Project, final report - Charlene Collison - p4 (1 page) |
| Storytelling and Much, Much More - Chris Bostock - p5 (2/3 page) | |
| Storytelling Clubs - Who's Telling The Truth - Steve Whinnery - p6&7 (1.1/3 pages) | |
| Storytellers Keywords - Meaning - Dick Leith - p7 (2/3 page) | |
| Children Creating Stories - Andrew Wright - p8 (1 page) | |
| Wandsworth Conference - It's The Words That Count reports - p9&10 (1.1/3 pages) | |
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| Summer 1998 | The Trad Debate - June Peters - p1 (1 page) |
| Annual Gathering reports - p3-13 (11 pages) | |
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| Autumn 1998 | What is 'Tradition'? - Tina Bilbe - p1 & 7 (1 1/3 pages) |
| Traditional Tales and Telling - Michael Harvey - p2 (1/2 page) | |
| Storytelling and Language Acquisition - Tony Cooper - p3 (1 page) | |
| Flora Boyd, fairy tales from Barra - Dave Arthur - p4 -6 (3 pages) | |
| The Story of the Story - Daniel Cohen - p7 (1/2 page) | |
| Two more Gathering reports - p8 (1 page) | |
| Storyteller's Notebook - Sam Cannarozzi - p9 (1 page) | |
| National storytelling day in Essex - Jan Williams - p10 (2/3 page) | |
| The On-line Trad Debate - Graham Langley - p12 (1/2 page) | |
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| Winter 1998 | The Headless Horse Man of Happisburgh - Sid Kipper - p1 |
| Elena The Wise - Tony Aylwin and Susanna Steele - p3-7 (4.5 pages) | |
| Seacat Storytelling Festival report - Liz Weir - p7 (1/2 page) | |
| Storytelling on the Web - Jason Webb - p8-9 (2 pages) | |
| Opening Pandora's Box questions and answer - p10-11 (1 1/3 pages) | |
| The Storytelling Apprenticeship - John Hale - p14 (1/ page) | |
| S.E. Storytellers Forum report - June Peters & Fiona Collins - p15 (2/3 page) | |
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| Spring 1999 | If It Didn't Happen Like That It Should Have Happened Like That... Hugh Lupton - p1 (1 page story) |
| The Secret To Storytelling, Sheila Stewart's workshop - Chuck Kruger - p3&4 | |
| The Calligraphy of Story - Sam Yada Cannarozzi - p5 | |
| Eileen Colwell portrait - Joan Barr - p6&7 | |
| An Essential Booklist & Reviews - Various reviewers - p8-11 | |
| News from the North East - Chris Bostock & Joan Barr - p12 | |
| Scottish Story, storytelling in Scotland - Donald Smith - p13 | |
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| Summer 1999 | A Tribute to Richard Walker - Amy Douglas - p1&2 |
| Annual Gathering reports - Genevive Tudor - p4&5 | |
| Story Reading, Telling & Showing (by Librarians) - Philip R.Leese - p6&7 (1&1/3p) | |
| Events in the Healing & Therapy Group - p7&8 (1&1/3p) | |
| Reviews and News - p8&9 (1&1/3p) | |
| An Essential Booklist pt.2 - various - p10&11 (2 pages) | |
| Talking to the Rawi (Moroccan storyteller) - Rob Parkinson - p12&13 (1&1/6) | |
| A Storytellers Choice, Eileen Colwell's 95th Birthday Celebrations - Philip Leese & a thank you letter from Eileen p13 | |
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| Autumn 1999 | Nordic Storytellers Seminar, Oslo - Sam Cannarozzi - p1&2 (1&1/2 pages) |
| Highland Storytelling Festival - Bob Pegg - p2 (1/2 page) | |
| Storytelling in Prison - Clive Hopwood - p4&5 (2 pages) | |
| Ted Hughes ‘Winter Pollen’ review - Hugh Lupton - p6&7 (1&2/3 page’s) | |
| Discussion on the pros and cons of becoming a professional storyteller - P8-10 (3 pages) | |
| You Can’t Judge a Tale by its Teller - Sid Kipper (Humour) - p11 | |
| Newry Storytellers Conference & Festival - p14&15 (1&1/4 pages) | |
| Storytelling & Criticism - Sly Fox - p15 (3/4 page) | |
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| Winter 2000 | Cape Clear Festival - Chuck Kruger - p1&2 (2 pages) |
| Eileen Colwell - Mary Medlicott - p4 (1 page) | |
| Standards and Criticism in context - Rob Parkinson - p5 (2/3 page) | |
| Works In Progress - Sam Cannarozzi - p6 (1 page) | |
| Ray Hicks - Taffy Thomas - p7 (1 page) | |
| Personal view of storytelling - Dennis Wild - p8&9 (1&2/3 pages) | |
| E.Anglian Storytelling Festival - Katy Cawkwell & Suzie Doncaster- P10&11 (1&1/3 pages) | |
| August House Publishers 10 th Birthday - p11 (2/3 page) | |
| Language of Criticism - Sly Fox - p12 (3/3 page) | |
| Stories from Ancient Sumer - Dick Leith - p12 (1/3 page) | |
| Mythstories, museum of Myths, Shropshire - Dave Arthur - p13 &14 (1&2/3 pages) | |
| North Pennine’s Storytelling Symposium - Lindsay Aitkenhead - p15 | |
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| Spring 2000 | It Takes Two To Tell - Sam Cannarozzi - p1 |
| Malvern Storytelling Club Tales 2000 - Grenville Sheringham - p3 | |
| The Fire Quest, story - Grenville Sheringham - p4 | |
| Stories and Food - Sam Cannarozi - p5 (2/3 page) | |
| The Craft of the Storyteller, course review - Peter Hilken - p8 | |
| Storytelling Workshop review - Chuck Kruger - p9 (2/3 page) | |
| S.E. Storytelling Forum, review - Carole Mason - p10 (1/3 page) | |
| To the Mountain for a Brother, Through the Furnace for a Lover, performance review - Wendy Wharam - p11 | |
| A Life Extraordinary, UK experiences - Linda Lewandowski - p12-13 | |
| Parole, performance review - Ben Haggarty - p14 | |
| Annual Gathering, event review - Jason Webb - p15 (2/3 page) | |
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| Summer 2000 | Spring Waves on the Wash, SfS Directors Induction weekend - p1-2 (1 1/3 pages) |
| Supplement Provocations - Allan Davies - p2 (2/3 page) | |
| Storytelling in Nottingham, Derby and Leicester - Roy Dyson and Liza Watts - p3 (1/2 page) | |
| The Word About The Marketplace - Del Reid - p3-4 (1 1/3 pages) | |
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| Autumn 2000 | Staying Connected Through Storytelling - healthy ageing event - (1/3 page) |
| Many Voices - Wandsworth conference notification - (1/3 page) | |
| Festival Bonanza, storytelling in Brighton - Pat Bowen - p.3 | |
| Storytelling, Stereotyping & the Arab World, article - Chris Smith p4&5 | |
| Scottish Traditional Tales, review - Sam Stone - p6 | |
| Bobby McMillon, article - Dave Arthur - p8,910 & 11 (3 ½ pages) | |
| Healing and Therapy, info. - p11 (1/3 page) | |
| Storytelling at The Dome, article - Margie Barbour - p12 (1/2 page) | |
| Recent Storytelling Events in Oxford, article - Jon Bennett p13 | |
| Competition Caribbean, article - James C.Robinson - p14 | |
| Crafting the Story, article - Del Reid - p15 | |
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| Winter 2001 | Storytelling in Haiti - Daniel Morden - p1&3 (1&1/2 pages) |
| New work commissioned by Festival At The Edge - p3 (1/3 page) | |
| Nordic Storytelling Workshop & Gratz Festival reports - Sam Cannerozzi - p4-5 (1&1/3 pages) | |
| Emerson Storytelling Symposium report - Tina Bilbé - p5 (2/3 page) | |
| Small Tales Storytelling Club - Debbie Guneratne - p6-7 (1&2/3 pages) | |
| Mythstories Museum events - Ali Quarrell - p8 (1 page) | |
| Sly Fox storytelling event report - Anthony Nanson - p9-10 (1&1/6 pages) | |
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| Spring 2001 | Nothing published |
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| Summer 2001 | Inside Stories - Clive Hopwood – p1&2 (1&1/6 pages) |
| Gathering reports – Pippa Reid & Chris Bostock – p3&4 (1 page) | |
| Celtic Feast Stories – Jan Williams – p4 (2/3 page) | |
| I.T. & Storytelling – Heather Prendergast – p5 (1 page) | |
| European Society for Fairytales – p6 (1/3 page) | |
| Storytelling Unplugged – Wendy Welch – p6 (2/3 page) | |
| Ty Newydd Centre – Fiona Collins – p7 (1 page) | |
| Black Steed of Bells, event review – Peter Dicken – p8 (1/3 page) | |
| Seals & Souls – Carole Mason – p9 (3/4 page) | |
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| Autumn 2001 | A Story, A Culture and You – Samira Kirollos – p1&2 (1&1/3 pages) |
| Tales From The Wood – Paul Hibberd – p3 (2/3 page) | |
| Weald Stories, a storytelling enterprise – Michael White – p4 (1/3 page) | |
| Linking The Chain, Lakeland Storytelling Festival – p4 (2/3 page) | |
| Reunion at Emerson College, workshop – Peter Hilken – p5 (1 page) | |
| American Storytelling Scene – Jackie Douglas – p6 (1 page) | |
| Voice of the Storyteller, workshop review – Lynne Cullen – p7 (2/3 p) | |
| Telling Merlin, performance review – Anthony Nanson – p9 (1 page) | |
| From the Mouths of Trolls, festival – Sam Cannarozi – p10 (3/4 page) | |
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| Winter 2001 | Storytelling For All – Janice Hopwood – p1&2 (1&1/3 pages) |
| Red Blood Rose, performance review – Sharon Jacksties – p3 (1/3 page) | |
| Mouthful of Storytellers – Wendy Dacre – p4 (2/3 page) | |
| East Anglian Festival, reviews – Katy Cawkwell & Peter Hilken – p5 | |
| Big Dick of Wittington, story – Sid Kipper – p6&7 (1&1/3 pages) | |
| What is a Religious Community Doing Telling Stories – Chris Sunderland – p7 (2/3 page) | |
| Power of Stories in Organisations – Charlene Collison – p8 | |
| Finding The Edge, course review – Margo Cuttriss – p11 (2/3 page) | |
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| Spring 2002 | Stories, Place and Community – Mary Britton – p1&2 (1&1/4 pages) |
| Fifteen years of story at Ruskin Mill – Kelvin Hall – p4 (1 page) | |
| Stories, Passion and Place – Michael O’Leary – p5 (1 page) | |
| Teaming With Stories, group performance – Tony Aylwin – p6&7 (1&2/3 p) | |
| Storytelling in Organisations, response – Pat Bowen – p7&8 (1/2 page) | |
| So, you read fairy stories to babies? – Peter Maskens – p8 (2/3 page) | |
| From Dramatherapy to Storytelling – Nico Pollen – p9 (1 page) | |
| Rhyme and Reason storytelling season – Festival review – p10 (1 page) | |
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| Summer 2002 | Gathering & AGM report – Tina Bilbé – p1 (1/3 page) |
| House of Stories, Bleddfa – Jenny Pearson – p1&2 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling Driving The Day – James Robinson – p3 (1/2 page) | |
| Crick Crack Club conference – Peter Hilken - p4 (2/3 page) | |
| Storytelling Unplugged – Wendy Welch – p5 (1/2 page) | |
| Around the Clubs, Brighton – Jamie Crawford – p5 (1/2 page) | |
| A Challenge – Pete Castle – p6&7 (1&2/3 pages) | |
| Hamish Henderson, an appreciation – Dick Leith – p8 (1 page) | |
| Seven Stages of Panic – Pennie Hedge – p9 (1/3 page) | |
| Bleddfa – p9 (1/3 page) | |
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| Autumn 2002 | Ridden Hard and Put Up Wet, West Virginia – Christine McMahon – p1,2 & 3 (2&1/6 pages) |
| Storytelling Identity Crisis – Ray Stothers – p5 (2/3 page) | |
| Birth of a Storyteller – Peter Maskens – p5 (1/3 page) | |
| Festival Reviews, Beyond The Border & FATE – various – p6&7 (2 pages) | |
| Marsh Men and Brick Women – Fiona Shipp & Martin Nunn – p8&9 (1&2/3p) | |
| Creating the Future, Minding the Past – Joanna Bremner – p10&11 (1&1/2p) | |
| Feeling the Audience – Alysa Chadow – p12 (2/3 page) | |
| Story – Bob Walling – p12 (1/3 page) | |
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| Winter 2002 | Eileen Colwell, tribute – Mary Medlicott & Mary Steele – p1 (1 page) |
| Stories in Health Healing and Therapy – Janet Dowling – p4 (1/2 page) | |
| Storytelling in Fulbourn Mental Hospital – Peter Hilken – p4 (1/2 page) | |
| Across The Sleeve, European festivals – Sam Cannarozzi – p5 (1 page) | |
| Storytelling for Asylum Seekers – Wendy Welch – p6 (1 page) | |
| Atheist & the Bear, story – Sue White – p7 (1/3 page) | |
| Around the Clubs, Café Credo – Shan Stephens – p7 (1/2 page) | |
| Verbal Arts Centre – Sam Burnside – p8&9 (1&1/6 pages) | |
| There Are Times, poem – Peter Maskens – p9 (1/4 page) | |
| Reading Is Fundamental – Leila Rasheed – p9 (2/3 page) |
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