by storytree | Mar 10, 2016 | Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, Byron Bay, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Public Performances, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling, Tourist attraction, Water stories
This year (2016), I have begun a new business called “Stories on Foot: Tales of Byron Bay and the Rainbow Region”. Here I make a start on the story of why I started it and what I want to offer people through these tours. When my kids were still quite young...
by storytree | Jul 26, 2015 | Australian stories, Folk Tales, Local stories, Storytelling
Brian Hungerford was one of my early storytelling mentors. Lucky me, as he is a master storyteller and author of some renown! I first met Brian at the National Folk Festival and we performed together at Woodford Folk Festival. He was always enormously gracious and...
by storytree | Jul 17, 2015 | Australian stories, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Public Performances, Resources, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
LISTEN TO GOLDEN TALE STORIES HERE: https://soundcloud.com/bayfm/sets/local-stories-under-the More stories will progressively be uploaded. ‘Local storytellers, bards, fablers, yarn-spinners and raconteurs, take note: a new storytelling festival needs you! ‘The Golden...
by storytree | Jul 13, 2015 | Australian stories, Learning to tell stories, Local stories, Public Performances, Storytelling
Last June, ‘The Byron Circle of Tellers’ at my prompting, held an evening of community storytelling called “The Golden Tale Local Stories Concert”. People were asked to submit 5- 8 mins stories set in our local Shire, but they could be fact, fiction or faction (a mix...
by storytree | Jun 17, 2015 | Australian stories, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, social justice, Storytelling
Last week I wrote a blog in answer to the first of three questions Paul Bishop asked me about Green Storytelling. Before I got around to answering the rest of the questions, Paul came along to the workshop and filmed an interview me and I covered all the questions and...
