Storylistening

Michael Williams: Finding Healing Stories

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:07:39 +0100

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 Giant received in a mixed group of Israeli and Palestinian women.

Michael Williams: Healing Words in the Middle East

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:44:19 +0100

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 program called Healing Words - Storytelling as a Pathway to Peace. In this interview, Michael Williams describes experiences that have strengthened his belief in the power of story. He then outlines his own dreams of working with conflict in all parts of the world through storytelling in collaboration with other professions.

Allison Galbraith: Storytelling and Climate Change

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:38:38 +0000

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 and other art forms are an important part of any response to climate change, gives some tips on finding resources for telling stories on environmental themes, and talks about the benefits of counting beans. There’s a story about talking trees somewhere in there too...something for everyone.

Further information on Allison Galbraith can be found on the Directory of Scottish Storytellers.

Fiona MacLeod: Trees, Stones and Water

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:33:30 +0000

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 us with the question of who will save water today?

Fiona MacLeod: Stories As Pathways to Peace

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:29:37 +0000

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 Peace as part of the Edinburgh Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. In this, the first part of a two-part interview, I ask Fiona about her experience of stories and storytelling as pathways to peace.

The Scottish Storytelling Centre
The Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace