A Cornucopia Of Tales and Tellers

World Storytelling and Poetry Days

Alan, Ewa and Simona join forces to enjoy two international days in one, World Storytelling Day and World Poetry Day.  Simona tells a custom made story while Ewa and Alan celebrate the world of poetry by giving us five poems, classical and contemporary.
Enjoy!

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort 2023!

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort 2023! It's St Patrick's Day so of course we had to tell some tales from the Emerald Isle.  Did you know how it came about? And did you hear the one about the King with odd ears? Keep listening and slainte!

Snowgirls Across Continents

We cross continents today for the same story, but told in very different ways, for different purposes - and in fact, not told at all.  Gustavo in Lima, Peru and Bowen in California, USA joins Alan in the Glens of Antrim, Ireland to tell the Snow Girl / The White Maiden / Snegurochka, and give their versions of events, both in the story, and in their own contexts.
Alan discusses why storytelling is the great leveller, and here is some further reading for anyone wanting to read more - Acts as a means of mental health support. (Mannell et al., 2018)Helps develop resilience (East et al., 2010)Successfully used in mental health recovery (Nurser et al., 2018)Is seen as the key to empathy (Manney, 2008)And it gets young learners excited for reading again (Hall, 2021)

The Doric Storyteller

In this episode Simona is helped by the wonderful David Heathfield to interview a common friend - the wonderful, the magnificent, the marvellous Jackie Ross. Jackie is a Storyteller from the North-East of Scotland and in this episode she speaks about her own connection to stories, telling in Doric, cows, toilets and much much more. Enjoy!
 
A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers is a passion project brought to you by English teachers Alan and Simona, who want to create a compilation - or cornucopia if you will - of stories from all around the world and by as many tellers from around the world as possible.  So grab a cup of tea, chai, water or uisce beatha, relax and enjoy hearing tales that have been handed down generations, or even ones that were dreamt up yesterday! Music by Purple Planet.
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Locks and Gold

Busy times for Simona and Alan, but we're doing our best to keep up with the project and deliver something new and special every time. 
In this episode, Simona reads 'Locks', a poem by Neil Gaiman and tells the story of 'Goldilocks and the three bears'. Enjoy!
A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers is a passion project brought to you by English teachers Alan and Simona, who want to create a compilation - or cornucopia if you will - of stories from all around the world and by as many tellers from around the world as possible.  So grab a cup of tea, chai, water or uisce beatha, relax and enjoy hearing tales that have been handed down generations, or even ones that were dreamt up yesterday! Music by Purple Planet.
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Storytelling for Peace

'Storytelling is an act of peace' - Christmas is a wonderful moment to stop and reflect on the importance of peace and on how much we need peace in this world. 
In this episode, Alan and Simona tell us about the World Storytelling Cafe event 'Storytelling for Peace' held on the 24th of December, and tell some of the stories they shared during the event.
If you couldn't attend the storytelling marathon and want to catch up, or if you want to watch it again, you can find it here - https://worldstorytellingcafe.com/performances/storytelling-for-peace-%f0%9f%95%8a%ef%b8%8f/
A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers is a passion project brought to you by English teachers Alan and Simona, who want to create a compilation - or cornucopia if you will - of stories from all around the world and by as many tellers from around the world as possible.  So grab a cup of tea, chai, water or uisce beatha, relax and enjoy hearing tales that have been handed down generations, or even ones that were dreamt up yesterday! Music by Purple Planet.
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If you like what you hear, you can Buy Us A Coffee to help fund future episodes and the hosting of our podcasts.

Shoemaking Icelandic Christmases

Tis Christmas 2022, Alan and Simona bring you different cultures of Christmas, as Simona has a tale shoemakers and elves, Alan tells us about the Icelandic Jólasveinar or Yule Lads, before reciting his favourite Christmas poem by Clement Clarke Moore.
Nollaig shona dhuit, and to all, a good night :)

Musings on the Oxford Storytelling Festival

In this episode, Simona reflects on her first experience of going to a storytelling festival. She shares her thoughts about the Oxford Storytelling Festival and is joined in doing so by David Heathfield, Matt Sparkes and David Wigram. 
A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers is a passion project brought to you by English teachers Alan and Simona, who want to create a compilation - or cornucopia if you will - of stories from all around the world and by as many tellers from around the world as possible.  So grab a cup of tea, chai, water or uisce beatha, relax and enjoy hearing tales that have been handed down generations, or even ones that were dreamt up yesterday! Music by Purple Planet.
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If you like what you hear, you can Buy Us A Coffee to help fund future episodes and the hosting of our podcasts.

Hands Up! with Hend and Ouds

This week we are joined by Hend in Palestine, who tells us of her storytelling experiences, mixing it up with learning the Oud and bringing that into the tales, plus we hear the tale of the idiom 'we buried it together' through a donkey.

A collection of Halloween tales...

In this episode, Simona and Alan are joined by three wonderful storytellers to share spooky tales from around the world. 
David Heathfield shares a story about a miser, Despoina Aristeidou shares a Jack tale with a spooky encounter, Alan shares a story about something that happened to his grandfather when he was young, Manuela Kelly Calzini shares a story about the quayside selkie and Simona shares a story about an Italian ogre.