Stepping Back in Time: Ey Up Elsie Review
Review of the Ey Up Elsie Series from Yorkshire Festival of Story 2020. Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell for The Craven Herald and Pioneer. Watching this I felt as if I had stepped back in time, not just to the “never, never time” suggested by Elsie’s costume but also back into my own childhood. Poppy Avison […]
Delving into Storytelling
Refreshing, unexpected and surprising. This is how it felt to be working with Young Reporters this year to produce Settle Stories blog. 7 Young Reporters between the ages of 12-19 who live across North Yorkshire helped create new pieces for our blog to promote Yorkshire Festival of Story 2020. These budding reporters are passionate about […]
Funding for cross art form collaboration
During these strange and isolating times we need inspiration and ideas now more than ever. Interested in a grant to support a new collaboration? Arts charity Settle Stories has taken their artists networking FEAST online. Artists and creatives from across the UK are invited to take part. To support collaboration between artists from Craven (our […]
Enter the world of Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl and the Imagination Seekers promises to be a go-to event for readers young and old, familiar with this writer or not, as it echoes the forgotten words of the fabulously funny children’s author, whose books have inspired generations of young minds. This experience (commissioned by Puffin Books and sponsored by Giggleswick School) is […]
Jan Blake – what story will she tell – you decide!
We’re thrilled to be welcoming storyteller Jan Blake to Yorkshire Festival of Story. Jan Blake will transport you to a place where nature and deep magic collide. Stories about human desires, opportunities and emotions, form tales set across the diverse continent of Africa. But, which story will she tell? Well, that is over to you […]
Q&A: Magic and Mortals with Grimm & Co
Like us, Grimm & Co love story. They are a Rotherham based charity whose core purpose is to change lives one story at a time. They support children and young people aged 7 to 18 to develop their confidence and skills around creativity and writing. It was incredibly exciting for me, a mere mortal, to […]
Examine Your Lifeline
Examine your Lifeline As you get older, it’s natural to look back on your life and reflect upon it. Sometimes this may just be a jumble of related and unrelated memories that come up while you are, say, sitting near the window looking out at the world. What about a different way of reflecting on […]
Do Things Badly
Fear of getting it ‘wrong’ is one of the biggest barriers to trying something new. Perhaps you would like to do something creative you have never done before, or not for a very long time: draw, or dance to music, or sing a song, compose a poem, write a story. But you’re worried you will […]
Save Your Own Story
‘So, what was your grandfather like?’ This was the question my son asked me the other day. It’s a good question. The trouble is, I’m struggling to answer it. Why? Because my grandfather died when I was a child, in about 1962. Most people who knew him have also passed on. And there are no […]
Sing! Sing! Sing!
Like to sing but don’t feel confident? Like to sing but can’t remember the words? Like to sing but can’t remember the tune? Can remember the name of a song but neither the words nor the tune? In times of isolation, you’re missing opportunities to sing with others? I have a single answer to all […]