‘Im not afraid to fail’ – storyteller Ursula Holden Gill, interview

Ursula Holden-Gill is an award-winning storyteller, writer and educator. Described as a “one woman tour de force,” her blend of music and storytelling is captivating and sparks the imagination. “Ursula […]
Stories don’t have to be spoken

Neapolitan Folklore Finds its Way to Yorkshire! Stories don’t have to be spoken; this year Barbarella’s Bang Bang will be bringing a colour-filled carnival of musical storytelling to the Yorkshire […]
Interviews with storytellers – Sophie Snell

Sophie Snell is a member of the Flying Donkeys Storytelling Club. Growing up surrounded by books and stories, Sophie has always known the power of story. She starts by telling […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Priscilla Howe

Priscilla Howe is from Kansas City, Kansas, near the geographic center of the continental US. She has been calling herself a storyteller since 1988, when she was a librarian in […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Hugh Lupton

Tell us something about your background. Street theatre, folk music, writing, teaching, all came together to make me a storyteller in the late seventies. Where in the world are […]
Interviwes with Storytellers – Fergus McNicol

Fergus McNicol is performing at the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011. He joins Mio Shapley for Kamishibai Capers and also performs at the Ghost Stories evening. Fergus comes from Cumbernauld near […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Taffy Thomas

Taffy is performing at the Settle Storytelling Festival in October 2011 Tell us something about your background. I grew up in Somerset. Then went to college in Dudley. After a […]
Interviews with Storytellers – Godfrey Duncan (TUUP)

TUUP is performing at the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011. Tell us something about your background. I am from Guyana in South America but grew up in England. I […]
Interviews with Storytellers: Nick Hennessey

Nick Hennessy is an English storyteller and musician. He will be performing in Tea and Tales at the Settle Storytelling Festival 2011. Nick grew up in north Cheshire, in the small suburban village […]
Value your everyday life, its fascinating

Brazillian storyteller Ana Maria Lines will once again be joining us in the Yorkshrie Dales. She blew audiences away at the 2014 Settle Stories Festival and we’re expecting great things […]