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2026
2025
- 15 Years of Story: The Evolution of Yorkshire Festival of Story – Interview
- Yorkshire Festival of Story 2025 – Preview
- ‘Settle’ to get its Yorkshire premiere at Festival of Story
- Settle to host Yorkshire Festival of Story 2025 in November
- Settle Stories nominated for prestigious education awards
2024
- Settle Stories Honoured With Invitation To Buckingham Palace
- Settle Stories’ Yorkshire Festival Of Story Returns In November With An Exciting Line-Up
- Story competition winner donates prize to school
- Winner of festival’s ‘heart-warming’ young writers competition
- Stellar line-up for Settle-based Yorkshire Festival of Story
- Yorkshire Festival of Story 2024 shares headline speakers
2023
- Young Writers Encouraged To Unleash Their Imaginations With Settle Stories’ Yorkshire Festival of Storytelling
- EastEnders star Linda Marlowe talks living life to the full ahead of Yorkshire Festival of Story appearance
- Sita Brand – Storyteller as Teacher: Education vs Entertainment, the role of story as a change agent
2022
- Artistic Director Sita Brand: “You can’t hate someone when you listen to and understand their story”
- A New Chapter – Settle Stories Launches Storyversity
- The Yorkshire festival using storytelling to respond to climate emergency
- Northern creativity takes centre stage as Arts Council funding gets ‘levelled up’ with £161m for Yorkshire’s museums, theatres and libraries
- Funding boost begins new chapter for Settle Stories
2021
- Museum event: The story of ‘Yorkshire cultural icon’ Bill Mitchell
- Inspirational Woman: Sita Brand | Founder & CEO, Settle Stories
2020
2019
- Settle’s storyteller spins tales again
- Storytelling session for Cononley schoolchildren
- Memories of Indian childhood
- Forgotten photographer’s remarkable pictures of Yorkshire Dales in the 1950s brought back to life
- How the Ganges had a hand in Dales art
2018
- Diving For Pearls: Adam Sargant At Settle Stories
- Blowing The Whistle: ‘A Machine They’re Secretly Building’ At Settle Stories Festival
- Dial-A-Story: The Listening Gallery Launch At Settle Stories Festival
- An Unquiet Heart РEmily Br̦nte: Sue Newby At The Settle Stories Festival
- A Whale Of An Adventure: Circo Rum Ba Ba At Settle Stories Festival
- Classified Intelligence: Proto-type Theater At Settle Stories Festival
- The Art Of Chwedleua – Tamar Eluned Williams At Settle Stories
- Return Of The Hot Dog Skier – Keith Donnelly At Settle Stories Festival
- Brave New World: Settle Stories Festival – 2018
2017
- Settle Stories: The Geocacher And The Christmas Tale Trail
- The State of the Arts – Settle Stories profile – 2017 Festival
- Craven Herald – Chance to meet Local Writers Meetup
2016
- Settle Stories director gives talk on the WR Mitchell Archives
- Green Christian – review of ‘Fair Tax Town’ at 2016 Story Festival
- Abracadabra Radio – Story Competition
- The State of the Arts – Review: The Shahnameh
- The State of the Arts – Martin Shaw Review
- The State of the Arts – Litvinenko Project Review
- Pints, ponderings and theatrical tea parties at Settle Stories Festival
- The State of the Arts – preview of the 2016 Settle Stories Festival with Sita Brand
- The State of the Arts – Settle Stories, Pioneering Storytelling in Yorkshire – preview
- Craven Herald – Belgian Storyteller to explore myths & legends
- Lancaster Guardian – Festival attracts largest audience
- The Village Storytelling Centre – Festivals, Festivals, Festivals
- Westmorland Gazette – Stories festival returns to town
- Craven Herald – Memory of editor to live on during festival
- Craven Herald & Pioneer – Helping Groups find their voice through animation
- Craven Herald – School learns about other cultures
2015
- Settle will celebrate World Book Night
- Settle storyteller relives her childhood
- Dales Discoveries – An Insiders’s view: Sita Brand, Settle Stories
- Craven Herald – Dominic Kelly to perform ‘Hero Light’
- Craven Herald – Writers urged to reach for the Stars
- Down the Dales memory lane
2014
- Indian Express – Stories on a Postcard seeks Entries
- New chapter opens for Settle Storytelling Festival
- Radio 4 – Midweek – Sita Brand Settle Stories Festival
- The State of the Arts – Interview with Sita Brand about Settle Stories, the Festival and the future
- The State of the Arts – Settle Stories named one of ‘Top 5: Yorkshire Festivals 2014’
- Living North – Two Giant Leaps
- Culture Vulture – Stories and Stunning Surroundings in Settle – Preview Festival
- Culture Vulture – Preview of 2014 Festival
- Bradford Telegraph & Argus – Children entralled by series of stories
- Craven Herald – Bedtime Stories
2013
- Culture Vulture – Preview of the 2013 festival
- Westmorland Gazette – Storytellers bring Yorkshire Dales folks’ lives to online audience
- Telegraph & Argus – Archive covers 40 years of life in the Yorkshrie Dales
2012
- Settle Storytelling Festival is launched
- Bill’s archive brings Dales voices to life
- Tapes that will bring voices of Dales to the world
2011
2010