BOOK WORLD NEWS

Fourth Annual National Storytelling Week: 31st January-7th February 2004

Over 350 national storytelling events and performances were organised this year for National Storytelling Week in Theatres, Book Shops, Libraries, Schools, Museums, Arts Centres, Storytelling Clubs, Retirement Homes and Pubs! There was great support from BBC Local Radio Stations and Local and National Press, and once again the week stretched in to a fortnight!

Over three hundred Schools, Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries applied for the National Storytelling Week Guide we published last year. This will be available again. Email copies will be free: reidthewords@hotmail.com– paper copies will cost £5.

We’re aiming to make National Storytelling Week 2004 even bigger!
We know storytelling stretches from it’s simplest application in the nursery right through to the personal stories and bereavement aids in hospitals, strengthening communication in the business sphere, and as an aid to learning in education. There are also professional storytellers working with prisoners.

We would like as many people as possible to join in the celebration of one of the oldest traditions of the world! The more diverse organisations that take part, the bigger the week will be!

For further information or if you would like to take part, call Del Reid on 020 8866 4232 or Tina Bilbe 0118 9351381

You can also check the Society of Storytelling website: www.sfs.org.uk