2023 - Ireland and Great Britain - Meike Mabell

For a storyteller presence is a very important asset There is a good reason why it comes up in so many workshops with so many different exercises to achieve it.

#18 - Where do you store your stories?

Well, I have to admit - quite profanely - they actually live in my brain. If my brain has the idea that this or that story is no longer needed,

#17 - Liz Weir is the World – and the World is Liz Weir

A long time before I even had the idea for this trip the name of Liz Weir kept crossing my path. I don’t have any reliable data on this, but

#16 - Are You a Moth or a Butterfly?

And what if you have to decide that within an instant? That could mean that you have just entered the realm of improvisation. To be honest, up until now I

#15 - How Funny Can Myths Be?

Very! If you let Rab Fulton tell them. His regular pub is the Crane Bar You find Rab on the upper floor every Thursday night in front of a crowd

#14 - Maria Gillen is sowing Seeds – disguised as Stories

Her great-grandmother told stories to her grandmother. Her grandmother told stories to her mother. Her mother told stories to her. She is telling stories to the whole world When Maria

#13 - Sean McCarthy Memorial Weekend Festival – Finuge, Co. Kerry

Another festaival! Great!! When I’m thinking ‘festival’ ... I’m thinking hundreds of people, lot’s of shows all over the day, big tents, campers, cars – something that looks like people

#12 - John Francis Campbell of Islay or A Day in the Central Library of Edinburgh

John Francis Campbell (1821-1885) collected Gaelic Stories. Just about like the brothers Grimm did. But unlike the Grimms he wrote the stories down word for word as they were told

#11 - Myths, Fairy Tales, and Some Gruffness

In the middle of Edinburgh’s touristic hotspot there is the Scottish Storytelling Centre. That in itself is very remarkable to me, and it shows what an important part the telling

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