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June 22, 2023July 7, 2023Storytelling at Museums, Writing stories

Exploring the natural history of Jamaica

Warriror Womain portrait by Charmaine Watkiss
Portrait of a Warrior Woman by Charmain Watkiss - displayed at the British Museum

As part of my project work on Animating the Caribbean Collections, I visited the British Museum with Dr. Amara Thornton – historian […]

May 18, 2023May 30, 2023Consultancy, Writing stories

Animating Caribbean Collections at the British Museum

Wendy Shearer, Author entering the British Library archives

What’s in the archives? This week I had my first meeting in the belly of the British Museum Library and Archives with […]

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022Past Events, Writing stories

Young Writers Workshop

Children holding a copy of Wendy Shearer's book: African & Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends

The Jacqson Diego Story Emporium invited me to be a guest author for their Young Writers workshop. I shared stories from my […]

November 30, 2021May 2, 2023Black History Month Storytelling, Consultancy, Past Events, Writing stories

Buckinghamshire Archives

Buckinghamshire Archives commissioned Wendy to write and perform three stories based on research from their Black History Group project. The project looked […]

September 5, 2021October 19, 2021Festivals, Past Events, Storytelling, Writing stories

Eden Project Summer of Celebration

Storytelling at the Eden Project I was thrilled to be commissioned to write three short stories for Eden Project Storytellers to perform […]

August 1, 2020August 25, 2020Caribbean Folktales, Writing stories

Meeting Grace Hallworth

When I began researching and writing stories for my new book of Caribbean Folktales, one of the first things I did was […]

July 17, 2020January 14, 2021My Books, Myths, Writing stories

Choosing African and Caribbean stories for a new children’s book with Scholastic

Wendy Shearer storytelling at the British Museum

I have often said that I intend to write a collection of African and Caribbean stories for children.  My dream was to […]

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020Caribbean Folktales, Writing stories

La Diablesse

Wendy Shearer Writer and Professional Storyteller

In my first book of Caribbean Folktales to be published by The History Press , I’m writing about a variety of characters […]

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020Writing stories

New Book – Caribbean Folktales

Cleo Adams talking about 1950s migration to the UK
Cleo Adams, 86 years old sharing memories of living in the UK in the 1950s

When I began thinking of ideas for my new book of ‘Caribbean folktales’ I knew that gathering the stories would unravel many […]

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019Storytelling, Writing stories

Caribbean Stories

Wendy Shearer - Professional Storyteller Photography by @MarcoCervi

‘As dawn kissed the sky, she looked out of her window and saw a ball of flames darting through the tamarind trees. […]

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  • Africa Day at Rokeby School November 10, 2023
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  • Rewilding Cinderella at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival October 17, 2023

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