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Wendy Shearer

Storyteller, Author, Oral Historian

  • Storytelling
    • Schools
      • Schools Visited
    • Watch clips
  • Keynotes
  • Oral History
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
  • Books
  • About
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    • Full Bio
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Category: Folktales

Wendy Shearer storytelling for Crouch End Festival - Guyanese folklore
June 8, 2015June 8, 2015Anansi, Festivals, Folktales

Guyanese folklore stories in Crouch End

Storytelling at the Crouch End Festival The Crouch End Arts Festival began on Friday and I couldn’t wait to get stuck in […]

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015Anansi, Folktales, Half term, Storytelling

Caribbean storytelling in London

Chicken Shed Theatre Last weekend I’d been invited as a special guest to perform storytelling at the Chicken Shed Theatre for their Tales […]

March 16, 2015March 17, 2015Folktales, Storytelling

Arabian Nights

During the Easter school holidays, I’ll be telling stories from One Thousand and One Nights at the Art House Crouch End.  I’m […]

March 10, 2015April 3, 2015Folktales, KS1 & KS2, Primary Schools, Storytelling, Storytelling Workshops

The art of storytelling

Last week I visited St Aidan’s Primary school for their World Book Day celebrations.  The theme for the day was ‘ the […]

February 12, 2015March 31, 2015Folktales, Half term, Storytelling

Chinese Dragon

It’s the start of the Chinese New Year next Thursday.  I’ll be telling a couple of Chinese folk tales during my storytelling […]

February 5, 2015February 6, 2015Folktales, Primary Schools, Storytelling

National Storytelling Week

Magic & mystery It’s been a wonderful few days celebrating national storytelling week.  Magic & mystery has been my theme for stories […]

November 15, 2014December 4, 2014Folktales, KS1 & KS2, Primary Schools, Storytelling

WOW words

I spent an afternoon telling folk tales with a Year 3 class at Campsbourne school.  Everyone was animated and keen to join […]

September 20, 2014September 28, 2014Folktales, Storytelling

Swedish folk tales

This week I visited Abbey Ravenscroft Park Nursing home for a spot of performance storytelling.   My audience included a lovely lady […]

July 20, 2014December 4, 2014Anansi, Folktales, KS1 & KS2, Primary Schools, Storytelling

Storytelling at Muswell Hill Primary school

Story Boat sailed all the way to Muswell Hill Primary school just before the end of the summer term.  I had a wonderful […]

May 22, 2014June 17, 2014Folktales, Storytelling, Writing stories

Collecting stories

Everyone is a storyteller – we tell stories everyday to each other from ‘what happened on the way to work’ to ‘family […]

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