Village Green Festival
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A day of storytelling in the Spinning Yarns Tent
Festivals
Photos of Wendy performing at Family festivals across the United Kingdom.
Bradford Literature Festival
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Wendy was thrilled to be one of the Storytellers at the Bradford Literature Festival along with a diverse array of authors and poets. Setting up for Day 2 at the Bradford Literature Festival City Hall Green Room Inside Bradford City Hall
Greenwich Book Festival
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For the Greenwich Book Festival, Wendy was able to set up storytelling outside on the Greenwich University Campus.
Myths and Legends at the Museum of London
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Chinese New Year
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The legend of Nian The Cultural Events team at the Science Museum, asked me to tell the story of Chinese New Year and the legend of the monster Nian. This was part of their Chinese New Year event called ‘China Lates’. An evening event filled with dance, presentations and storytelling to celebrate Chinese New Year. […]
The Importance of Storytelling for Children
Posted onNational Storytelling Week The Book People asked me to contribute to their blog article about the importance for storytelling for children. This is in honour of National Storytelling Week which was started by Storyteller and Folklorist Del Reid. I was delighted to share some of my thoughts on how I feel it benefits children: ‘Oral Storytelling […]
National Storytelling Week
Posted onTelling stories and celebrating the oral tradition National Storytelling Week runs from January 26th-February 2nd and was created by Storyteller and Folklorist Del Reid. He is a founding member of the Society for Storytelling and began National Storytelling Week 19 years ago! It is a fantastic celebration of the Oral Tradition with storytelling events being held […]
My Guyanese heritage
Posted onFurzedown Summer Festival At the weekend, I took part in a Garden Gig as part of the Furzedown Summer Festival with my fellow storytellers from South London Storytelling. We told stories into the night, in a beautiful garden with musicians to accompany us. Our finger food was themed to all of our stories with tropical […]
Life and Death in storytelling
Posted onLast night I went along to watch Hannah Need, the Storyteller of Southfields in her show ‘Life, Death and Dreams along the Way’. As part of this year’s Wandsworth Fringe Festival, Hannah put together a wonderful storytelling evening filled with a mixture of true tales, fairy tales and folk tales. Her stories were woven together […]
Caribbean stories at the Museum of London
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Hello London, Hello Barbados This year marks the 50th Anniversary of independence for Barbados and other Caribbean islands. I was asked to tell Caribbean stories at the Museum of London, Docklands as part of their celebrations for their wonderful festival ‘Hello London, Hello Barbados‘. The Caribbean festival took place over the weekend of 13th and 14th August. […]