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Main Hall, The Globe, Hay on Wye, HR3 5BG

Thursday 16th October 7pm-8.30pm

Saturday 18th October 2pm-3.30pm

Traditional Stories with Harp

followed by

A presentation of a course on 

       How Children Need Stories for Emotional Intelligence

                                                 

      Beginning the week of 20th October 2025 

Course of 6 weekly sessions

                Cost: sliding scale £120-£300                          

This storytelling course is excellent for teachers, parents, grandparents and people in the listening and caring professions. Get in touch by email or phone.

  • Learn the skills of using rhyme, rhythm and repetition for young children

  • Choose age and stage appropriate stories for your (grand)children

  • Discover and observe child development

  • Learn how to create short stories to help with challenging behaviour

  • Be delighted by your hidden gifts of using voice and body language to tell a story

 

Children crave stories! In this storytelling course, parents and teachers, learn about child development and how stories are essential to children's health, growth and emotional intelligence.  Discover where you can find appropriate stories. Stories can help with challenging behaviour: how to find or create your own special stories to bring harmony into the home and classroom.

For carers, there are many short traditional stories bringing us ancient wisdom with wit and humour, invaluable to those whose lives maybe limited by lack of mobility and chronic illness.

Storytelling skills bring self confidence to those who need to stand in front of audiences or classes.  How to use your voice and body to communicate without shouting, and creating a listening silence. 

In this storytelling course, you will be amazed to discover your hidden talents.

Get in touch by email to register your interest in this storytelling course.

 

Also.........

   Are you living by the right story?

Here are some ways to change your life using Stories

Online: Storytelling for Self Development

A new course of storytelling online will be starting on

October 2025

for 6 weekly sessions.

There will be plenty to engage you to unleash your creative

 

potential, with physical exercises, story research and learning the structure of a potent story.

Sarah Brookman reported after Springtime course:

I've really appreciated the exploration, and even though I haven't found it easy, I'm grateful to you for sharing your insights and so many wonderful stories. I've certainly come away with a desire to gather some great stories for the therapeutic work I'm involved with, and to see how things unfold as I begin to offer them to clients. I hope that it will offer a safe space for feelings to be identified with and expressed, offering potential to re-frame difficult narratives and find some hope and resilience.

I've really appreciated your kind encouragement along the way, and thank you for sharing your infectious love for stories and the art of storytelling.

 

Alex Gautier was unwell with family problems when he took my storytelling course at City Lit.London,
“… how very glad I am that I took your course and bought your book. ….and  although it has taken quite a lot of work in other ways, your course was definitely a major contributor to my feeling better.  

Frances Barrington, Steiner School class teacher: " This was fun and and refreshed my storytelling skills.  In the personal storytelling I came away with the magical blessing of my own life myth!" 

Jasmine Black, soil researcher: " It has been a wonderful storytelling journey with you. I feel very inspired to write stories from this magical forest I am staying in!"

Samantha Wilberforce, yoga therapist and primary teacher: "I have thoroughly enjoyed the course, and learned so much from you."