Dear Friends and Partners,
I am delighted to let you know about this exciting and creative new project, celebrating the people and places of North Edinburgh through storytelling.
Tag: storytelling
Penciltown: drawing group at Blackhall Library
Starts this Saturday at 2pm – Free
Storytelling and creative writing for local women
Six week course starts tomorrow at Pilton Community Health Project
Community groups encouraged to Grow Stories as part of local campaign
Scotland’s Local Storytelling Campaign “Growing Stories” is underway and is running to Friday 30 November.
The Local Storytelling Campaign is a creative outreach initiative that bookends and runs alongside the Scottish International Storytelling Festival (SISF); an annual celebration of live storytelling & cultural diversity that takes place each year at the end of October, organised by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS). Continue reading Community groups encouraged to Grow Stories as part of local campaign
Storytelling course for women at Pilton Community Health Project
Women Supporting Women is running a free, 6-week Storytelling and Creative Writing course at Pilton Community Health Project. The course will run on Fridays from 10:30 – 12 noon from Friday 26 October to Friday 30 November. Continue reading Storytelling course for women at Pilton Community Health Project
Bilingual Storytelling Session at Muirhouse Library
Monday 23 July, 11am – 12 noon
Muirhouse Library
Craigroyston Primary School stages Arts Festival
Pupils at Craigroyston Primary School celebrated their creative skills by hosting an Arts Festival last night. Visitors enjoyed the huge variety of artwork created by pupils over the year and were entertained with music and storytelling performances. Continue reading Craigroyston Primary School stages Arts Festival
Polar Bears at Potterrow!
Fiona Manson (left) and Eilidh MacAskill (right), are performing in the relaxed performances of The Polar Bears Go Up at The Studio, 22 Potterrow this week for pupils of Edinburgh’s special schools. The show about two intrepid polar bears and their journey into space is touring to Cumnock, Stirling and Greenock in February.
Picture: Phil Wilkinson
And the Bookbug Picture Book prizewinner is …
Author Nick Sharratt has been announced as the winner of the very first Bookbug Picture Book Prize for his picture book Shark in the Park on a Windy Day, published by Picture Corgi. Continue reading And the Bookbug Picture Book prizewinner is …
Forthview up for reading challenge
Children embrace love of books
More than 1,000 schools across Scotland have signed up to an initiative to get children reading for pleasure. Backed by the Scottish Book Trust, the First Minister’s Reading Challenge, which encourages youngsters to enjoy books, has so far been rolled out in 1,277 primary schools. Among them is Forthview Primary, and Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop visited the school yesterday to join the children for a reading session. Continue reading Forthview up for reading challenge