Category: Bits and Pieces
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Weaving Baskets of Knowledge
Annual Conference and AGM of the Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada – 2019 By Mary Gavin, VSG Conference Delegate Le conte ou l’art de tisser les fils de la connaissance Akonutomahtimok: Askomiw Latokonasuwol Kcicihtuwakonol Conference site: The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is on Wolastoqiyik traditional land. UNB is the alma mater of…
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Review of The Geography Teacher’s Orders
The recent telling of The Geography Teacher’s Orders by the author herself was truly riveting as promised by her PR materials and storytelling friends who’d recommended her. Marta Bruno Singh has crafted a story from real events which occurred during her own senior high school years in Argentina. Juxtaposed with the true story of Argentina’s…
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Change in Grant Programs from Canada Council
On January 20th , the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) announced significant changes. While details will be announced later this year, the general plan includes a massive consolidation, from 142 current grant programs (governed by 108 policies), to fewer than 10 large programs. CCA is setting up a new computerized system to manage its…
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October News
Many thanks to members who faithfully described the stories told at past Stories at Fern. These write ups are still available. Fear not! Although we are no longer providing these, we will continue to keep you up to date on items of interest to storytelling enthusiasts.
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March 2012 at Fern
Forming part of our Tree Festival and being just one day ahead of World Story Telling Day, the March meeting was nothing short of phenomenal in the stories presented and the fine example of spontaneous collaboration – setting up for some 85 guests in the audience, donors and helpers coming forward with generous gifts of…
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February 2012 Stories at Fern
With the spirit of St. Valentine’s Day still upon us Shirley Routliffe hosted an evening of stories in which love and honour were well represented. Jennifer Ferris opened the meeting with her story of “Lazy Jack”, a dreamer, who produced a surprise ending that saw him lead a donkey laden with baskets filled with gold…
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Poem for Six Voices by Janna
We are the storytellers. Tellers of fable, of myth and legend, of folk and epic tale. We tell in song, in prose and rhyme, in gesture and mime. We are the listeners, ears to the ground. Stories come writhing out of the bogs, creep out of the mists, pour out of the clouds in the…
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Call for tellers – 2012 EPIC STORYTELLING WEEKEND
Listener, tellers… hear the call!For the past several years, a small group has gathered to breathe life into epic tales from around the world. We’ve traveled from Russia through China to India and Persia to Ghana, Guatamala and beyond. This year, we are back at it, with the Norse Epic. Many stories have been selected,…
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January 2012 Blog
Katherine McGinnis, the Guild’s talented stage setter, not only “cosied up” the seating for our first gathering of the year, but played the roles of host, warmly welcoming newcomers, and that of storyteller as she closed the evening. Chile was the setting of “The short happy life of Pudu” told by Lina deGueverra. The…
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December Stories at Fern
Presiding over a very full house, Sylvia Olsen hosted our December meeting. After giving a warm welcome to a good number of newcomers, she managed some last minute shuffles of the story roster with good cheer as nine tellers made their Christmas offerings. As always, stories and fairy tales were glittering with intricate details lovingly…
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Stories at Fern November 21, 2011
Hosted by Patricia Houston, the November 21st meeting was a cornucopia of fairytales told with verve and skill that kept bringing the house down. Patricia started the meeting by giving newcomers a brief history of the Guild and Pat Carfra introduced the Annual Retreat to be held in March of 2012. As the November stories…
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Times Colonist Article on Storytelling
Check out the article on Guild member Michael Kusugak in the times Colonist. Shoshanah is also quoted in the article.