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Imaginary
Journeys draws together information and ideas about
storytelling for developing storytelling skills in both
children and adults in exciting, fun ways. Hence we
are publishing the Natural
Storytellers series of booklets
and have various free
downloads of articles and story
plots.
We
also believe that many ancient story plots still have
much to offer in the way of insight and wisdom as well
as food for developing imaginations, hence we want to
encourage new story making and telling around such plots
through the Imaginary
Journeys Annual Story Competition.
We
are interested in exploring, re-discovering the possibilities
of the art for working directly with the imagination
and with the metaphorical dreaming mind. We’re
hence producing a series of guided imagination CDs,
the first of which Just
Imagine is already available. We
run occasional courses in therapeutic
storytelling and on storytelling
as guided imagery.
Imaginary
Journeys runs various other courses and training for
adults interested in developing story skills, such as
The
Art of Storytellling general course.
There are also occasional relaxed, informal workshop
sessions to share skills with other
storytellers.
Over
the past quarter of a century, there has been a growing
revival of interest in oral storytelling and there is
now an international storytelling movement. For information
about the storytelling scene in England, National Storytelling
Week, various interesting publications and a regular
newsletter/magazine, contact the Society
for Storytelling. For fascinating
articles and more information about the world of storytelling,
see also Facts & Fiction www.factsandfiction.co.uk
magazine.
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