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Angles on an Awakening Kiss |
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SfS
Oracle series Booklet 64pp
IJSfS 01 £4 + p&p
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"As
ever, Rob's eloquent, stimulating and highly readable
style ensure that these essays are not only enlightening
but extremely entertaining." -
John Rice, Kent Arts Now magazine.
"Get
it, read it, think on it." Pete
Castle, Facts & Fiction magazine.
These
three extraordinary linked pieces for the Society for
Storytelling's Oracle series lay out the ground
for a very practical but far-reaching idealism in modern
storytelling. Drawing on Rob's time as SfS Chair, as
a promoter of storytelling and his broad experience
as a teller of tales, Rob takes a critical look at the
storytelling scene and at storyteller's motives and
introduces some fascinating concepts for storytellers
to consider, from torque and focus
to duende, stringing and tapestry.
Most centrally perhaps, he stresses the vital importance
of 'awakening the sleeping royal', the really vital
inner part of the listener - and he manages to be eloquently
entertaining at the same time. A must-read for anyone
serious about storytelling.
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How
stories change people
by Rob Parkinson
(New publishing details TBC)
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‘A
very interesting and unusual book... .The central theme
of stories for change is challenging and exciting and
it offers a good deal of wisdom about working with stories
and insights into the stories themselves.’ -
Mary Medlicott – storyteller & author
A
remarkable book bringing together many facts and ideas
about stories and storytelling for use in work focused
on change. From traditional language tricks to modern
brain science, from symbols and metaphorical understandings
to all sorts practical techniques and stories, an inspirational
source book for practitioners in therapy and counselling,
education and training, public presentation and many
other fields involving communication, with much for
the general reader too.
Originally
commissioned by a small publisher and planned for publication
in Autumn 2006, production of this book was halted at
a very late stage due to extraneous factors. It is currently
being revised again and information about future publishing
plans will be posted on this site in due course.
To
read an article based on extracts from this book
click
here.
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from Imaginary Journeys |
A parent’s
guide to telling stories
by Rob Parkinson
IJ301
Price and publication details TBC.
Children
love stories and gain so much from hearing them told
as well as read by parents and other people close to
them. Hearing stories regularly actually increases intelligence
and emotional literacy. Telling stories is also a very
special form of close communication that deepens understanding
between parents and children.
In
this book from a master storyteller, you can find everything
you need to know about the art of telling stories to
your own children – how to choose stories, how
to improvise around them, how to adapt to suit all ages,
how to inspire imagination and interest, how to bring
in personal experience, how to pass on family tales
and anecdotes, how to combine telling and reading, how
to encourage children’s own storytelling and making,
even how to soothe and heal through stories and much
more - including plenty of stories of course.
Please
e-mail
us if you would like to be advised when Spellbinding
is available.
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