<![CDATA[East Anglian Storytelling Festival 30th May - 1st June 2025 - Blog]]>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:52:11 +0100Weebly<![CDATA[NEW LOGO!]]>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:58:47 GMThttp://eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk/blog/new-logo
We chose a dragon as East Anglia has many dragon tales – tales of valour and might, of battle and trickery, of flight and fire. Our dragon is based upon the stone carving over the entrance to St Andrews Church at Fingringhoe, and the very similar carving over the entrance to St Osyth’s Priory.
 
There are lots more dragons in East Anglian folklore - The crocodile’s story at Wormingford, the Henfield dragon, the serpent at Great Bentley, The glass knight at Saffron Walden, the Bures dragon, the Little Cornard dragons and the Ludham Dragon, The Norwich Dragon Hall and Dragon, (known affectionately as ‘Snap’) to name a few.
 
Our dragon was drawn by Matthew Lloyd-Winder, ink on paper – Thank you to all the Lloyd Winder family for bringing our logo to life! You can find Matthew’s work in stained glass here - http://www.winderlite.com/
 
‘It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.’
'Never laugh at live dragons..'
J. R. R. TOLKIEN – the Hobbit
 
‘And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet would I remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles; and I would be content.’
URSULA K. LE GUIN - The Farthest Shore
 
'How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.'
RAINER MARIA RILKE - Letters to a Young Poet

]]><![CDATA[East Anglian Storytellers At Cressing Temple Barns - A Team Day!]]>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:00:00 GMThttp://eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk/blog/east-anglian-storytellers-at-cressing-temple-barns-a-team-day
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Sarah - Tech and Publicity, Marion - Storyteller and Chair, Roisin - Stoyteller and logistics, Carl - Storyteller and Programming, Hannah - Storyteller and Committee, Gerry - Storyteller, Publicity and Committee.
We had a great day at the Essex Book Festival's Magic and Mayhem day!. It was the first time some of us had met for a very long time. We told tales in a gorgeous hut in the walled garden. It was a day where we did what we do best - we worked together, laughed together, pulled together and brought the very best of storytelling to many people and families.

Our storytellers make our festival, write the program, contribute material and bring their extensive personal and professional flair to our weekend. We have 6 years of combined experience of running our festivals - each has been unique, fascinating, friendly, high quality and the product of hard work. We are volunteers,  and we are proud of what we achieve!
]]><![CDATA[Flying Flyers!]]>Tue, 24 May 2022 16:35:20 GMThttp://eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk/blog/flying-flyers
 We got our Flyers! We've posted out to our folk on the ground, including the lovely Richard from Northampton! See our 'Nearby Friends' page under 'About Us' for his storytelling group 'Feast Of Fools'.  It's also been a day of sending out press releases to 20 odd newspapers and magazines in East Anglia. Already Norfolk and Suffolk press say they will will be featuring us in August! Whoop! Meantime, anyone who wants a few flyers to take to festivals, events, libraries, communities - please do get in touch! The sad fact is.... if I get to keep too many, I'll be playing with them all day!

Updates soon on our evening and day tickets... I'm so excited about our tellers! Have a look on the main pages. 
]]><![CDATA[Early Bird Tickets on Sale!]]>Mon, 09 May 2022 17:16:11 GMThttp://eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk/blog/early-bird-tickets-on-saleWe have the first ticket offering on sale! Early Bird whole weekend camping and non camping tickets are available through The Food Museum ticket site! The tickets cover all performances and workshops from Friday night to Sunday afternoon!

Every day and weekend ticket gives you are eligibility to become a bronze annual pass holder to the Museum -  unlimited visits to the site and the buildings for 12 months - it's a bargain!

Our plans for camping are coming along nicely, and our programme is nearly finalised!
EARLY BIRD TICKETS
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]]><![CDATA[The Food Museum!]]>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:05:29 GMThttp://eastanglianstorytellingfestival.co.uk/blog/the-food-museumWe were lucky to visit the Food Museum today. The Museum was celebrating the change from the Museum of East Anglian Life to The Food Museum. We heard voices from the past talking about old recipes - including one for sparrow soup! We took part in a survey to map dialect around food and life. We saw a beautiful gypsy caravan, a Green Man in the barn, and baby goats (who so enchanted us , we took no pictures of them!) and in our campsite space a sculpture made of tractor and ploughshare parts turned in the wind.  And we found a fairy ring there too!

We're really excited to be holding our festival here. And we have news next about a fabulous spoken word stage who are supporting us this year too.

​We are working hard to get the Early Bird weekend camping tickets on sale within the month - all day and weekend tickets include access to the whole museum - so excited!
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foodmuseum.org.uk/visit/
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