A date for your diaries! Coming up a week tomorrow… I’m going to be joining my favourite North East quines to tell stories of local ghosts and ghoulies! However there will be an opportunity for you to share any spooky, supernatural experiences you have had or share any ghost stories you’ve grown up with or family tales.
The event is free to join, but you must register in advance. Donations will be accepted when you are booking your ticket through Eventbrite – see the link below. The event will be organised by the Elphinstone Institute and is funded by the Scottish Storytelling Centre 🙂

About this EventFive of the North-East’s finest storytellers explore the region’s darker side in a collaborative online evening of sinister and spooky stories. Join us to learn of the North-East’s ghosts and ghoulies, its witches and warlocks. But don’t just listen – we want you to share your own tales too. Whether you’re from the North-East or whether you’ve moved to Scotland from elsewhere, we want to know the spooky stories you’ve grown up with, or maybe even experienced yourself. The event is open to all brave souls.

Good afternoon folks!
Today I’d like to share with you a story that’s more than a story!
A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Glastonbury George – aka George from https://www.musica-workshops.com/ As Musica are unable to provide hands-on services because of the virus, would I be interested in telling a story for all their users? More to the point, would Fizzy and Fuzzy the Fairies be up for it?
Well just you try stopping those tricksy fairies from getting involved in anything! 🧚‍♂️🎼🥁🎸🧚
George and Tim from Musica Workshops aim to give disadvantaged people the chance to learn something new and exciting through the power of music – and Fizzy and Fuzzy (and myself of course!) just LOVED singing and dancing along with George and Tim’s music! Please let us know what you think of the story, music and video! 😃

My live session from last Friday (24th April 2020) is now available online at https://worldstorytellingcafe.com/pauline-cordiner/

It was a much more relaxed session than the tricky challenge of recording the story to the audience of… my phone!  A Zoom audience will never be the same as a live audience, but in current circumstances, it’s the next best thing 🙂

Click on the image to go to the session!

If you want to join me on Zoom tomorrow for the live session at 6pm, follow the link to the World Storytelling Cafe and you should find a “Join Meeting” button which will Launch Zoom 🙂

https://worldstorytellingcafe.com/cafe/

So excited for this tomorrow evening at 6pm!
After the live event, the video will be available at https://worldstorytellingcafe.com/pauline-cordiner/

“Meeting with Pauline Cordiner
Start time: 2020-04-24 18:00:00

For any organisations who might are interested in Live Literature online events/commissions.  I am registered with the Scottish Book Trust and so would be available for online storytelling sessions, workshops, personalised recordings etc

Book Trust Scotland have announced that Live Literature events are now available for organisations who would like to commission new online author/storyteller events while in-person activities are unable to take place.

“Events could take the form of a remote workshop; a podcast or local radio appearance; a short written resource; community engagement through notice boards or food parcel inserts – in short, anything that helps spread the positive impact of reading, writing and words remotely! If you have an event idea and would like to check its suitability, please do get in touch.

So I have been busy making videos for
– Scots Radio
– World Storytelling Cafe
– Epic Tales (more on that soon!)

but I have been spending most of my creative energy fitting together stories contributed from all over the world in a wee project, Tag Team Tales.  We’ve got a nice collection of stories now for everyone to view, so please like and share the page 😀 x

Hi folks!
Looking to entertain the kids, have a moment or two of calm or give everyone some time out during Lockdown? Tag Team Tales have shared over 44 tales by 22 storytellers and there is so much more to come! Our tellers and stories come from near and far, with most stories are suitable for the kids, with a few just for adults and many stories fit in with school curriculum (so they can learn a bit while you get on with your day!)
Gie us a wee like and share to spread the story magic
https://www.facebook.com/Tag-Team-Tales-112708653688726/

Fit like abdy! The guid fowk ower at Scots Radio askit mi tae mak a wee film o a tale or twa. Here’s the second – The Rainbow Corbie 🙂

Hae a look at their page fur mair in the Scots leid 😀 x

The wonderful John Row who has had me along to tell stories at Glastonbury in the Kids Field, Cambridge Folk Festival and Strumpshaw Tree Fair recently called to tell me all about this new venture he’s involved in… the World Storytelling Cafe

Physically, the World Storytelling Cafe is being built in Marrakech and is to be a centre of storytelling which will facilitate young apprentice storytellers in the storytelling

traditions of Morocco.  However since the exceptional circumstances caused by Coronavirus and Covid19, modern technology, and the very hard working tech wizards behind the project has taken the World Storytelling Cafe in a different direction and storytellers all over the world have been recording sessions or posting them live on the site.  I am delighted to have been the second to have performed, after a couple of amazing sets from John Row!

These stories are widely available for all to view, then they “pass-the-hat” in time honoured fashion so that those who can afford to have an opportunity to show their appreciation.  100% of monies popped in to the storytellers hat go directly to the storyteller.

So come along and enjoy a few storytelling sessions!  The group of storytellers is growing.  So there is a lot out there to choose from.

Here is the link to my first session – I hope you enjoy it!

pauline cordiner

Pauline x

The other week I was asked by the wonderful fowks at Scots Radio if I would like to film some stories in Scots for Scots Bairns and their grownups.

Of course I was absolutely delighted to!

The first video has just been posted here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Dwuw4KFcU&t=20s and features my best pal, Fizzy The Fairy.  Look at the beautiful banner they’ve designed too!
Be sure to visit their page and subcribe for mair stories!