Well ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, loons and quines and abdy else… That’s Halloween over for another year. 14 events with stories for families, adults, special needs groups, Girl Guides and quite frankly I think there were a few of the undead in the audiences as well!

Yesterday (the big day itself) I started off telling stories at two sessions at Alford Ski Centre for Aberdeenshire Libraries – well done to everyone who made it despite the torrential rain!

Then it was off to Friends of Westfield Park who set up some amazing decorations for the two Halloween storytelling sessions in the afternoon! We were originally supposed to be out in the spooky woods but unfortunately the rain was lashing down – luckily we were in the Scout hall so the wonderful audience and myself were dry Some of the costumes I saw were amazing and extra bonus points to the three girls who told me about some of the old folktales they knew!

Finally in the evening I had a wonderful time as guest storyteller at the Scottish Storytelling Centre’s Good Crack Club Halloween event. (Getting to listen to stories at Halloween is my favourite thing… next to telling them I suppose!)

Here are some photos 🙂

Some photos from yesterday’s session at the Aden Allotments with the Buchan Development Partnership.
There were two sessions – an earlier one for families round the fires as it grew dark, and then a second adults-only session in the dark where the stories had a much more sinister tone!

As I’m going to be out tonight telling stories, I’m going to miss all the guisers coming round the doors! So I won’t get to do my usual doorstep storytelling or hand out sweeties

Instead I have recorded a wee story and have put it up on youtube at https://youtu.be/4DMNC-5eD1c

Have a wonderful Halloween, quines and loons of Garthdee!

Oh aye, here’s mi during aene o yesterday’s sessions for Topcats or Little Miracles wi mi pal Cauld Johnnie!
We’re baith fair tricket at being invited tae tell stories by Musica Workshops ! 

A change of outfit for storytelling at a corporate event last night. (Having been a bit witchy and a bit devilish at another two sessions earlier in the day!  x

This morning I was at Aden Country Park speaking to Euan from BBC Radio Scotland‘s Out for the Weekend. Aye there was talk of spooky stories and… can anyone smell neeps!?

https://sisf.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:3996/913:15669/?fbclid=IwAR1NlLsTNlo7p6oqPLikqp-pnEV0qENpa11aaDOiWwUZVNsV0sd-o6pBcrM

Here’s a link to “Scary Fairy Stories” – a 2 hour storytelling event on Friday evening (6 to 8pm) as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival!

“Join storyteller Pauline Cordiner to find out why Fairies are amongst the scariest creatures in Scotland! Irritating imps, plagues of pixies, killer kelpies, tragic tarrans, hot-headed heroines and much more. There will also be a Scary Fairy Lantern Competition judged on the night. So get yourself all dressed up and sit in the candle-light for an evening of Halloween tales for all the family!

As we go deeper into the evening, the stories will get scarier. Pauline will begin with stories best for the wee ones before we all decide the best Scary Fairy Lantern – after which Pauline will give us scarier stories best suited for older children and adults

“Free online event | Contact: sandragdavison@gmail.com

It’s now the Hallowe’en week and I’m all set for 13 Spooky Storytelling Sessions over the next 7 days!

It’s all about monsters tonight as I’m telling online for Musica Workshops and Little Miracles!

Aberdeen’s Way WORD Festival’s film maker Anais Fourrier got together with 4 local storytelling quines – Jackie Ross, Grace Banks, Sheena Blackhall and myself – to create four films under the banner “Storytelling and Place”

Here’s my video, all about Boddam, where my faither’s folks came from. (Here Be Sea Monsters!)

It’s been another fun day with @MusicaWorkshops! That means football playing kangaroos, evil factory owners with twirly moustaches, monkeys with Scottish accents, wartime music hall mega stars, sea shanty singing superheroes and of course… a goat on a boat. A productive day!