The Stuff Of Stories

Christmas Carol and The Winterman available at www.listeningshelf.co.uk/shop Disc Code soschristmas will give you 20% off!! Other Stories and Audiobooks mentioned in this Episode The Snowman by Raymond Briggs / Updated by Micheal Morpurgo and Narrated by Richard Armitage Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R Tolkein / Audiobook narrated by Derek Jacobi A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leicht Michael Morpurgo Interview about writing The Snowman : https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/children/2018/nov/michael-morpurgo-on-retelling-the-snowman-interview.html Wine and Words is a Book Club with Wine and a Wine Club with Books you can join the facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/478630993279181 Christmas Wine Recommendations from Sarah Litmus Pinot Noir, England Halfpenny Sparkling Red, England Slingby's Rhubarb Gin Christmas Cocktail; 50ml Rhubarb Gin 50ml Kings Ginger (plus one drop for the rim) 100ml Fresh Squeezed Lime 1 egg white Crushed Gingerbread mix a drop of Kings Ginger with the Gingerbread Crumbs on a plate, dip the rim of your glass into it Chuck all the the other ingredients in a shaker over ice, strain into a cold Martini Glass .. Yumm Best Mulled Wine Cheat - Use Selsley's Gourmet Mulling Syrup Merry Christmas

Our first live show from The Kenilworth Arts Festival 2021. Sarah and Ian were joined by the Writer, Director and cast of The Petticoat Council. The play Petticoat Council tells the true story of the first female majority council. In this episode we talk to the writer about her decision to tell this familial story, how the telling of the story has impacted on the village where it took place, and how the story could be used to empower audiences. You also get to hear a live performance from the play. If that wasn't enough, everyone gets their own theme tune live from our brilliant musician Alicia Gardener-Trejo https://www.agardenertrejomusic.com/ Everything is really really live on this one! You can still catch performances of Petticoat Council here: 5th & 6th October 2021 https://wearenonsuch.com/portfolio/petticoatcouncil/ 8th & 9th October 2021 https://www.thecorecorby.com/whats-on/petticoat-council/ 28th October 2021 https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/shows/873626098 From what we have been listening to this week The American Life - https://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Saturn Returns - https://saturnreturnswithcaggie.libsyn.com/ The Wrath of Josie Steggles - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-wrath-of-josie-steggles/id1573216154 Agatha Christies Short Stories Audiobook Narrated by Hugh Fraser Pact by Tony Pitts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048nsmv Introduction to English Wine - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/introduction-to-english-wine-by-wine-list/id1447348289

Sarah chats to Samuel Langley-Swain about his work as an author and publisher of inclusive books for children and their adults. Founder of Owlet Press, Sam's world changed in 2014 when he became a Dad. Having never thought of writing books, he was dramatically inspired by his children and the new universe he'd entered into. His book What Wesley Wore has now been translated all over the world. "I self-published my first book in September 2017 and sold over 7,000 copies in the first 12 weeks. As I toured the book it became important to me to be able to create positive change for children through stories, working with new authors who have the same beliefs as I do." Find out more about Samuel and his books at https://www.owletpress.com/ What have we been listening to https://www.folkonfoot.com/ Ian particularly recommends the episodes with Johnny Flynn, Robert McFarlane and the one with Cosmo Sheldrake.

Sarah meets with Author, Storyteller and Theatre director J A Zarifian to chat about her inspirations as a storyteller and writer. Jaz's book Once upon Mouse is modern take on timeless truths, familiar rhymes, fables, and fairy tales, told through the eyes of an ‘ultra-logical' mouse, a non-predatory cat, and a teenage story-teller.  Sarah and Jaz discuss the role of fairytales in modern society among other things. http://doylesbook.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JAZ13Writes Books Mentioned: The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim Clever Maids - The Secret History of The Grimm Fairy Tales - Valerie Paradiz The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Ian speaks with Drama-therapist and storyteller Richard Hougham about the power of stories in Therapy. What we are listing to this week The Skewer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000czyb The Story Podcast - https://podcastaddict.com/episode/108529778

Sarah meets wordsmith and inspirational advocate Laura Nyahue at Coventry City of Culture 2021. Laura uses her remarkable talent for storytelling to challenge perceptions and address issues, to do with women and migrant communities, tokenism, marginalisation and discrimination. She is a modern day Lady Godiva for Coventry City of Culture 2021 and you can see some of her work here: https://www.lauranyahuye.com/about https://coventry2021.co.uk/explore/modern-day-lady-godivas/ https://maokwo.com/ https://youtu.be/kc8B4sSUUK4

Ian speaks with Michael Brown Author of the Business Book award winning 'I Don't Agree'. A fascinating insight into process and experience of writing a non-fiction book for business. Michael Brown is a business founder, a long-term managing director, part of the leadership group of an organisation of over 4,000 people, and a social enterprise pioneer – helping to create, launch and lead what is thought to be the world's first mental health drop-in centre inside a soup kitchen. Michael's interest in the psychology of conflict and compromise arose after spectacularly falling out with his fellow shareholders in a business he led for a decade. The lessons he learned positively informed the culture of his next venture, now an international marketing organisation, and gave rise to I Don't Agree. You can get the audiobook version of Michaels book here https://www.audible.com/pd/I-Dont-Agree-Audiobook/B08FKBBWGJ?asin=B08FKBBWGJ and the physical book here https://www.harriman-house.com/idontagree You can find out more about Ian and Sarah here: https://sarahjanerose.uk/ https://www.ianpringlevoiceover.com/ You can also get in touch with the show by email: stuffofstoriespodcast@gmail.com Follow @thestuffofstories on Instagram or @listeningshelf on twitter

Sarah talks to Ekta Bajaj about inspiring Children and adults to write and publish stories and how stories and words have power. You can find out more about Ekta and her work here: https://authorinme.com/ https://aimstorylab.com/home https://thekalimoment.com/f/the-voice-of-kali You can find out more about Ian and Sarah here: https://sarahjanerose.uk/ https://www.ianpringlevoiceover.com/ You can also get in touch with the show by email: stuffofstoriespodcast@gmail.com Follow @thestuffofstories on Instagram or @listeningshelf on twitter

In this episode Ian pops down to Bearded Badger books to talk with Paul Handley about the world of book selling and publishing. You can contact them here https://www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/ We would love to hear your experiences with local bookshops and if you have thoughts about the show email stuffofstoriespodcast@gmail.com

Ian set himself and Sarah the challenge to go away and find a story to tell. In this episode they share their experiences and what they learnt

You can find out more about Foghorn Unscripted here. https://foghornunscripted.com/ Also check out their improvised story on our sister podcast That's Another Story Told

Sarah visits traditional storyteller Kate Coleman,at Anne Hathaway's cottage in Stratford, to hear her story as a traditional storyteller. To find out more about Kate go to https://www.katesstorytree.co.uk/

Ian and Sarah introduce themselves and tell you a bit about forthcoming episodes including their personal reasons for caring about stories and how they are told.