Our final episode in this first series is something a bit different from the previous five and a little bit special... We are delighted to share a full recording of the Open Hearth from the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023, recorded live from the Netherbow Theatre in the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

These sessions are relaxed and welcoming as storytellers and musicians share with the audience in the ceilidh tradition. Across this episode you’ll hear from storytellers Dougie Mackay, Fiona Herbert and Tim Porteus, as well as beautiful music and song from Rachel Newton. We really hope you enjoy this and that it inspires you to come along to some live storytelling yourself some day soon.

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You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at ⁠sisf.org.uk⁠.

This week we explore storytelling's reach with two storytellers, Ailie Finlay and Claire McNicol, who have centred their work around community storytelling, especially with intergenerational and additional support groups.

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You can find out more about Ailie's sensory storytelling via My Kind of Book and more about Claire's work here.

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival runs each October across Scotland sisf.org.uk.

In this episode we meet storytellers Svend-Erik Engh and Alice Fernbank. Two international storytellers, both living and working together in Edinburgh now. As you can imagine from the title, this chat explores some personal experiences of illness, and we are grateful to Svend-Erik and Alice for talking so candidly with us.

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You can find out more about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs each October, at sisf.org.uk.