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Storytelling

festival passes

on the torch of

oral traditions

By PHYLLIS STEPHEN

THE SCOTTISH International

Storytelling Festival (SISF) invites

everyone to join them round the

hearth this autumn with this year’s

festival theme - Keep It Lit. This is a

symbolic fire where memories are

shared and the torch of oral

storytelling is passed on.

From 14 to 31 October, more than

240 events will take place mainly at

the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

The Opening Concert: Speak Out

the Other is a blend of voice and

music navigating the belonging,

becoming, and ‘otherness’ of queer

identities which permeate Scottish

myth. It is performed by the Young

Edinburgh Storytellers with members

vying for their freedom from the

fictional Fey court, where the fair folk

in the audience decide their fate.

SISF Director, Donald Smith,

(photographed far left along with

storyteller Shona Cowie, musician Neil

Sutcliffe, Events Manager Daniel

Abercrombie and Marketing Manager

Annemarie Froemke) said: “This is the

biggest Storytelling Festival since it

began in 1989. It is our widest reach

marking Scotland’s Year of Stories.

Responding to the cost of living

crisis we have 145 free events,

reduced ticket prices, and a uniquely

generous Festival Pass and we have a

specially commissioned digital

programme to provide worldwide

reach for those who cannot or

choose not to travel. Everyone

is welcome at our hearthside.”

Keep

it