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Welcome to the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Network, the home of Scotland's stories.
The Centre is the ideal place to discover live oral storytelling, develop your own storytelling skills, or find out more about storytelling in your area. Download the latest edition of Blethers for news on recent projects across Scotland.
The Centre also presents a seasonal public programme of storytelling, theatre and literature, supported by exciting visual arts, craft and multimedia exhibitions... Read more
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 Living with Ballads
(Skills 2) Fri 25 May, 1.30-4.30pm
Sheila Stewart shares her unrivalled repertoire of Scottish Traveller ballads, and speaks about a lifetime of singing and interpreting words and music. Read more.
Stories and Cures
(Themes and Traditions | Skills in Context) Sat 26 May, 10.30am-5pm
How have our perceptions of illness and of medical science changed over time? Is the human factor significant scientifically as well as emotionally? Read more.
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This Friday, 25 May, we have double the choice of performance goodness with BSL stories in performance to mesmerise at the Centre and monthly Guid Crack club at The Waverly Bar. Closely followed by toddler fun with Scottish Opera’s Sensory O and exploring Stories and Cures for a weekend full of stories and discovery.
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Visiting us |
Come and enjoy Edinburgh's vibrant cultural centre on the Royal Mile. Visit the historic John Knox House and discover Scotland's stories.
The award-winning Centre is situated in the heart of Edinburgh's literary and cultural quarter. Opened in 2006, the Centre incorporates a Cafe, Theatre, Storytelling Court and Library. Read more |
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What we do |
Through its partnership with the Scottish Storytelling Forum, the Centre supports a national Network of storytellers involved in outreach projects with local authorities, environmental agencies, community centres and libraries, engaging with all age groups and diverse cultures of modern Scotland and providing opportunities for the socially and educationally excluded to take part in community-based, inclusive cultural experiences. As the headquarters of the Network, the Centre strives to reinforce Scotland's vigorous contribution to a worldwide revival of interest in storytelling and storytelling traditions. |
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What is storytelling? |
Stories are everywhere around us in newspapers, books, on TV and on the Web. But storytelling happens when the story is told person to person, live, without print or technology. Storytelling is a unique human skill and is one of our oldest artforms. We believe storytelling is for everyone.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre is a partnership between the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Storytelling Forum, financially supported by these partners and by the Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund, the City of Edinburgh Council, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, and a wide range of charitable donations. |
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Well the 
Release the natural storyteller in you! Tell-a-Story Day is the national celebration of oral storytelling, all over Scotland people will be sharing stories. 
