Telling Lives - digistories

I’m about to set off for a week long residential where I am running two digital storytelling workshops at the Riding Lights Summer Theatre School.
I am particularly excited about this event because five Palestinian students from Bethlehem will be joining us. A month ago I was cycling round the Yorkshire Dales on a sponsored ride to raise money for their trip here this month. You can read more about that event on my Rising Dawn blog
I hope to be live blogging from the event if I can secure a suitable connection.

Carers stories in Huddersfield, memories of The Sixties in York. Just two of the workshops that have kept me busy in the past month. I’ve also written an article about digital storytelling for a writers magazine called Lapidus and now I’m on my way to Aberystwyth for DS3.

I will be blogging from the festival so expect a some new entries here over the next few days. It’s good to get away to listen to what other storytelling practitioners are developing in the digital world and to reflect on my own business. I’ll also be meeting friends and colleagues from previous events and the BBC.

From York it’s a long train journey to West Wales, via Manchester and Shrewsbury. I arrive in Aberystwyth at about 7.30 this evening if all the trains make their connections. So don’t expect too much until tomorrow when the event gets going.

I am planning the next workshop for trainers who want to run their own digital storytelling projects

It will be held at a retreat and conference centre near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It’s beautifully situated in the Yorkshire Pennines and just off the M62 so access is easy.

The provisional dates are June 17th - 20th 2008. If I receive enough firm bookings I will go ahead and book the venue. If you’re interested email me at info at digistories.co.uk It would help me to know by Friday 2nd May.

The cost for the course is £500.00 + VAT - all you need to supply is a story and some pictures. 

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