Feature Length Interview with Andrew Wright

A Cornucopia Of Tales and Tellers

This week we have a very special episode because joining David, Simona and Alan for the podcast is storyman Andrew Wright. We cover everything under the sun including - Story maps, the travelling storyteller across the world 55 countries and counting, Story men and women, ceilis in tents, the passing on of the tradition of being and becoming a storyteller, puppets from before the times of TV, being ageless and seeing eternity through stories, upbringing and connection to stories through childhood, selkies, busking around the world, and being travellers ourselves. Amazing! Andrew has also kindly provided us with a copy of his new publication Story Poems, that teachers can use with students. If you do use these with students or in any other settings, get in touch with Andrew with the details below to let him know! Story Poems - click here. Email: [e-mail] Andrew has also written books for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press Helbling - Languages and for the BBC, ITV and WDR, including:Games for Language Learning CUPwith Michael Buckby and David BetteridgePictures for Language Learning CUPFive Minute Activities CUP with Penny UrStorytelling with Children OUPCreating Stories with Children OUPArts and Crafts with Children OUPWriting Stories Helbling Languages with David A. Hill International Languages Institute [e-mail] Beggar in Bogota (short stories)Larger than Life (short stories)It Takes All Sorts to Make a World (short stories)Poems from a lifetime (poems I have written)Story Poems (stories in poetry) Enjoy! ----more---- A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers is a passion project brought to you by English teachers Alan and Simona, who want to create a compilation - or cornucopia if you will - of stories from all around the world and by as many tellers from around the world as possible. So grab a cup of tea, chai, water or uisce beatha, relax and enjoy hearing tales that have been handed down generations, or even ones that were dreamt up yesterday! Music by Purple Planet. Find us on Facebook and Twitter. If you like what you hear, you can Buy Us A Coffee to help fund future episodes and the hosting of our podcasts.