Storytelling for a Greener World by Alida Gersie, Anthony Nanson and Edward Schieffelin – Reviewed by Janet Dowling in Facts and Fiction Magazine. This is an extract only; as Facts and Fiction Magazine is entirely independent, and…
Richard House (ed), Too Much, Too Soon: Early Learning and the Erosion of Childhood reviewed by Terry Sullivan in International Socialism Journal Summer 2014, Issue 143. Much too much, much too young In April this year Ofsted Chief…
Liz Willis and Jenny Daisley, joint chief executives of the Springboard consultancy and authors of the bestselling Springboard Women’s Development Workbook, have both been awarded OBE’s, ‘for services to the Empowerment and Development of Women in…
147 Traditional Stories for Primary School Children to Retell by Chris Smith PhD – Reviewed by Nancy from Waldorf Books: Bob and Nancy’s Bookshop 7th May 2014. In England, a group of innovative educators created the…
We recently had a pre-launch celebration for our new book, Storytelling for a Greener World. It was an evening of talks, songs and stories, aimed at being inspirational and motivating. Of course, it is not always easy to…
Storytelling for a Greener World: Environment, Community and Story-Based Learning edited by Alida Gersie, Anthony Nanson and Edward Schieffelin with Charlene Collison and Jon Cree Reviewed by Nimue Brown from Druidlife blog 1st April 2014
We are really looking forward to Margaret Bloom’s new book Making Peg Dolls & More. In the meantime, here’s a trailer Margaret made for her first Making Peg Dolls, which Hawthorn Press published last year.…
Hawthorn Press author Susan Perrow was in Chennai in February as a visiting co–host of the Chennai Storytelling Festival which focussed on Storytelling and Healing. Sudha Umashanker from The Hindu newspaper spoke with her and…
Friday 11 April 7.30pm at Stroud Subscription Rooms Moving stories of re-connecting with nature and also hard hitting talks by Jonathon Porritt of Forum for the Future and Alida Gersie, co-editor of a new Hawthorn…
Storytelling with Children by Nancy Mellon, reviewed by Anne Coates from Parenting Without Tears, 3 February 2014.
An introduction to all that’s new at Hawthorn Press – a new website and new books for 2014, by publisher, Martin Large, Advent 2013.
Storyteller, teacher, author and psychotherapist Nancy Mellon was a guest on SimpleLifeRadio (orKRXA540.com) on 6 April 2013. Host Cynthia Fernandes describes Nancy as using story creation as an alchemist would use ingredients for the benefit…
Wendy Ellyatt , Founding Director of the Save Childhood Movement speaks out against the pressure placed on children to perform and meet standards at too young an age; “There is nothing wrong with seeking high…
Making Peg Dolls by Margaret Bloom gets a mention in Kindling (issue 23), Spring 2013. This clearly illustrated book comes from Margaret Bloom, who has used them for puppetry and play, and encourages children and…
Professor Stuart B. Hill retells the parable of the “sandbox syndrome” and how real progress will be made when we “find commonality with others, form alliances and develop new measures of success.” By keeping ourselves…
