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WEB EVENT: Fairytales, Families & Forests at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival

Posted on 21 September, 202225 October, 2022 by Nathan

Global Lab: Storytelling with and for Children – 24 October 2022 14:00

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is one of the biggest and best storytelling events in the world. At an online session on storytelling for children – “the next wave of storytellers” – Georgiana Keable and Dawne McFarlane will explain the approach of their forthcoming book Fairytales, Families and Forests, which we at Hawthorn Press are very excited about. They are joined by Ailie Finlay (on inclusive books) and Geeta Ramanujam (Tales of the World), as well as Festival Director Donald Smith.

WEB EVENT: Jules Pretty on his new book Sea Sagas of the North

Posted on 13 September, 202225 October, 2022 by Nathan

Join Jules Pretty and James Canton, author of the acclaimed The Oak Papers, on 26 October at 6.30pm for an online conversation about his new book Sea Sagas of the North: Travels & Tales at Warming Waters.

New Book: Jules Pretty’s Sea Sagas of the North

Posted on 13 June, 202225 October, 2022 by Hawthorn Staff

Travels and Tales at Warming Waters

There are shadows on the warming, northern seas. Long ago, refugees fled Doggerland when seas encroached. Now rising seas threaten the low-lying shores once again.