Workshop Panevėžys 09.10.2025
“But the storyteller has to relate the happenings as if he or she had only just discovered them as something going on.” (Padraic Colum in Storytelling New & Old)
Links to use after the workshop
Download the skeletons used in the workshop
Videos of the skeletons you told
- Narsruddin’s Nail
- Empty Pot
- Lost Necklace
- Monk’s Reward (to be recorded shortly)
Possible activities/discussion topics connected with stories
- Nasruddin’s Nail: tricksters, making easy money, what makes a good house, ways of remembering the dead
- Nasredino vinis: apgavikai, lengvi pinigai, kokie namai yra geri, mirusiųjų atminimo būdai
- Empty Pot: growing seeds, gardening stories, ambition vs honesty
- Tuščias puodas: sėklų auginimas, sodininkystės istorijos, ambicijos prieš sąžiningumą
- Lost Necklace: what makes a wise ruler, displaying wealth, honesty
- Prarastas vėrinys: koks valdovas yra išmintingas, puikavimasis turtais, sąžiningumas
- Monk’s Reward: power relations, throw-away society, consumption vs recycling
- Vienuolio atpildas: galios santykiai, vartotojiška visuomenė, vartojimas ir perdirbimas
Presentation used in the October workshop
- in English
- in Lithuanian
Powerful Fairy Tales for Teenagers – a useful compilation for all librarians!
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Details of previous workshops in Germany, Italy, England, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and the USA
Downloadable workshop details in Chinese (2-page pdf)
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Permission to tell outlines my views on copyright
For those who are teachers: Telling stories in the classroom: basing language teaching on storytelling