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i've been a storyteller since 2000 and have featured at all the major storytelling festivals in England. I have won awards, for my work running storymaking workshops with schoolchildren, and in 2007 i was appointed solo comission holder (adult) by Festival At The Edge, for whom i created a new retelling of the Irish myth "Deirdre Of The Sorrows". I work in schools, and am storyteller in residence for Chelsea Children's Hospital Schools, as well as telling to adults in clubs, festivals, arts centres etc. This summer, to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease Societies, I and my friend and colleague Peter Chand are walking Britains oldest road (literally Stone Age, and still walkable!). We shall pre-publicise our route so public can join us, hear stories and make donations. and we're trying to cross 100km of modern England with stories in our heads and no money in our pockets, throwing ourselves on the mercy of the public and relying on the power of the stories to survive!

And why did I become a storyteller? 10 years ago i went suddenly blind, meaning I couldn't read books anymore. So I reshaped my life through storytelling, and later trained as a Voice Teacher - my lifelong love of language shifting in focus from the literary to the oral. and I've never been happier or more fulfilled than I am now!

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I am the tense, silent soldiers
Crouched in the belly of the horse.
I am the arc of a falling arrow.
I am the moment the pendulum turns.
Where I live is neither here nor there
And when is long ago, and always now.
I am a donkey smuggled under straw.
I am Proteus, Old Man of the Sea,
Assuming new shapes the tighter you grip.
I am a lie that means the truth –
What am I?

Giles Abbott
(more poetry at www.gilesabbott.com )

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At 7:03am on April 12, 2009, Deirdre Foster said…: hi,
i like your story!!
well done
Deirdre

At 1:30pm on April 3, 2009, Gorg Kumar Chand said…: Promote you? Giles, I would sing your praises off the tallest mineret to the darkest dungeon. Why, Because that's what friends do. Diedre of the sorrows, was excellent at the F at E, Well done.

At 5:09pm on November 23, 2008, Cat Weatherill said…: A reason to tell an old story... How interesting! I never look for reasons; I work completely by instinct. If I like it, I tell it - simple as that. I suppose I choose stories that resonate at an entirely personal level and believe that human emotions don't change, no matter how many centuries have passed. I just like the idea of taking an old story - something that would have captivated medieval audiences - and making it shimmer anew for modern listeners. Yes, the stories I have mentioned are classified as medieval romances. Cat x

At 10:09am on November 21, 2008, Cat Weatherill said…: Hi Giles

Yes - I know exactly what you mean by a broad range of emotions. I've just re-read Aucassin & Nicolette and it was charming but too young for us. They are little more than teenagers. I'll keep looking and get back to you. 'Milun' is an exact title. It's by Marie de France. Cat x

At 10:59am on November 17, 2008, Cat Weatherill said…: There's Aucassin and Nicolette... The lovely Milun from the lais of Marie de France, where the lovers correspond for twenty years via a swan with messages tied to its legs... I'm open to suggestions, Giles. I'd be looking for something quite meaty, preferably with a touch of magic (this is why I'm so fond of Marie) Parzival has some good male-female encounters... I think I need to do a bit of re-reading! I'll ask Ben for suggestions too - I've managed to persuade him to join this site. Cat x

At 8:19am on November 17, 2008, Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne said…: you know we redheads are our own tribe....[nods sagely]

At 11:18am on November 16, 2008, Cat Weatherill said…: Hello Giles

I am so pleased to be your friend - and even more pleased that I didn't have to do the asking! Such a gent.

D'you think you'd consider a collaboration one day? I'd love to do a romance - maybe a medieval one. We're both very lyrical. It might be interesting. Cat x

At 5:25am on August 1, 2008, Rachel Rose Reid said…: Hello Giles

I was storytelling at Buddhafield Festival, which was equally beautiful, but contained a few more people saying "you do what?" "you're a what?".
I hope you are well.

RRRx

At 10:35am on July 28, 2008, Giles Abbott said…: yes i do, i write poetry. i used to write short stories, but now i concentrate on traditional. is your link to storytelling through illustration or do you tell/write too? G ;{~

At 10:31am on May 15, 2008, Norah Dooley said…: At 10:28am on May 15th, 2008, Norah Dooley said…
Ah, thanks for sharing that bit of your story. Right on for seizing the opportunity in that harsh challenge. You have made some seriously good lemonade out of dem lemons! And that "cosmic supply company" is online 24/7 for those like you who understand what Samuel Goldwyn said "The harder I work, the luckier I get." We will follow your walk and send some material support when you are set up.

Congratulations to your wife on her show. Where is your wife showing in London? - I had a group show at the Mall Galleries and a one woman show at the "Everyman Gallery" back in the 80s when I was a visual artist. We love London and would visit more if we had more of the do-re-mi.
ciao for now,
Norah