The Storytelling Diary
Club List
ID City County Club Date Start time Entry Fee Venue web-site Tel email Contact Extra info Updated
1 ABERDEEN First Friday Fling First Fri 7.30pm £3 Donation City Church Gilcomstone Park Rd Rosemount www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk 013398 86039 gas_story@hotmail.com Jackie Ross 01-Jan-05
2 ALTRINCHAM Cheshire Last Tue 7.30pm Pre booked £3/On the door £4/£2.50 Sylvan Inn 91 Sylvan Av Timperley WA15 6AQ 0161 9296580 ronabarbour@hotmail.com Rona Barbour updated 20-Nov-07
3 BATH Storytelling Circle 3rd Mon 8.00pm Free The Raven Queen St 1225334204 kevanmanwaring@yahoo.co.uk Kevan Manwaring 01-Jan-05
4 BELFAST Ireland Belfast Yarnspinners 2nd Wed £4/£3 Old Museum Arts Centre College Square 028 217 58451 liz@taleteam.demon.co.uk Liz Weir Booking Tel: 028 90233332
5 BIRMINGHAM Storytelling Cafe Occasional 7.30pm £5/£4 MAC Cannon Hill Park www.storytelling.uk.net graham@storytelling.uk.net Graham Langley 12-Aug-07
6 BIRMINGHAM Kings Heath Storytelling Circle 1st Wed 7.30pm Scruffy Murphy's Dale End B4 7LL www.johnstoryteller.com/birmingham_story_circle.shtml 0121 350 6545 john@johnstoryteller.com Polly Murphy New format tba 14-Jan-08
88 BISHOPS CASTLE Shropshire The Winged Word Last Sun 8.00pm? £? Six Bells 01588 680685 wingedword:hotmail.com Mike Green 22-Feb-08
82 BRIDGNORTH Shropshire Tales at the Edge 2nd Tue 8.00pm Cinnamon Café 01694 771 379 arboracre@aol.com Mike Rust 16-Nov-07
91 BRIGHTON 1 East Sussex The Taletellers 2nd Thu 7.30pm £3.50 Friends Meeting house Ship St 07906 276202 mockneymedia@btinternet.com Paul Johnson closed 12-Jun-08
76 BRIGHTON 2 Sussex Brighton Storytelling Circle 1st Thu 7.30pm £3/£2.50 Friends Meeting House Ship St www.brightonstorytellers.co.uk 1273566647 ruthlessramblings@yahoo.co.uk Ruth Cooke 11-Aug-08
75 BRISTOL 1 Bristol Storytelling Café 2nd Thu 7.45pm £3 La Ruca Café Gloucester Rd Bishopston www.bristolstorytellingcafe.co.uk 0117 9402114 rapun3el@yahoo.co.uk 21-Nov-06
8 BRISTOL 2 Bristol Story Circle 1st Wed 7.45pm £2 contribution Nova Scotia Hotel Hotwells BS1 6XJ www.bristolstory.com 0117 965 2379 info@bristolstory.com Sarah Tauwhare 12-Aug-07
9 CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Storytellers 3rd Wed 8.00pm annual admission fee £30/yr CB2 Café 5-7 Norfolk St www.cambridgestorytellers.com 1223709769 peter.hilken@nltworld.com Peter Hilken organise worksops and other events 18-Aug-06
10 CARDIFF S Wales Cardiff Storytelling Circle 1st Sun 8.00pm Free various 029 20 229 009/ 07779 504 594 evans.berry@bigfoot.com Richard Berry
11 CARLISLE Cumbria Eden Valley Storytelling Club 2nd Mon 7.30pm Donation The New Crown Inn Ainstable Pete 07837816795/Heather 01786 88227 heather.ed@tiscali.co.uk Heather Edwards 15-Nov-05
12 CHURCH EATON Staffs Storytelling Club 2nd Mon 8.30pm £2 Royal oak www.mayhemstorytelling.co.uk 01889 881558 nigeljp@yahoo.co.uk Nigel Peckett new organiser 21-Nov-06
13 CLOPHILL Beds Fibs andFables 1st Mon 8.00pm £2 Therapy Room Clophill Fruit Farm 1462711815 guyandjane@talk21.com Jane Lambourne Small group occasional guests 09-Jan-05
14 CORK Cork Yarnspinners Last Tues 9.00pm £3 The Spalpin Fanach South Main St www.patspeight.com 3.53879E+11 patspeight@yahoo.com Pat Speight
15 DERBY Flying Donkeys 2nd Wed/4th Wed 8.00pm £6/£4 The Voice Box Forman St DE1 1JQ www.flyingdonkeys.co.uk 01773 781007 roy.dyson@ntlworld.com Roy Dyson Guests on the 2nd Wed. Storycircle on 4th Wed 01-Nov-07
16 DUBLIN Dublin Yarnspinners 2nd Thurs 8.00pm £6.50/£4.5 Teachers' Club 36 Parnell Square 35318625825 ammcbride@eircom.net Aideen McBride
87 DUNDEE Blether Tay-gither Last Wed 7.30pm? £2 donation TBC www.dundee-storytelling.org.uk 7884018724 d.maxwell@dundee.ac.uk Debbie Maxwell 03-Feb-08
17 EASTBOURNE Sussex Eastbourne Storytellers 4th Wed xcept Aug/Dec 7.30pm Donation Tally Ho Church St 1323644206 lynnegoddard@beeb.net Lynne/John Goddard Small storytelling circle occasional guests 06-Oct-06
18 EDINBURGH The Guid Crack Club Last Fri 7.30pm £2.50? Waverley Bar St Mary’s Street 0131 5575724 Joanne Brunner
74 EXETER Devon Exeter Story Club 1st Wed 8.00pm £3 The Globe Inn Clifton St Newtown www.globeexeter.co.uk 01392 215441 foolserrand@hotmail.co.uk Dave Oliver 12-Jun-08
20 FALKLAND Fife No' Bad Crack Club 2nd Tue 7.30pm £2 Burgh Lodge 1334840234 unpluggedstory@aol.com Wendy
21 FOREST ROW Kent Ashdown Forest Storytelling Club 1st Wed 7.30pm £6/£4 Community Centre Hartfield Road 01342 826965 Madelaine Grove updated 20-Nov-07
84 FROME Somerset Frome Storytelling Circle 2nd Mon 7.30pm Free Lamb Inn 1 Christchurch St East BA11 1QA 01373 471784 lesleyhughes@googlemail.com Lesley Hughes 12-Aug-08
22 GILLINGHAM Kent Tales from the Mariners Last Wed 8.00pm £6/£4 Hastings Arms 18 Lower Rainham Road 01634 852614 bestellstories@yahoo.co.uk Tony Edwards 12-May-07
23 GLASGOW Even Better Crack Club 2nd. Sat 10.00am £1 Lansdowne Church 01506 847935 Ewan
25 HAY-ON-WYE Hereford Hay Storytelling Club 3rd Tue 8.00pm Rose and Crown Broad Street 1497820527 Rob Resting till further notice 15-Jan-05
26 HEBDEN BRIDGE Calderdale Tales from the Wharf Last Fri 8.00pm £5 Stubbing Wharf Pub 01422 844732 psdegnan@hotmail.com Paul Degnan 29-Jan-08
27 HORNCHURCH Essex Wordweavers - Writing and poetry 2nd Fri 7.30pm £2 Fairlytes Arts Centre 01708454 220 Barbara Maskins 13-Jun-05
79 HUISH EPISCOPI Somerset Somerset Story Circle 1st Mon 6.00pm Eli's (aka The Rose and Crown) Sharon Jacksties New 18-Jan-07
29 IPSWICH Suffolk Gippeswyk Storytelling Circle first mon 7.30pm £0.50 The Brewery Tap Cliff Road www.freewebs.com/gippeswykstories 01473 402 811 Terry 12-Aug-07
30 KENDAL Cumbria South Lakeland Storytelling 1st Tue 7.30pm Free North Watermill Inn Ings www.taffythomas.co.uk 1539435641 taffy@dancetales.co.uk Taffy 05-May-05
31 LEICESTER Leics Occasional 7.30 or 8.00pm. Variable £7.50/£6 inc drink www.leicesterstorytelling.com 0116 2532569 Terry/Jill 01-Nov-07
32 LEIGH on SEA Essex Leigh Storytelling Circle 2nd Sun 8.00pm £1 Leigh Sailing Club Old Leigh 01268 521645 storytent@btinternet.com June Wells 05-Sep-08
33 LEWES Sussex Lewes Story Group 3rd Sun 7.30pm Phone first for venue 01273 486340 Fran / Patrick 05-Sep-08
36 LONDON Blackheath SE3 Greenwich Storytelling Company usually 3rd Sun 7.30pm £6/£4 "The Old Bakehouse Blackheath Village" www.storytellinginhope.com 2086990675 info@storytellinginhope.com Pennie Hedge Formerly Eltham 05-Sep-08
34 LONDON Camden Camden Storynights 2nd Wed 8.00pm £6(guest)/£5 "Torriano House 99 Torriano Ave. NW5 2RX" 0208 883 5682 / 07813 988 280 nell.phoenix@blueyonder.co.uk Nell Phoenix 22-Feb-08
35 LONDON Covent Garden Towncriers Weekly Sat 6.00pm Neal's Yard 020 8980 0440 towncriersnews@amserve.com Saffa Kartalkari Closed due to lack of funding. 05-May-05
41 LONDON Earl's Court Cafe Credo Storytellers 1st Tue 7.30pm Donation £5 St Judes Collingham Gdns (nr Earls Court Tube) www.cafecredo.org.uk 07930 255 697 Shan@cafecredo.org.uk Shan Stephens Storycircle 28-Oct-05
37 LONDON Eltham Ring of Hope Circle Weekly Tue except holiday periods 8.00pm £1.50 St. Mary’s Community Centre 180 High Street 020 8699 0675 info@storytellinginhope.com Pennie Hedge 01-Nov-07
38 LONDON Hackney Round Chapel. 2nd Fri 7.00pm £4/£3.50 291 Gallery Glenarm Road 0207 6135 676 Katy
73 LONDON Hammersmith Around the Fire 2nd Friday 8.00pm £4 Hammersmith Irish Centre Blacks Rd www.lbhf.gov.uk/irishcentre 020 85638232 "irish.centre@lbhf gov.uk" Kate Corkery 08-Jun-06
40 LONDON Haringay Spider's Web Storytellers 7.00pm Free Jackson Lane Community Centre 269a Archway Rd 0207 2811 693 Liz Storytelling Circle 05-May-05
42 LONDONDERRY Ireland Ulster
43 LOUGHBOROUGH Leics. Storytelling Cafe 3rd Mon 7.30pm £5/£3 Central Town Hall www.storytelling.uk.net 01509 231 914 Graham Langley Closed 12-Aug-07
92 LOUGHBOROUGH Leics Town Hall Tales 4th Tue 7.30pm £7/£5 Town Hall www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk 01509 2312914 roy@storytelling-diary.co.uk Roy Dyson 12-Aug-08
70 LOUGHBOROUGH Leics. Storytelling Circle 1st Mon 7.30pm Louhgborough Town Hall www.tradsartsteam.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lboro.html 0116 271 9584 Terry / Jill No longer operating 26-Oct-05
44 MALVERN Worcs. Malvern Storytellers 2nd Wed 8.00pm The Great Malvern Hotel www.malvernsttorytellers.co.uk 01531 630215 info@malvernstorytellers.co.uk Robin Sharples 05-May-05
90 MANCHESTER Chorlton Telling Tales 4th Fri 8.00pm £2 Chopin Bar 127 Manchester Rd Chorlton phil.frampton@ntlworld.com Phil Frampton Occasional events 20-May-08
45 MANCHESTER Word of Mouth Storytellers 1st Fri ex Jan 8.00pm £4/£3 Briton's Protection Hotel Gt. Bridgwater Street 01925 758 856 holeyn@aol.com Honor Giles 21-Nov-06
46 MARCH N. Cambridgeshire "Fables Tales and Folkore - Fenland" 4th Mon 7.30 - 9.00pm Free Rose and Crown St Peters Rd www.tellinghistory.com 01354 650 586 tellinghistory@btinternet.com Maureen James Occasional guest tellers 11-Aug-06
93 MATLOCK Derbys. Storytelling Café Sessions 2nd Mon 7.30pm £5 Boat Tapas Bar Cromford DE3 3QF www.storytelling.uk.net 01926 826 939 graham@storytelling.uk.net Graham Langley Not every Month 12-Aug-08
47 MATLOCK Derbys. Storytelling Cafe 3rd Mon 7.30pm £5 Boat Tapas Bar Cromford DE3 3QF www.storytelling.uk.net 01926 826 939 graham@storytelling.uk.net Graham Langley 12-Aug-07
48 MUCH DEWCHURCH Hereford. Tales from Ed's Shed 4th Tue 7.30pm Contribution Hereford Waldorf School 01873 890 093 Julie Long 05-Jan-05
49 MUCH WENLOCK Shropshire Tales at the Edge 2nd Tue 8.00pm Wenlock Edge Inn 01694 771 379 arboracre@aol.com Mike Rust closed - see Bridgnorth 01-Nov-07
50 NEWCASTLE Co. Durham A Bit Crack 1st Fri 7.30pm £6.00/£4.00 "Star and Shadow Cinema Stepney Bank NE1 2NP" www.abitcrack.com 0191 265 3224 trokki@phonecoop.coop Malcolm Green New venue from 1/1/07 05-Jan-07
83 NEWHAVEN East Sussex The Hillcrest Centre 2nd Tue 7.30pm £3/£2 "The Hillcrest Centre Hillcrest Rd BN9 9EA" 01273 611490 steve@evelve-now.co.uk Steve Creffiled New 20-Nov-08
72 NEWPORT I.o.W. Story Circle 3rd Mon 8.00pm Free? Castle Inn 01983 241095 Sue Bailey 26-Apr-06
51 NEWRY Ireland Newry Storytellers 028 41 77 4393
86 NORWICH Story Night 3rd Mon 8.30pm Free The Workshop 53 Earlham Rd 01603 631980 brotherlawrence@hotmail.com Laurie Steel 14-Jan-08
52 NOTTINGHAM Notts. Storytellers of Nottingham Last Thu 8.00pm £3 Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem 0115 955 8054 teapottwins@aol.com Pete Davies 28-Oct-05
19 OSWESTRY Shropshire The Telling Space 3rd Mon 7.30pm Free The Fox Church St www.mythstories.com 01939 235500/07969 541552 info@mythstories.com Dez & Ali Venue/Date Changed now WEM 18-Jan-07
53 OTLEY N. Yorks Tir Na Nog Storytelling Club 3rd Fri 8.00pm £4.50/£4 Otley Courthouse Arts and Resource Centre Courthouse St Otley 0194 346 8972 Pat Closed until further notice 19-Aug-06
54 OXFORD Oxon. Oxtales Ususally Last Fri 7.30pm £2.50 The Library Friends Meeting House 43 St Giles OX1 3LW www.communigate.co.uk 01865 316 737 tony@godspell.org.uk Barbara Neville 15-Jan-05
55 PERTH Scotland Fair Cracking Club 2nd Wed 7.30pm £2.50 A. K. Bell Library 01334 840234 unpluggedstory@aol.com Wendy 15-May-05
56 RAMSEY Cambs. Ramsey Storytellers 2nd Mon 8.00pm Free "White Lion Upwood Rd" 0148 7710 363 rdc.storey@btinternet.com Richard Storey 27-Apr-06
57 READING Berks. Reading Storytelling Circle 2nd Mon 8.00pm Free 17 Maria Court Southcote Rd RG30 2AS www.sfs.org.uk 01189 595323/0790 068 1108 sfs@fairbruk.demon.co.uk Kevin 27-Apr-06
81 Scottish Storytelling Centre 43-45 High St Edinburgh EH! 1SR "www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com
" 0131 556 9579 "reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com
" Caroline Budge 12-May-07
58 SHEFFIELD Yorks. Sheffield Storytellers Last Mon 8.00pm Free Old Queen's Head (bv the bus station) 771909251 Tim Ralphs 12-Aug-08
59 SOLIHULL Warks. Storytelling Cafe Occasional 7.30pm £4.50/£3.50 The Arts Complex 0121 704 6962 "graham@storytelling.uk.net
" Graham Langley 12-Aug-07
71 SOUTH ZEAL Devon Dartmoor Phoenix Club last Friday (in theory) 7.33pm £3.00 Kings Armpits 0183 782 719 raventales@macunlimited.net Michael Dacre Closed 06-Nov-05
61 SOUTHAMPTON Hants. Southampton Story Club 1st Thu 8.00pm Free Art House Bedford Place SO15 2DF www.storyclub.org.uk 023 8077 0936 info2006@storyclub.org.uk Rob / Lisa 21-May-06
62 SPILSBY Lincs. Lincolnshire Wolds Storytelling Spilsby Theatre Lounge Bar www.storylinks.org.uk 0150 746 6436 Keef closed 21-May-06
85 STROUD Gloucester Stroud Story Circle last Wed 7.3 Free Venue - phone for details 01543 750009/840887 Diana/Anthony 14-Jan-08
63 SWAFFHAM Norfolk Storytelling at the Ostrich 2nd Tue 8.30pm The Ostrich Castle Acre 0136 266 8224 Jenny 28-Oct-05
64 TOTNES Devon Totnes Storytell quarterly 8.00pm £3 Kingsbridge Inn 0180 386 3558 linbramich@yahoo.co.uk Linda 28-Oct-05
65 TULLEYCARNET Tullycarnet Yamspinners 3rd. Thu 8.15pm £2.50 Yulleycarnet Library Kings Rd 0289 048 2898 Peg 28-Oct-05
94 WASS Yorks Storytelling Circle 1st Tue 7.30pm £? Watersmeet Wass Bank 01347 868703 linda@wass.co.uk Linda Hencher Max No. 15 05-Sep-08
66 WEDNESBURY Sandwell Storytelling Café 3rd Tue 7.30pm £3.00/£1.50 The Library Walsall Street www.storytelling.uk.net 0121 556 0351 Graham Langley 12-Aug-07
78 WEM Shropshire The Telling Space 4th Tue 7.30pm Free Mythstories Museum Aston St www.mythstories.com 01939 235500/07969 541552 info@mythstories.com Dez & Ali 18-Jan-07
68 WEST BROMWICH Sandwell Storytelling Café 3rd Tue 7.30pm £3.00/£1.50 The Library High St www.storytelling.uk.net 0121 569 4911 Graham Langley 12-Aug-07
77 WOLVERHAMPTON Spoken Word at Newhampton (SWAN) 1st Mon 7.45pm £2.00 donation "The Newhampton Inn Riches St. Wv6 0DW" www.chandstory.com 01902 428685 info@chandstory.com Peter Chand New 21-Nov-06
69 WORTH MATRAVERS Dorset Tales at the Square 3rd Sun 7.45pm Square and Compass 01929 426423 / 400757 Wendy 28-Oct-05