December

01-Dec-08 HUSH EPISCOPI Somerset Somerset Story Circle 1st Mon 6.00pm Eli's (aka The Rose and Crown) Sharon Jacksties

01-Dec-08 IPSWICH Suffolk Gippeswyk Storytelling Circle !st Mon 7.30pm £0.50 The Brewery Tap Cliff Road www.freewebs.com/gyeswykstories Terry 01473 402 811

01-Dec-08 WOLVERHAMPTON Swan Club 1st Mon 7.45pm £3.00 donation The Newhampton Inn Riches St www.chandstory.com Pete Chand 01902 428685 info@chandstory.com

02-Dec-08 KENDAL Cumbria South Lakeland Storytelling 1st Tue 7.30pm Free North Watermill Inn Ings www.taffythomas.co.uk 01539435641 taffy@dancetales.co.uk

02-Dec-08 WASS Yorks Storytelling Circle 1st Tue 7.30pm £? Watersmeet House Wass Bank Linda Hencher 0134 7868703 linda@wass.co.uk

03-Dec-08 BIRMINGHAM Circle West Midlands Birmingham Storytelling Circle 1st Wed 7.30pm free Scruffy Murpy's Dale End B4 7LL http://www.johnstoryteller.com/birmingham_story_circle.shtml Polly Murphy 0121 350 6545 john@johnstoryteller.com

03-Dec-08 BRISTOL 1 Bristol Story Circle 1st Wed 8.00pm £2/£3 contribution Nova Scotia Hotel Hotwells BS1 6XJ www.bristolstory.com Sarah Tauwhare 0117 965 2379 info@bristolstory.com

03-Dec-08 CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Storytellers 4th Wed Christmas Happening 8.00pm annual admission fee £30/yr CB2 Café 5-7 Norfolk St www.cambridgestorytellers.com Peter Hilken 0122 370 9769 cambridgestoryellers@gmail.com

03-Dec-08 EXETER Devon Exeter Story Club 1st Wed 8.00pm £3 Globe Inn Clifton St Newtown www.globeexeter.co.uk Dave Oliver 01392 215441 foolserrand@hotmail.co.uk

03-Dec-08 FOREST ROW Kent Ashdown Forest Storytelling Club 1st Wed 7.30pm £5/£3 Community Centre Hartfield Road Sue Hollisworth 01892 663536

04-Dec-08 BRIGHTON Sussex Brighton Storytellers 1st Thu Storycircle 7.30pm £3/2.50 R4 Friends Meeting House Ship St www.brightonstorytellers.co.uk Ruth Cooke 01273 566647 ruthlessramblngs@yahoo.co.uk

04-Dec-08 SOUTHAMPTON Southampton Story Club 1st Thu 8.00pm Free Art House Bedford Place SO15 2DF www.storyclub.org.uk Rob / Lisa 023 8077 0936 lisaandrob.soton@virgin.net

04-Dec-08 STROUD Glos Storytelling Cafe 1st Thu 7.30pm ?? The Angel Café Swan Lane Diana Humphrey 01453 750009 whisperandshout@tiscali.co.uk

05-Dec-08 ABERDEEN First Friday Fling 1st Fri Open Session - Tales from the Xmas Tree 7.30pm £3 Donation City Church Gilcomstone Park Rd Rosemount www.grampianstorytellers.org.uk Anna Fancett 07841 715 447 gas_story@hotmail.com

05-Dec-08 MANCHESTER Word of Mouth Storytellers 1st Fri 8.00pm £4/£3 Briton's Protection Hotel Gt. Bridgwater Street Honor Giles 01925 758 856 holeyn@aol.com

05-Dec-08 NEWCASTLE A Bit Crack 1st Fri David Campbell - Home is where the Heart Is 7.30pm £6/£4 "Star and Shadow Cinema Stepney Bank NE1 2NP" www.abitcrack.com Malcolm Green 0191 265 3224 trokki@phonecoop.coop

07-Dec-08 CARDIFF (1) S Wales Cardiff Storytelling Circle 1st Sun 8.00pm Free Venue TBC www.cardiffstorytellers.org Richard Berry 029 20 229 009/ 07779 504 594 goodale@cct.lsu.edu

08-Dec-08 MATLOCK Derbyshire Storytelling Session 2nd Mon 7.30pm "Ernest Bailey Centre New St Matlock" www.storytelling.uk.net/cafe Graham Langley 01629 826939 graham@storytelling.uk.net

08-Dec-08 RAMSEY Cambs Ramsey Storytellers 2nd Mon 8.00pm Free White Lion Upwood Rd Bury Richard Storey 0148 7710 363 ramsey.stellers@btinternet.com

08-Dec-08 READING Berks Reading Storytelling Circle 2nd Mon 8.00pm Free Phone first www.sfs.org.uk Kevin 0790 068 1108 sfs@fairbruk.demon.co.uk

09-Dec-08 BRIDGNORTH Salop Tales at the Edge 2nd Tue 8.00pm Cinnamon Café Cartway Mike Rust 01694771379 arboracre@aol.com

09-Dec-08 FALKLAND Fife No' Bad Crack Club 2nd Tue 7.30pm £2 Burgh Lodge Wendy 01334840234 unpluggedstory@aol.com

09-Dec-08 FROME Somerset Frome Storytelling Circle 2nd Mon 7.30pm Free Lamb Inn 1 Christchurch St East BA11 1QA Lesley Hughes 01373 471784 lesleyhughes2007@googlemail.com

09-Dec-08 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 Shan Stephens 07930 255 697 Shan@cafecredo.org.uk

09-Dec-08 SWAFFHAM Norfolk Storytelling at the Ostrich 2nd Tue 8.30pm The Ostrich Castle Acre Jenny 0136 266 8224

10-Dec-08 BELFAST Ireland Belfast Yarnspinners 2nd Wed £4/£3 Old Museum Arts Centre College Square Liz Weir 028 217 58451 liz@taleteam.demon.co.uk

10-Dec-08 DERBY 1 Flying Donkeys 2nd Wed Leslie Melville 8.00pm £6/£4 The Voice Box Forman St DE1 1JQ www.flyingdonkeys.co.uk Roy Dyson 01773 781 007 roy@flyingdonkeys.co.uk

10-Dec-08 MALVERN Worcs Malvern Storytelling Club 2nd Wed In the Dark - Lovers and Demons 8.00pm The Great Malvern Hotel www.malvernstorytellers.co.uk Robin Sharples 01531630215 info@malvernstorytellers.co.uk

10-Dec-08 PERTH Fair Cracking Club 2nd Wed 7.30pm £2.50 A. K. Bell Library Wendy 01334 840234 unpluggedstory@aol.com

11-Dec-08 DUBLIN Dublin Yarnspinners 2nd Thu 8.00pm £6.50/£4.5 Teachers' Club 36 Parnell Square Aideen McBride 035318625825 ammcbrided@eircom.net

12-Dec-08 HORNCHURCH Essex "Wordweavers - Storytelling writing and poetry" 2nd Fri 7.30pm £2 Fairkytes Arts Centre Barbara Maskens 01708 454 220

12-Dec-08 LONDON Hackney Round Chapel 2nd Fri 7.00pm £4/£3.50 291 Gallery Glenarm Road Katy 0207 6135 676

12-Dec-08 LONDON Hammersmith Around the Fire 2nd Fri 8.00pm £3 The Irish Centre Blacks Road (Nr Tube Station) www.lbhf.gov.uk/irishcentre Kate 0208 563 8232 katesay@hotmail.com

13-Dec-08 GLASGOW Even Better Crack Club 2nd Sat 10.00am £1 Lansdowne Church Ewan 01506 847935

14-Dec-08 LEIGH on SEA Essex Leigh Storytelling Circle 2nd Sun 8.00pm Free Leigh Sailing Club Old leigh June Wells 01268521645 storytent@btinternet.com

15-Dec-08 BATH Storytelling Circle 3rd Mon 8.00pm Free The Raven Queen St David 01225 482170

15-Dec-08 MATLOCK Café Derbyshire Storytelling Café 3rd Mon Christmas Storytelling 7.30pm £7 Boat Tapas Bar Cromford DE3 3QF www.storytelling.uk.net/cafe Graham Langley 01629 826939 graham@storytelling.uk.net

15-Dec-08 NEWPORT IoW Island Storytellers 3rd Mon 8.00pm Free Castle Inn Sue Bailey 01983 241 095

17-Dec-08 BIRMINGHAM Café West Midlands Storytelling Café Christmas Storytelling 7:30 PM £7/£5 "Kitchen Garden Café York Road Kings Heath B17 7SA" http://www.storytelling.uk.net/cafe/events venue 0121 440 3838 graham@storytelling.uk.net

17-Dec-08 BRISTOL 2 Bristol Storytelling Café 3rd Wed 7.45pm £3 La Ruca Café 89 Gloucester Rd www.bristolstorytellingcafe.co.uk Stella Shaw/Alana Farrell 0117 9402114 info@bristolstorytellingcafe.co.uk

18-Dec-08 NOTTINGHAM Storytellers of Nottingham Last Thu Christmas Merriment 8.00pm £3 Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pete Davies 0115 955 8054 teapottwins@aol.com

21-Dec-08 LEWES Sussex Lewes Story Group 3rd Sun 7.30pm Phone first for venue Fran / Patrick 01273 486340

21-Dec-08 LONDON Blackheath SE3 Storytelling in Hope 3rd Sun 7.30pm £6/£4 "The Old Bakehouse Blackheath Village" http://www.storytellinginhope.com/ Pennie Hedge 02086990675 info@storytellinginhope.com

21-Dec-08 LONDON Greenwich Formerly Storytelling in Hope Usually 3rd Sun 7.30pm £5/£3 Bob Hope Theatre Wythfield Road Tony 020 8467 9183 tonyaylwin@hotmail.com

21-Dec-08 WORTH MATRAVERS Dorset Tales at the Square 3rd Sun 7.45pm Square and Compass Wendy 01929 426423 / 400757

23-Dec-08 MUCH DEWCHURCH Hereford Tales from Ed's Shed 4th Tue 7.30pm Contribution Hereford Waldorf School Julie Long 01873 890 093

23-Dec-08 WEM Shropshire Mythstories - The Telling Space 4th Tue 7.30pm Free Mythstories Museum Aston St www.mythstories.com Dez & Ali 01939 235500/07969 541552 info@mythstories.com

26-Dec-08 EDINBURGH The Guid Crack Club Last Fri 7.30pm £2.50 Waverley Bar St Mary’s Street Joanne Brunner 0131 5575724

26-Dec-08 EWELL Surrey Three Heads in the Well Storytelling Circle 4th Fri 7.30pm £5/£3 The Sanctuary St Michael's Church KT17 2AS www.JanetTellsStories.co.uk Janet Dowling 07834 194215 JanetTells@gmail.com

28-Dec-08 BISHOPS CASTLE Shropshire The Winged Word Last Sun 8.00pm? £? Six Bells Mike Green 01588 680685 wingedword@hotmail.com

29-Dec-08 SHEFFIELD Sheffield Storytellers Last Mon 8.00pm Free Old Queen's Head (bv the bus station) Tim Ralphs 07719092513

30-Dec-08 ALTRINCHAM Cheshire Last Tue 7.30pm Pre booked £3/On the door £4/£2.50 Sylvan Inn 91 Sylvan Av Timperley WA15 6AQ Rona Barbour 0161 929 6580 / 07817681719 ronabarbour@hotmail.com

30-Dec-08 CORK Cork Yarnspinners Last Tue 9.00pm £3 The Spalpin Fanach South Main St www.patspeight.com Pat Speight patspeight@yahoo.com

31-Dec-08 GILLINGHAM Kent Tales from the Mariners Last Wed 7.30pm £6/£4 Hastings Arms 18 Lower Rainham Rd Tony Edwards 01634 852614 bestellstories@yahoo.co.uk