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Last broadcast on Sat, 26 Nov 2011, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
John McCarthy explores storytelling in Japan with charity founder Nicola Grove who visited the country recently to learn about the heritage of folk tales there and in particular the depiction and involvement of those with learning difficulties. Journalist Richard Hamilton compares this with his own experience of the tellers of tales in the market place of Marrakesh and how this is surviving in modern times. John also meets Geoff Saunders who made a series of journeys all round the British Isles to the coastal weather stations featured in the early morning shipping forecast.
Producer: Harry Parker.
Nicola Grove
is the founder and former director of a charity called Openstorytellers based in Frome in Somerset which works with learning disabled people in Wiltshire and Somerset to develop communication skills through storytelling. She went to Japan to share storytelling experiences.
Richard Hamilton
is the Africa Editor for the World Service. He was a correspondent in Morocco when he became interested in the storytellers of the Jemaa el Fna, the marketplace in Marrakesh. He collected some of their stories. He co-authored the Time Out guide to Marrakesh.
The Last Storyteller: Tales from the Heart of Morocco
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
ISBN-10: 1848854919
ISBN-13: 978-1848854918
Geoff Saunders
trained as a mathematician and worked in the railway and engineering industries,. He is now in management training. His book is an account of his journeys to 13 of the coastal weather stations which are operated by the Meteorological Office and supply information for the Shipping Forecast.
Reports from Coastal Stations: Journeys to the Weather Stations Reported on the BBC Shipping Forecast
Publisher: Suffix
ISBN-10: 095685320X
ISBN-13: 978-0956853202
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Sat 26 Nov 201110:00
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