A group of young storytellers from Niddrie and Penicuik will be taking over the Scottish Storytelling Centre today. The event is part of a programme of involving young people in storytelling, and encouraging them to become storytellers.
Storyteller Tim Porteus has been running workshop storytelling sessions in schools and hopes to encourage young people to take part in the Telling Tales competition on 5 May 2013, which is part of the TradFest and will take place at the Storytelling Centre.
Tim hopes the workshops and competition will involve young people who otherwise may never have been introduced to the tradition of oral storytelling.He sees it as a way to promote and improve literacy, and build confidence and self esteem.
Submitted by Tim Porteus
