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July - August 2011

Monday August 29th, Storytelling, International Book Festival, Edinburgh.

April - June 2011

Saturday June 18th, Storytelling for Fathers' Day, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh. See www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk for more info.

Fri June 17th, 'Political Voices', Scottish Parliament, Storytelling, Leadership and Vision workshops for adolescents.

Tues-Thurs June 7, 8, 9 National Museum of Scotland. 'English and Literacy: Storytelling for Wee Ones'

Saturday 28 May (Earth) - Mythical Yoga (with Sue Powell), an exploration of the 5 Elements through story and yoga. The Yoga Room, 5a Forth Street, Edinburgh EH6 5DG, 10am - 1pm. Donations appreciated. Other sessions to follow in the autumn. More info to follow.

Tuesday April 26th - Storytelling as a Healing Art, The Mews, 13 Inverleith Lane, Edinburgh, 19:30-21:00.

Coaching groups and one-to-one sessions (ongoing). Contact me for details.

January - March 2011

Coaching groups and one-to-one sessions (ongoing)

March 27 - Ceilidh Culture, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Saturday March 12 - Stories for Health, Workshop: Storytelling as a Healing Art, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh. See www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk for more details.

Sunday March 6 - Transformative Storytelling, Lapidus. Workshop at Maggie's Centre, Glasgow. See http://lapidus.org.uk/groups/scotland.php

"Loved the Lapidus event. Michael is a real star!!" Christine C., manager NHS Education

March 4 - Old Story / New Story workshop, Edinburgh International Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace Festival. More at http://www.eicsp.org/events-list/details/117-MESP%202011%20Main%20Events

February 19 - Family Day, McDonald Library, Edinburgh. Sponsored by Edinburgh Muslim Women's Association

REVIEW OF SATURDAY'S CHILDREN'S DAY, Sat 19th Feb:
"Great turnout...Fun learning....music and art! Our theme of Five Senses started with exploring SOUND through music and making instruments from recycled material. The importance of SIGHT was brought home in a fun way by Gavin Neate from Guide Dogs for the Blind and "Fudge" a dog in training; loved by all the kids...adults not so sure!! Refreshments helped us explore TASTE and SMELL. Children used their fine sense of TOUCH to create beautiful origami animals. Storyteller Michael Williams kept us all enthralled with tales and songs from around the world."

February 11, 12 - 'Leave to Remain', workshop on death, dying and living, Kilgraston School, Perthshire, Scotland

February 6 - talk, Christ Church, Morningside, Edinburgh

January 18 - writing workshop, Edinburgh

September - December 2010

Information Products course with Doug Lipman

September 26 - Clown Workshop, Edinburgh

October 28 - Longniddry Girl Guides, East Lothian

October 31 - Travelling East: a spiritual journey in words and music, Scottish Storytelling Centre Theatre, 3-5pm

November 6 - Healing Words workshop, Hawksgrove Centre for Inner Studies, Broughty Ferry, Dundee

November 8, 9 and 11 - National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

December 6 - Wisconsin in Scotland, Dalkeith House, Midlothian

December 29 - Eastern Encounters: stories of hope, blessing and transformation, MUSEartspace, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada

July - August 2010

August 28 - House Concert, Ottawa, Ontario

6-week Scottish Arts Council funded storytelling project in Prince Edward Island, Canada - performance, coaching, training.

July 24 - Creative Arts Day, Rock Barra (near Souris), Prince Edward Island, Canada (more at www.lovelywitches.ning.com).

28 July - 1 Aug - Annual Conference of Canadian Storytellers, Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland.

June 2010

12 June - Healing Words: Storytelling as a Pathway to Peace and Well-Being, The Mews, 13 Inverlieth Place, Edinburgh EH3 5QJ, 9:30-1pm (with Martin Williams) Download .pdf flyer

13 - 19 June - Stories for Health Symposium, Kelvin Arts Centre, Glasgow. More at www.storiesforhealth.org.

16 June - 'Old Story/New Story' Story Clinic (Stories for Health Symposium, see above), 11am-12pm.

May 2010

14 May - Counselling and Listening Skills, Radley College, Oxford.

18 May - Storytelling for Social Change,  Edinburgh Development Group, North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 9:30-4:30pm. For more info go to www.edg-sco.org.

22 May - Story Coaching Group, 10am-4pm, Edinburgh

29 May - Storytelling at the Goethenburg, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, 8pm-10pm. Stories of the sea and the local area.

March 2010

2 'Healing Words' Storytelling Workshops for the International Middle Eastern Festival of Spirituality and Peace: 7th and 14th March, 3:15pm - 5:45pm, Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh. For more info and registration form, go to http://www.mesp.org.uk.

Coaching Group session, 20th March, 10am - 4pm

February 2010

4 Feb - 26 Feb - Canadian tour - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Hamilton, Ontario - storytelling workshops, coaching sessions

January 2010

Week-long corporate storytelling sessions for On Purpose.

Storytelling Coaching Group meets January 30th.

November 2009

Storytelling Day at Noblehill Primary School, Dumfries Scotland, 23rd November

October 2009

Stories for Halloween, Borders Books, 7pm, Fort Kinnaird Edinburgh

Scotland and Canada, Storytelling at Wardie Primary School, P4s and P7s

'Stories to Live By: Storytelling as Emotional Literacy Workshop with Michael Williams, Ruth Kirkpatrick and Wendy Woolfson, International Storytelling Festival, 26th October, 10am-4:30pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 High St Edinburgh - a CPD training workshop on the use of storytelling as emotional literacy. Michael's part of the workshop focuses on work with boys.

'Meet the Storyteller', International Storytelling Festival, 26th October, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 High St Edinburgh - a chance to meet Michael in person and hear about his life and how he became a storyteller.

Storytelling in Redbrae Cafe, Leith Edinburgh, 19th October - Michael tells stories and sings songs for sailors of the Canadian ship HMS Athabaska at this local community project

Little Biggar Festival, 16 October, 8pm The Crown Hotel The Kings of Cheeze

July-Sept 2009

Michael will be visiting and presenting workshops in Canada.

June 2009

The Leap Festival, Carlops Scotland, 19/20 June

May 2009

Storytelling performance at 'Healing Words' festival, Galilee, 29-31 May. Click here to download a .pdf brochure about the festival (you must have Adobe Acrobat or similar programme to read .pdf files).

Travel to Israel and Palestine, working with Arabs and Jews using storytelling and peacemaking skills, various locations Israel and Palestine

April 2009

with Kings of Cheeze and Culture Clash (featuring Rise Kagona and Champion Doug Veitch), 4 April, 7:30pm, Carlops Village Hall, Carlops Scotland

Emerson College School of Storytelling, 'Healing Words: Pathway to Peace', 6-week training course

Kinship Carers storytelling CPD workshop, 8 April Stranraer Scotland

March 2009

Health and Well-Being CPD Day, 5 March, Calside Primary School, Dumfries

with Kings of Cheeze, Sat 14 March, Twa Tams, Perth, Scotland 8pm

February 2009

Young Peoples Unit storytelling workshops (6 sessions), Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh

Literacy and storytelling workshop, Port Seton Community Centre, East Lothian, 28 February

January 2009

Stand Up To Hate storytelling workshop, War Museum, Edinburgh Castle, 21 January, 10-12noon (postponed)

December 2008

Christmas Storytelling, M&Ds Palice Theatre, Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Glasgow, 20, 23, 24 December, various times.

Christmas Storytelling at Dalkeith Library, 6 December 2pm at Dalkeith Library

Storytelling at the Young Peoples Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, ongoing work with group of adolescents from the Unit (November and December)

November 2008

Storytelling at the Village, Saturday 1 November, 11-12pm, The Village, St. James' (Pollok) Parish Church, 183 Meiklerig Crescent, Glasgow, G53 5NA Phone: 0141 882 3025 http://www.thevillageonline.org.uk/

May 2008