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Children's Literature
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| Sound recording, talk; Children's Literature by Jenny Koralek, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 31st January 1985 | |
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| Introduction by Ben Haggarty, followed by talk by Jenny Koralek about the importance of children's literature; the nature of children's literature, and the value of traditional material, followed by questions, including a query about sexism and children's literature. | |
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| The programme note reads ' A new childrens author, 'The Song of Roland Smith', 'Mabel's Story', will give a talk on the value and importance of childrens literature. This will be of particular interest to parents, librarians and teachers.' | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 38 minutes, 33 seconds |
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| The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education. | |
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speaker: Jenny Koralek female / British / British / occupation author |
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Master of Ceremonies; Festival Artistic Director: Ben
Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 / occupation performance storyteller; promoter |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Jenny Koralek printed in festival flyer | |
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| festival flyer front cover | |
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| festival flyer showing introduction | |
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| festival flyer showing festival timetable | |
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| festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies | |
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| festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments | |
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| additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
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Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
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Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
31 Jan 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Marian Oughton |
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