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I am happy to announce that Palgrave MacMillian will be publishing my book on storytelling at the end of next year. This has involved 6 months of hard work, rethinking and amazingly kind reviews and suggestions (some by the fabulous Jack Zipes). The book will be published as part of a special series: Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education .  Photo credit: guvendemir I think one of the difficulties will be finding an appropraite cover image as so many searches have resulted in primary children reading books, rather than secondary school aged youth listening to a tale. Any photographers or if you know a photographer with an appropriate image for sale please let me know. Working book synopsis: This book explores young people’s lives through fairy tales to demonstrate our complex relationship with storytelling including the emotional, behavioural and social aspects of story. Young people, learning & storytelling … provides excerpts from young people’s conv...

I have been awarded a grant for a project with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry to begin on completion of my doctorate. This is a highly competative staff fund , for large-scale projects which support the university's teaching and learning strategy. I obtained this grant with the support of Cath Lambert. The title of the project is:   A retrospective study to ascertain the pedagogic benefits of research-led teaching   ‘Bearing witness to marginalised groups’   My research interest The Belgrade Theatre’s ‘bearing witness to marginalised groups’ programme aims to work with young people from diverse backgrounds. Each group works closely with a trained dramaturg e (a crafter of stories for the stage), sharing and shaping experiences into dramatic form. This offers young people an opportunity to reflect, share, rethink, and transform their stories. As post-war Coventry was rebuilt so was a theatre for the community ( t he Belgrade). The Council Statu...