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Coming Home to Story
Geoff Mead
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Description for Coming Home to Story
Paperback. "Coming Home to Story" tells of the magic of stories and storytelling, and of their power to liberate the human spirit. Master storyteller Geoff Mead takes the reader inside the experience of telling and listening to stories. He shows how stories and storytelling engage our imaginations, heal communities and bring joy and passion to our lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b/w woodcuts. BIC Classification: BM; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Stories take us into other worlds so that we may experience our own more deeply. Master storyteller Geoff Mead brings the reader inside the experience of telling and listening to a story. He shows how stories and storytelling engage our imaginations, strengthen communities and bring adventure and joy into our lives. The narrative is interspersed with consummate retellings of traditional tales from all over the world.
Stories take us into other worlds so that we may experience our own more deeply. Master storyteller Geoff Mead brings the reader inside the experience of telling and listening to a story. He shows how stories and storytelling engage our imaginations, strengthen communities and bring adventure and joy into our lives. The narrative is interspersed with consummate retellings of traditional tales from all over the world.
Product Details
Publisher
Vala Publishing Cooperative Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908363015
SKU
V9781908363015
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Geoff Mead
Geoff Mead is a storyteller, writer and consultant. He tells traditional stories, runs story-based workshops and teaches storytelling at venues in the UK and as far afield as Spain, Canada and Japan. He divides his time between his partner's house in the Cotswolds and Lyme Regis where he lives and writes in sight of the sea.
Reviews for Coming Home to Story
If you didn't believe before that the storyteller can be both healer and magician, you could hardy not believe it after reading this book. I feel the better, and the wiser, for having read this inspiring text.
Fact & Fiction magazine The power of Coming Home to Story lies in Mead's passion and adventure, his faith in stories and ... Read more
Fact & Fiction magazine The power of Coming Home to Story lies in Mead's passion and adventure, his faith in stories and ... Read more