Island Storytellers a group of people on the Isle of Wight, committed to the oral retelling of stories and poems, whether they be traditional or modern tales are organising a storytelling festival, Ferry Tales between 23rd-26th May 2008.
One of the elements of the festival will be a storytelling competition at which storytellers tell stories inspired by a piece [...]

Island Storytellers a group of people on the Isle of Wight, committed to the oral retelling of stories and poems, whether they be traditional or modern tales are organising a storytelling festival, Ferry Tales, in May 2008.
One of the elements of the festival will be a storytelling competition at which storytellers tell stories inspired by [...]

Storytelling on the Isle of Wight has been given a boost of £9,000 by Awards For All to the Island Storytellers to put on the next Isle of Wight storytelling festival.  And thats not a tall story!

The Making of the Wight book’s author John Medland will be giving a talk on the history of the Isle of Wight at Freshwater Library on Tuesday 11th December. Read more »

Isle of Wight Author Noel Turner had to do plenty of research for his new book ‘Noel and Ellen’s Strange and Wonderful History of the Dreaded Christmas.’ it’s not just a parody of round robins, but also a surprising history of Christmas itself.
The story so far…. Noel and Ellen spend their year supposedly researching the [...]

The Making of the Wight is a superbly illustrated history of the Isle of Wight from the Roman Empire to the Space Rocket programme.  An ideal introduction to the unique history of the Isle of Wight, featuring events, characters and locations of Island History.