year course dates and more coming

Just to let you know that the dates for the year course 2015 have come out, and also news of an exciting collaboration for next spring - long planned and desired. We have more stand alone events coming for the winter, so stay tuned. x

YEAR COURSE DATES FOR 2015 - Book now to secure a place.

April 24-26
June 19-21st
July 24th-26th
October 2-4th
December 4-6th

OLD SPARK OF THE BLOOD-HEAT
Ted Hughes and the myth world

with Hugh Lupton and Martin Shaw
May 1-3rd, 2015, Dartmoor, £240 residential.
To book places email: tina.schoolofmyth@yahoo.com

A weekend delving into the myths that inform the poetry of Ted Hughes, and walking the landscape that inspired him. We will gather on Dartmoor to explore the fundament of Hughes’s imagination. With oral storytelling, ancient poetry, and the visceral wilds of the moor, this will be an essential gathering for all lovers of Hughes, myth, and nature.

** Hugh Lupton is one of Britains leading storytellers, and author of many books, including; “The Ballad of John Clare”. He co-founded the influential Company of Storytellers in 1985, and has gained a reputation for bringing the revival of the oral tradition to audiences all over the world.