“One of the UK’s finest storytellers”
BBC Radio 3
ABOUT
Daniel Morden has been a professional teller of traditional tales since 1989. He has travelled all over the world, from the Arctic to the Pacific to the Caribbean, sharing and collecting stories. He has appeared at the National Theatre, Hay Festival, The National Storytelling Festival of America, WOMAD, many theatres, arts centres, festivals…and thousands of schools.
In 2017 he was awarded the Hay Festival Medal for his services to storytelling.
He has written several award-winning anthologies of traditional stories, including
DARK TALES FROM THE WOODS
He also coaches storytellers and teaches an annual beginners weekend at Ty Newydd Writer’s Centre.
Latest tweets!
Thank you @NPTLibraries for a lovely day of World Book Day sessions
My storytelling mentor, @DanielMorden3, and I will be bringing some tales to life on April 25th @ Cegin Diod, Llandeilo! Book your tickets now, and come on down to West Wales. It's going to be another epic @LlandeiloLitFst!
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Once again we've welcomed local storyteller/author Daniel Morden to @KingHenrySchool @KHSMiddlePhase for world Book week. All Y7 pupils thoroughly enjoyed his stories and have already been in to borrowed Daniel's books from the library-a huge thank you Daniel! @DanielMorden3 🤩
Year 5 & 6 were completely engaged in the stories told by Daniel Morden this morning - let’s hope that they share them at home tonight! Thank you, @DanielMorden3, we LOVED it! #KESBathJnrEnglish
So proud of these amazing learners in Dosbarth Derbyn working independently to create story maps to aid retell of So Hungry. @EAS_LLCEnglish @DanielMorden3