“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.
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We're back ! Listen now to @PadraigMacaoidh @robinrimbaud Tishani Doshi and Lorna Goodison. @imcmillan brings you confusing album titles, love poetry with strong lines, Burns as a poet for times of change - as well as poetic infernos. On @bbcradio4
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Thursday! HAY FESTIVAL !
Here's an interview on @BBCRadioWales about my performance in Cardiff on Thursday. My part begins at 14.32 mins
I am performing a unique show next Thursday in Cardiff. Grisly stories of the human body! Here's an interview about it Storyteller Daniel Morden on mortality and “re-weirding the world”