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In which we tell you about
Storytelling Chapbooks and
Performances in Print
Voyageur Storytelling publishes its own line of Storytelling Chapbooks, where we experiment with different ways of putting stories into print. Just as an oral telling of a literary story should respect its source and fundamental nature, so too the experience of reading an oral story should retain something of its original quality. The ambiance of the oral telling should carry over, at least in some noticeable way. The aural experience of live telling cannot, of course, be fully duplicated, either in print or by recording. Each medium has its own distinctive effect.
A. Titles now in print as Voyageur Storytelling Chapooks
The Chronicles of Bear: Canadian Mythology of the Omnivorous Kind, with artwork by Stuart James Burgess. Price, $10.00 plus postage.
Hex Holes and Other Openings: Canadian Recitations of the Versed Kind. This collection is presented as a recital, with an introductory lecture on the performing art of recitation. The recital itself consists of eight new recitations in both traditional and experimental styles. It includes such audience favourites as “The Ballad of Angus Ogilvie, Pioneer of Puslinch”, “Enoch Lightning and the Alvar”, and the title piece, “Hex Holes, a Parable in Hexameters.” Price, $10.00 plus postage.
The Well at the World’s End and Other Stories: Favourite Folk-Tales of the Reconsidered Kind. We like to play with old folk tales, not always with complete reverence for their venerable antecedents. This booklet presents several examples. Price $10.00 plus postage.
Ghostwatch at Cabot Head. People of the Great Lakes love to tell lighthouse and shipwreck stories. This is our modest contribution, inspired by rumours of a ghost in our local lighthouse. Price $10.00 plus postage.
B. Other Works in Progress
We used to show lists of our works in progress, and perhaps thus hexed the whole enterprise: none of them has yet made it into print. Our new policy is to be more circumspect. We will only say that our list of works in progress is much longer than our list of works in print. As when and if any of them blossom, you can rest assured that this page will take note of the event.
To order chapbooks, please e-mail mail@voyageurstorytelling.ca
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