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December 31, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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As much as I love writing true stories each month, I enjoy hearing them. To get the stories rolling for our podcast, I recorded my story from October's Stories at the Storey. In the piece I explored what might have happened if I hadn't moved my family to the UK.…

Call for True Stories: Ghost Stories Under the Tree

September 13, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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Ghosts. They haunt us, appearing when we least expect it, often when we most need it. Slipping through time and space, they take residence in our minds, our memories, and the walls, returning, like the past, with warnings, news, memories and stories. Ghosts are everywhere and so are their stories.…

Call for Submissions: May Stories at the Storey

May 14, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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No matter how you live, one thing is certain: one day it will come to an end. Hope, money, destruction: What will you leave behind? As Stories at the Storey celebrates another month of awesome stories, we are looking to the future, mainly ours, to reflect: how are we making…

Stories at the Storey Call for True Stories, Lies and Fiction

April 13, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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Believe it or not, it's nearly time for this month's Stories at the Storey. This month's theme is true or false! Do you have a 3-5 minute true (or false) story that will make us laugh, think, remember, connect, cry or anything in between? If so, we would love to…

Hope by Inés Gregori Labarta

February 18, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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The Taste of Hope by Petra McNulty

February 15, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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The third piece in the Hope series In moments of extremes – extreme sadness, extreme stress, extreme disappointment etc., I have a perverse hankering for apple compote and natural yoghurt. An urgent need for those contrasting flavours; the sourness of the yoghurt, the syrupy sweetness of the apples. Focusing on…

Strength by Julie Patten

February 12, 2017February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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Stories at the Storey True or False Night

September 18, 2016February 3, 2019 by Yvonne

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This month Stories at the Storey True Story Open Mic Night is hosting our first ever True or False night. The stories will be funny, sad, touching, moving and those that aren't true will be false. The storytellers will not reveal whether their tale is true or false; it will…