Heather Yule, guest storyteller at the last Guid Crack Club, accompanied the evening of irreverent, funny and at times unexpectedly grotesque Jack stories with the music of her clarsach, the Scottish traditional harpsichord. Had the Club been held at the Waverly Bar like it usually is, we might have had only the stories. Which, even … Continue reading
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A Blather with Friends: An Interview with Jackie Carothers
Jackie is an Edinburgh-based storyteller; I met her at my first Guid Crack Club, back in September 2014. I had just finished listening, awed, to the many talented tellers who shared a story that night, wishing I had an inch of their ability to draw the audience in. In the packed upstairs room of the … Continue reading
Jackie Carothers, “The turkey with a wooden leg”
Storyteller Jackie Carothers performs the story about “The Turkey with a Wooden Leg”, at the Waverley Pub on the Royal Mile. This video is part of Storytelling on Stage, an interactive article in Publishers Inc 2015, our publishing-themed magazine iPad app, now available to download for free in Apple’s app store! (https://appsto.re/gb/nfhO6.i) or … Continue reading
