DS7 Festival 2012

The annual UK Digital Storytelling Festival, this year it’s DS7, returns on Thursday 7th June 2012 This year DS7 moves from its usual annual home in the beautiful Welsh town of Aberystwyth, where it has been held for the past 6 years. June 7th 2012 will see this year’s festival at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, […]

What is Digital Storytelling?

Perhaps a strange question to be asking after all these years of Digital Storytelling, but there are still many who don’t know and many more who think they know but don’t. It’s also true that there are any number of definitions of digital storytelling

See and Hear

  I appear in two new features this week. At DS6 Gareth Morlais recorded an interview with me about the potential of digital storytelling on the iPad. He makes some very generous comments about me during this feature, but I hope you find the content about creating digital stories useful. It is the first of his […]

Culture Shock Conference – this week

It’s not too late to book a place at the Culture Shock! Conference in Newcastle. This day conference is for anyone who’s interested in digital Storytelling and especially people from the Museums, Libraries and Archives sector. Culture Shock is one of the UKs most successful digital storytelling projects and as it draws to a close […]

Almost over at DS6

I always find events like DS6 stimulating and exciting. There are lots of good things about being your own boss, but one thing I miss about my former workplace is the interaction with other people doing a similar job. So festivals, conferences and events are the places where I am inspired and invigorated. Ideas flow, […]

DS6 Digital Storytelling Festival

  DS6 Digital Storytelling Festival – Friday 17 June – 10am – 4.30pm £20 The sixth anniversary of the Digital Storytelling Festival promises to inspire, encourage and show the exciting possibilities of digital storytelling.  Whether you work in education, the community or as an artist, this is your opportunity to share experiences, explore new creative […]

Culture Shock – Award Winner

Culture Shock has won the Renaissance North East Museum Award in the Journal Culture Awards. Congratulations to all involved

DS 6 – the date is set

Esko Reinikainen posted this on the DS Cymru website. Put it in your diary now and plan to join us at the only Digital Storytelling Festival in the UK. I am happy to announce that the DS6 International Digital Storytelling Festival will take place on: Friday 17th June, 2011 at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales We are […]

Past Caring

Not a reference to a bout of indifference but the title of a workshop project with folk.us in Devon where people who are carers tell their story, usually after the person they have cared for has died.

DS6 is going ahead in 2011

I’ve just received this good news from Esko Reinikainen about DS6:- Digital Storytelling Cymru Network Promoting Digital Storytelling in Wales and beyond… A message to all members of Digital Storytelling Cymru Network Digital Storytellers! It’s a new year, and that means time to get rolling with DS6 International Digital Storytelling Festival! We’ve just opened the call […]