Online: Story Café Special: Moose, Mosquitos and Bears…Oh My

Join us at this Story Café Special with GWL’s ALN Development Worker, Donna Moore!

Story Café Special: Moose, Mosquitos and Bears…Oh My, Thursday 26th November, 1pm to 2.30pm, Online, Women only

For three years, Donna spent her annual holidays visiting far-flung Yup’ik villages in the Alaskan wilderness to teach creative writing in schools that sometimes only had ten pupils. Some of the villages could only be reached by plane (which Donna had the chance to fly, herself!) Hear about her adventures, see her holiday snaps, and listen to some traditional Yup’ik folk tales at this Story Café Special. We’ll also be reading some excerpts from Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie’s wonderful book of essays, Surfacing, about her own trip to the same region of Alaska.

The Yup’ik peoples live mostly in Southwestern Alaska and their name in Yup’ik means “real person”. Storytelling is very important to the Yup’ik culture and is full of myths and folklore about animals and nature.

This is one of our “take part” events this Autumn as there’s chance for discussion and sharing – but if you’d just like to join and listen, please do come along!

Event Outline

1pm: Welcome and introduction

1.10pm: presentation and readings

1.40pm: break and discussion

1.55pm: presentation and readings

2.20pm: discussion and goodbyes

Booking

This event is now fully booked. Please email Emily at emily.ilett@womenslibrary.org.uk to be added to the waiting list.

The event is free and for women only*. To attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation with you.  If you would like to make a donation to Glasgow Women’s Library, you can do so here. Please note that booking will close on Wednesday 25th November and these events do book up fast. You will receive your email invitation a few days before the event takes place.

*All women-only events are inclusive of Trans and Intersex women, as well as non-binary and gender fluid people.

Accessibility

This session takes place via an online video call link. If you would like to attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation along with simple and straight forward instructions on how this will work. If you have any concerns about how this will work for you, please do get in touch and we’ll do all we can to support you in joining the session.