Simon Brooks will be returning to the Sutton Free Library to share stories, laughter, and maybe a bit of music when he shares tales from around the world.

Join us for this free event at the Sutton Free Library, 5 Corporation Hill Road, Sutton Muills, ew Hampshire on the 25th July, 2025, at 10 am.

FREE

Simon Brooks will be sharing his puzzling stories for families FOR the Whipple Free Library in New Boston, NH.

Location TBD. Gym or Library, that is the question!

The date and time are inked in and Simon will be there, telling stories with wonderful twists and turns. If you like Dungeons and Dragons, strategy, cunning and wily ways, you are likely to enjoy these stories told by award winning storyteller and dragon watcher, Simon Brooks.

Free to one and all

simon returns to one of his favourite spots - Wolfeboro, NH to the Wolfboro Public Library to share his wit and his folk tales at this free event.

Folk and fairy tales, myths and legends are not JUST for kids, they’re for grown-ups, too. This family friendly, everyone friendly event will entertain and maybe enlighten you, but mostly the former! Meet us for this event in the large meeting room.

Join us, as Simon takes us around the world with his fantastical tales and humor.

Free!

British storyteller and humourist Simon Brooks will be heading up to Stratford, New Hampshire to tell folk and fairy tales for the Summer Reading Program. This event will take place on Monday, 14th July, 2025 at 10 am.

Simon shares stories that reach out to the care providers as much as the young people he tells tales for. Don’t miss this fun event to take place at the Stratford town pavillion.

Free to one and all.

More details soon for the on-line show.
SUPPORT the tellers: https://www.anne-norm.com/tbd-storytellers

We (Anne Rutherford, Antonio Rocha, Ingrid Nixon, Jeff Doyle, Norm Brecke, Paul Strickland, Sheila Arnold, and Simon Brooks) look forward to seeing you there!

This month Amy Douglas Takes TheTradition On with award-winning storyteller (Parent's Choice / Storytelling World Award), Simon Brooks. Now living in the USA, Simon grew up in Britain, in Worcester, with many family trips to Shropshire and Wales - his Mum finding and telling him the local folk stories which often featured dragons. These creatures fired Simon's imagination from the beginning.

Join us for an hour of storytelling and conversation as we find out more about British dragons and how they have influenced and inspired Simon's career as a professional storyteller.

Free event live on zoom.
Click the link to join at 8pm (UK time), 3 pm Eastern Tuesday 3rd June
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85299871873

Simon has performed across the USA, including the highly prestigious National Storytelling Festival and Timpanogos. His five recorded albums of folk and fairy tales, and epics have gleaned Honors, Silver Honors and Gold Awards from Parent's Choice and Storytelling World - to find out more here's his website: https://www.diamondscree.com

This event is part of Taking The Tradition On Series 6 - 'Wondrous Creatures' . On the first Tuesday of the month, Amy invites an eminent storyteller to choose a 'wondrous creature' that has inspired them and influenced their work.

As ever, huge thanks to my fabulous patreons, who make this all possible and keep it freely available to all. You are my heroes!
If you want to join our patreon family, you will be very welcome: patreon.com/AmyDouglas

Click the link to join at 8pm (BST), 3 pm (EDT), Tuesday 3rd June
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85299871873

Open Fields will again to hold its Medieval Festival on the Thetford Green from 11 am to 4 pm. During this annual family-friendly festival, the Green comes alive with the sights and sounds of a Medieval village. A King & Queen, knights and ladies, peasants, craftsmen, shepherds, and farmers gather to celebrate the age via music, dance, games of skill and chance, food, parades, storytelling with Simon Brooks, Benny the Dragon, and feats of juggling and acrobatics. Costumes are encouraged. 

Our Medieval Festival is family-focused, with an emphasis on children ages 3 to 12, and is a wonderful community event.  It is also a green event - in the past, our full day festival has generated only one bag of trash.

11:15-12:00  Parade, performances, knighting

12:00-12:30  Simon Brooks story-telling

12:30-1:00  Seven Stars Consort recorder group

1:00-1:30 Simon Brooks story-telling

1:30-2:30  VINS (across the road, behind the neighbors)

2:30-3:00 Dragon Mountain Kung Fu demonstration

3:00  Catapult demonstration

The Medieval Festival is a RAIN or SHINE event.

Tickets: https://medfest.openfields.org/admission.php

Simon will be telling stories from 11.50 am until ending at around 1.20 pm - three performances, times flexible.

Join Reverand Sue at the Church of Epiphany (the Stone Church) in Newport, New Hampshire as she introduces storyteller Simon Brooks.

A BIG BEAUTIFUL HOPEFUL EVENT COMING ON Saturday MAY 17 ... Invite your

friends and family to join us for Stories of Hope in Hard Times

Simon Brooks will present an Evening of Folktales from around the World – full of humor and inspiration!

6:30 to 8 pm

This event is free, Donations Welcome

More details soon for the on-line show.
SUPPORT the tellers: https://www.anne-norm.com/tbd-storytellers

We (Anne Rutherford, Antonio Rocha, Ingrid Nixon, Jeff Doyle, Norm Brecke, Paul Strickland, Sheila Arnold, and Simon Brooks) look forward to seeing you there!

An evening of community storytelling about youth, it's pitfalls and successes. This culminating event of a multi-generational storytelling project with Plainfield elementary School students, adults and elders in our community will feature stories created by the community and coached by professional storyteller Simon Brooks and theater artist Kaylee Larkin. Students working with Plainfield and Cornish community elders will also share these stories, along with other community members who have attended the storytelling workshop at Plainfield library on Saturday April 5th. This fun and free event will end with stories told by British storyteller Simon Brooks. Come and hear tales about your community members in their youth.

Free!

Our workshop will be a participatory series of exercises in how to take a tale, and form it into a story that is unique to you, the teller. We will help you find a story to share, based on your youth and/or childhood; or, you may already have one in mind that you’d like to work with. We will edit these stories on the fly in pairs and triads, polishing them, and go over forms of presentation, discussing ‘spin,’ and audience. These fun exercises will keep you moving and thinking and will include time for Q & A. We will focus on stories of our youth with the idea of sharing them at a community gathering as part of a Plainfield Elementary School project to be held on the evening of April 10th 2025, although participation with this is not mandatory!

9.30 am - 11.30 am with an option for an additional hour to go deeper.

Free!

Details: https://plainfieldlibraries.org/node/2923

An evening of stories for grown-ups with British storyteller and humourist Simon Brooks, at the Emery Center at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Many people thingk folk and fairy tales are for children but these stories will prove that such stories are also for grown-ups. Stories of love, misunderstandings, and mischief abound. Such ancient tales help us see the world around us and how we can stand up against injustices.

Join us for this free event sponsored by Western Maine Storytelling and ArtsFarmington.

Our workshop will be a participatory series of exercises in how to take a tale, be it folk, myth, or personal narrative, and form it into a story that is unique to you, the teller. Creating a safe space, we will help you find a story to share; or, you may already have one in mind that you’d like to work with. We will edit these stories on the fly in pairs and triads, polishing them, and go over forms of presentation, discussing ‘spin’ and audience. These fun exercises will keep you moving and thinking and will include time for Q & A. You can use this work for the written word as well as spoken word, although we will focus on the latter.

“Stories keep us human.” Since 1991, British storyteller, humorist and author Simon Brooks has been telling to audiences all over the world. He has won awards for his storytelling albums from Storytelling World and Parent’s Choice. His mission is to spread and share the art of traditional storytelling to a wider audience. To show the power (and need) of the ancient stories of folk and fairy tales, myths, and legends. To encourage others to tell their own stories (and favorite folk tales) in a way that is inclusive to all people of all belief systems. To keep the art of storytelling alive in all communities.

This workshop is sponsored by Western Maine Storytelling and ArtsFarmington. Register for workshop by contacting Peggy Yocom at 207-860-0392 or at myocom@gmu.edu

Space is limited to 12.  Registration required.

In addition, Simon will present a storytelling program on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at the Emery Center, UMF.

Join Rambling House Food & Gathering and TaleSpinner Brewery for a night filled with tales by the fire. Enjoy an evening of storytelling by raconteur, humorist, and author Simon Brooks. Food by Rambling House and TaleSpinner craft beer, in addition to wine and a selection of craft cocktails will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

Simon Brooks will be your seanchaí for the evening. A seanchaí (shan-a-key) is a storyteller tasked with keeping alive the Irish myths, folklore, and legends that inspire a people. In ancient Ireland, the seanchaí was held in high esteem and would regularly attract large crowds to hear the long-form poems and tales they had to tell. The Irish hold a great appreciation for the spoken word and Simon will be sure to keep you entertained with tales you may know, and some you may not!

TICKETS REQUIRED - BOOKS QUICKLY: www.eventbrite.com/e/legends-lore-storytelling-series-tales-from-the-seanchai-tickets-1253053469659

Our first 2025 TBD Storytellers concert - on-line!

The TBD Storyteller Cohort

We are Simon Brooks, Antonio Rocha, Jeff Doyle, Ingrid Nixon, Paul Strickland, Anne Rutherford, Sheila Arnold, and Norm Brecke.

TBD Storytellers Concerts begin at 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific, and 4pm Alaska time. 

FREE to register: https://tinyurl.com/2-25-25-TBD-Ice
SUPPORT the tellers: https://www.anne-norm.com/tbd-storytellers

We look forward to seeing you there!

TBD Storytellers are at it again! Join Anne Rutherford, Antonio Rocha, Ingrid Nixon, Norm Brecke, Jeff Doyle, Paul Strickland and myself, Simon Brooks on this last Tuesday of the month for Gratitudinous Stories! It’s our way of saying thanks to you, our fans and listeners – even if this is your first time.

Gratitudinous – it’s our way of saying Thank You!

This event, as always, will be live on Zoom.

 Tuesday November 26th, 8PM EST / 7PM CST 6PM MST / 5PM PST / 4PM AST 

Registration Here: https://tinyurl.com/TBDNovemberShow

Support the storytellers here: http://www.tinyurl.com/contribute-tbdstorytellers/

 Everyone who donates will be sent a link after the show to watch the video of the live event for two weeks at their convenience.

The TBD Storytellers are Sheila Arnold , Norm Brecke, Simon Brooks, Jeff Doyle, Ingrid Nixon, Antonio Rocha, Anne Rutherford, and Paul Strickland.

Thank you for your continued support of our work. This will be the final concert of the year. Wishing you and yours all the best for the Winter Holidays however you celebrate it.

POP UP GHOST STORIES - When the Doors to the Other World Open. Storytellers - LAURA SIMMS, NANCY WANG, SIMON BROOKS. ROBIN BADY AND LYN FORD, with special guest DAN YASHINSKY - all true-life encounters.

This is a Laura Simms SUDDEN STORY project. Please join us. We are interested in the mystery of these events. The evening is guaranteed to be riveting, spooky, honoring what we cannot explain, and uplifting. All are authentic true stories. Each teller will respond to another. Sightings, intrusions, and more. The event is more conversation than performance. Listeners are invited to share your own experiences. with music and poetry.

Thursday, October 31 · 8 - 10pm EDT

Get your tickets NOW: www.eventbrite.com/e/pop-up-ghost-stories-when-the-doors-to-the-other-world-open--registration-1054419981549

Tonight’s the night where TBD Storytellers get their spook on sharing progressively dark and spooky stories.

Join us as we share tales on-line for the season. Book your seat now!
tinyurl.com/TBDOctoberConcert

All tellers telling: Antonio Rocha, Shelia Arnold, Ingrid Nixon, Jeff Doyle, Anne Rutherford, Norm Brecke, Paul Strickland, and Simon Brooks

The Vermont Institute of Natural Science is hosting it’s annual Hoots and Howls program where non-scary stories, along with a lot of other activities will happen.

For tickets and ore details visit: https://vinsweb.org/

Simon Brooks returns to Whipple Hall for a spooktacular evening of grown-up stories for grown-ups about all things “BOO!”

Tales of ghosts, ghouls, and monsters will be followed by a Q&A session.

Join us for this event at Whipple Hall, New London, New Hampshire.

Full details here: centerfortheartsnh.org/cfaevents

Hurry through the chill night to get to Seabrook Library before the ghouls come out to play.

Wednesday, the 16th October, renown British storyteller will be regaling stories of death, ghosts, ghouls, witches and the like, for grown-ups . This event is NOT for children.

Join us - if you can - wa ha hahhhh

Free

Simon Brooks will be sharing tales of adventure at Jackson Public Library, Main Street, Jackson, New Hampshire for all the family on Thursday, 15th August, 2024 at 4 pm.

Tales for everyone!

Free!

Once again I have been asked to provide stories at the Co-op Food Store at Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH as part of their Producers Fair.

The Producers Fair is a fabulous event which has been going on for a long time. There was a slight hiatus during the COVID pandemic, but they were back last year with music, stories (by me), hay rides, face painting, free food and more.

This is how the Co-op gives back to their community, and the producers (venders) who sell their wares at the Co-op give away samples, as well as the best, freshest corn roasted for any and all who come.

Event free. Runs from 10 am until 2 pm.

Simon will be telling stories from 11 am until noon.

Join the party!

Simon Brooks has been invited back to the Weeks Memorial Library to bring laughter and great stories for all ages for the Summer Reading Program.

Come and join this popular and fun event on Thursday, 8th August, at 3 pm.

Free to one and all.

Coburn Park, Lebanon, New Hampshire once again offers Thursdays in the Park. Every week another entertainer will delight you. Bring your lunch and enjoy family entertainment starting just after 12 noon - Once the firehouse sounds the horns!

Location: Colburn Park, Across from 51 North Park Street Lebanon, NH

Rain Location: CCBA Outdoor Covered Pavillion at 1 Taylor Street Lebanon, NH 03766

Thursday, the 1st of August will feature storyteller, humorist, and author will regale all with stories from around the world in his inevitable style - irreverent and funny!

This event is open to all and free to the public, and sponsored by the Lebanon Parks and Recreation Department.

Details: https://lebanonnh.gov/369/Thursdays-in-the-Park

Simon Brooks will be telling stories, sharing tales, dishing out a little humour for the whole family at Sutton Free Library, Corporation Hill Road, Sutton, New Hampshire on Wednesday 31st July.

Presentation begins promptly at 10 am.

Open to the whole family!

Free

Folk and fairy tales, adventure stories told by storyteller, writer, humourist, Simon Brooks.

Once again, Simon is returning to the Cornish General Store to entertain the Cornish community as part of the Stowell' Library Summer Reading Program “Adventures Begin at the Library.”

Simon will be bringing adventures from all over the world from the universe of folk and fairy tales. These are not the usual stories you might think of, but are tales that will delight even the most skeptical.

Join us for this free event!

Tuesday, 16th July at 6.30 pm at the General Store., 226 NH Rte 120, Cornish NH