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		<title>Unlocking Story at the SSC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I feel like I&#8217;m bogging down, creatively speaking, I sign up for a workshop at the Scottish Storytelling Centre and I always come away inspired.  This past Saturday was no exception. The topic of the day was how to use story with artifacts, archives and museums.  Steve Byrne introduced us to the amazing resource [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loopy Lorna&#8217;s: The Magic of Following Your Dreams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”  Goethe When I was writing &#8220;How to Make a Golem (and Terrify People)&#8221;, it just seemed natural that Edda&#8217;s mother would take her to Loopy Lorna&#8217;s for a heart-to-heart.  So that&#8217;s what they did.  After the book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The True Meaning of Crumbfest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the season for telling my favourite story: The True Meaning of Crumbfest by David Weale.  I got the chance to share this story from Prince Edward Island at tonight&#8217;s Heart and Soul Salon at the Salisbury Centre.  It is the tail of one mouse&#8217;s brave quest to find&#8211;you guessed it&#8211;the true meaning of Crumbfest.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books and Maps: two of my favourite things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite dabbling in social networking, I&#8217;m not really that much of a high-tech gadget or app fan.  The one exception is digital maps, the more interactive they are the better, throw in books and I&#8217;m hooked.  So when I recently stumbled upon &#8220;Edinburgh Reads&#8220;, I lost a good hour or more of writing time. Edinburgh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golem-spotting in Fife!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently received one of the best gifts a children&#8217;s author can receive: artwork inspired by my writing. Karl Barrs, a teacher in Fife, sent me this photo of golems his class made out of clay after tuning in to an author event I did online for Education Scotland&#8217;s Glovember celebration of books. I wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Buy a Golem Book (and Spread the Word)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friends and family here in Scotland and around the world have asked me how they should buy the book.  They want to know what would benefit me most as a brand new author. As an author at the beginning of my career, what I need help with the most is getting word out about my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How to Make a Golem&#8221; has been officially launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How to Make a Golem (and Terrify People)&#8221; has been officially released.  Thanks  to Floris Books for throwing me a fabulous book launch party last night&#8211;they even supplied the guests with chocolates in the shape of eyeballs!  That is truly attention to detail. Thanks also to everyone who came out to hear me read and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alettejwillis.com/storyreading/how-to-make-a-golem-has-been-officially-launched/</link>
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		<title>Once Upon a Universe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I debuted on stage at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in front of a sell-out crowd as part of the Once Upon a Universe project.  Performing in front of a large audience, obscured by lighting, was nerve-racking, exhilarating and ultimately a whole lot of fun.  I was proud to have been a part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Storytelling Festival Has Been and Gone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the central events of the year for any lover of stories in Edinburgh (or indeed from further afield) is the annual Scottish International Storytelling Festival put on by the Scottish Storytelling Centre. This year linked Scottish tellers with Mediterranean ones, with an emphasis on island stories. For me, the highlights of this festival [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alettejwillis.com/storyreading/another-storytelling-festival-has-been-and-gone/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Short Film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A well made short film is like a poem, it leaves room in it for the unfolding of many different stories.  Vinko Totic, a soft-spoken man who knows first-hand the ravages of civil war has devoted his life to spreading peace and compassion.  When I lived in Ottawa, I knew him best as a organizer [...]]]></description>
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