By Dr. Martin Shaw

Mythographer, writer and storyteller Dr Martin Shaw takes us deep into the heart of what he calls Christian Wonder Tales. Profoundly mythic, these teaching stories range from the early saints through to the grandeur of the Round Table and Arthurian tradition. Shaw emphasises these stories as remerging providentially on time for the perils of modern life. Filled with vocation, sacrifice, and courage, these are an inheritance many of us simply didn’t know we had.

A Seanchai (storyteller) Shaw notes that this will not be a journey undergone with a great deal of powerpoint and handouts. It will be an adventure of the ear as well as the eye. In traditional style he will tell or read the stories orally, and explore responses with the students afterwards. Between sessions he will pose a bardic question to be brooded on weekly, as well as a reading list made available on confirmation of attendance. Recordings from his archive will be offered to support study, with advice on the act of storytelling itself.