Hugh Lupton

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Hugh Lupton is one of the most prominent figures in the Oral Storytelling Tradition. He co-founded the Company of Storytellers (with Ben Haggarty and Pomme Clayton) in 1985. Lupton tells a wide variety of stories, including Epics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey, but also collections of shorter stories such as "I become part of it (tales from the pre-world)" and "The Three Snake Leaves (tales from the Grimm Forest)".

[edit] Children's books

• Freaks Tales from Far and Wide (1999)
• Norfolk Songline: Walking the Peddlars Way (2000)
• The Songs of Birds: Poems and Stories from Many Cultures (2000)
• Tales of Wisdom and Wonder (2000)
• Pirican Pic and Pirican Mor (2003)
• The Gingerbread Man (2003)
• The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud (2005)
• The Adventures of Odysseus (2006)
• Riddle Me this: Riddles and Stories to Sharpen Your Wits (2007)

External Links

• Beyond the Border International Storytelling Festival
• Hugh Lupton Homepage