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This is Storynory’s Blog where we bring you news about Storynory, links to sites we like, and our reflections on children’s stories and books. We also include tips on using podcasts, iTunes and the internet.

Storynory Writing Competition

Fancy yourself as an author? Here’s your chance to win a Sweetpea3 player and hear your story right here on Storynory. And even if you don’t win, we plan to publish the texts of all entries that we deem fit to publish.

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Downloads for January 2010

Our listeners downloaded just over 391,000 mp3 files from our server in the first month of 2010. It’s a small increase on December, which is good, because Christmas is always a big time for a children’s site. Almost half our downloads are in the United States. You might be [...]

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Bye Bye Gladys

We’ve published our last Gladys and the chiX story and we are feeling nostalgic and wistful already. We are going to miss our girl band and their brainy younger sister.
The series of ten stories was an experiment for us. The atmosphere is very different from the beautiful Nordic settings of The Snow [...]

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Dear all Storynory Listners,
I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and  a Very Happy New Year!
from
Natasha

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iTunes Feedback

The feedback and the emails we receive keep us going on Storynory. Here are a couple of recent comments from our US iTunes page. Thank you everyone who takes the trouble to write.
We have been subscribers for two years now to Storynory. My children (now 8 and 6) could not imagine life [...]

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About Hugh Fraser

Brief biography of Storynory’s producer, Hugh Fraser

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Only Hear our Audible Ads in N. America

With any luck, and a bit of magic, you should only be able to hear our latest Audible Ads if you are downloading our MP3 files in the USA or Canada (starting with Tyger Tyger Burning Bright). And even if you live in North America, the ads should automatically be removed after about six weeks or so.

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How to Write Smilies

Many of our visitors like to put smilies (or smileys) into their comments. But you don’t have to limit your self to a smile. You can use glyphs for other emotions too. Some are even animated. You can use any of these:
;-)
:-)
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Story Museum Planned for Oxford

Some of the most famous authors are backing plans for a Story Museum in Oxford. The museum would celebrate the city’s links with Children’s literature, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (which you can listen to on Storynory.) Philip Pullman, whose own Dark Materials books are based in Oxford, is among the [...]

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Gladys Pics

Our story about a girl band is reaching its conclusion and we are really pleased that we’ve found an artist to illustrate the Gladys and the chiX series. Tania Fernandes is a very talented designer and artist (check out some of her cushions and tiles !) and her style is really original. [...]

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