The Writers of Wales Database

MORDEN, DANIEL

78 Park Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire  NP7 5YD
Tel: 01873 854 529
Herla32@aol.com

Professional storyteller. Born in Cwmbran in 1964, Daniel studied English and Drama at the University of London. He has been a teller of traditional stories since 1990, having travelled the globe visiting arts centres, theatres, libraries, museums and festivals worldwide. Daniel has told Welsh tales in St Donat’s and at St David’s, from the Arctic to the Pacific to the Caribbean.

His first book, Weird Tales from the Storyteller, was published by Pont Books in November 2003. Delighted with his first publication, he said "I wanted to write the kind of book I would have loved to read when I was young. I loved books where I was laughing and shuddering by turns." Daniel won the English language Tir na n-Og prize in 2007 for Dark Tales from the Woods (Gomer, 2005).

He regularly visits schools, libraries, museums and theatres with programmes of traditional stories ranging from nursery tales to Welsh myths, ghost stories to the Odyssey. His stories are broadcast regularly on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Choice TV. Daniel is a Writer on Tour with Academi.

Reviews:

"…Wales’ leading storyteller…"
Western Mail


Selected Publications:
Weird Tales from the Storyteller (Pont, 2003)
So Hungry (Gomer, 2005)
Dark Tales from the Woods (Gomer, 2005)
The Other Eye (Pont, 2006)
Tuck your Vest In (Gomer, 2008)
Fearless (Barrington Stoke, 2009)

Contributed to:
The Hare and Other Stories (co–narrator) (Pont, 1996)
So Hungry (co–writer) (Pont, 2004)
The Adventures of Odysseus (co-writer) (Barefoot Books, 2006)
 

Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:

1. Programmes of stories and workshops in schools
2. Solo programmes of stories for public audiences of families or adults
3. Talks and workshops for adults
4. Tales from Haiti: folktales collected from a recent trip to the poorest country in the western hemisphere

AGE RANGE: Four year olds to adults