Tales of Wonder, by Alice Kane

Tales of Wonder

by Alice Kane

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1.	Corpse Watchers 10:27	buy track
2.	Brewery of Eggshells 06:13	buy track
3.	The Cake 04:27	buy track
4.	Flann, Part One 50:05	buy track
5.	Flann, Part Two 57:07	buy track
6.	The White Trout 05:21	buy track
7.	The Witches' Excursion 06:14	buy track
8.	Countess Kathleen O'Shea 07:24	buy track
9.	Kildare Pooka 07:23	buy track
10.	The Fairy Shoemaker 02:59	buy track
11.	Jamie Freel 16:02	buy track
12.	The Giant's Stairs 11:23	buy track
13.	Ivon Torktik 12:24	buy track
14.	Bonnyton Moor 16:33	buy track

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Alice Kane was a Toronto storyteller for more than sixty years. Born in Ireland in 1908, she moved with her parents to Canada in 1921. She was educated in New Brunswick and at McGill University in Montreal before beginning a career with the Toronto Public Library, where she had a major interest in fairy tales. After her retirement in 1973, she taught Children’s Literature at the University of New Brunswick, then began a second career as a professional storyteller in association with the Storytellers School of Toronto, an organization she co-founded. Alice was a featured performer at many storytelling events, including the American Storytelling Festival at Jonesborough, Tennessee, and was especially loved for her telling of Irish hero and wonder tales. Her rich oral heritage is remembered in Songs of an Ulster Childhood, edited by Edith Fowke (1983). The Dreamer Awakes, a collection of her best-loved stories, was published by Broadview Press in 1995.

Alice had a musical voice that carried her audiences away. She held the firm belief that stories can mend broken hearts and broken worlds. In her essay, A Sword of Power, A Mother’s Blessing, Alice answers her own question: what would it be like, the shining talisman that can bring the world to rights?

Alice passed away in 2003, and since then Storytelling Toronto has annually presented The Alice Kane Award to those working to advance the art of storytelling.

Tales of Wonder is a three-volume album recorded in 2003.

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released June 1, 2010

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