Airing time: Wednesdays, 8pm
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Her stories come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination. They are all told in true oral tradition.
Pick a Tale for Adults airs Wednesday at 8pm, after the kids have gone to bed. After all, we don't want to give them nightmares.
(Pick a Tale for Children airs Wednesdays at 8am - just in time for the car trip to school)
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To download the latest episode: Click the kiwifruit to go to the Pick a Tale for Adults show page on the accessmedia.nz site:
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Tough Men Rough Places, The Workhouse Boys, The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:16:48 | Date: 27 March, 2024
The Facts About Flax
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:15:03 | Date: 13 March, 2024
The Paradise Garden
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:12:03 | Date: 28 February, 2024
How to Live Forever
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:13:41 | Date: 14 February, 2024
Bad Jelly the Witch
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:19:43 | Date: 31 January, 2024
Dance In The Sky & The Story of Pleides
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:14:22 | Date: 17 January, 2024
Brad Amanti
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:15:08 | Date: 27 December, 2023
The Christmas Apple Tree & Surfboat Men
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:18:40 | Date: 13 December, 2023
Contraptions & The Dragon of Krakow
Story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Duration: 00:17:38 | Date: 29 November, 2023