S​​ummer School in glorious Devon is an opportunity for immersion into the work of Dr Martin Shaw. For four days we gather at an old manor house on the edge of Dartmoor to explore myth, storytelling and its relationship to both the land and our lives.

This is a rare invitation to work with a master storyteller in his native landscape. From folktales to saint stories, from fairy tales to myth, this electrifying experience will deepen your understanding of quite why story matters so profoundly in our troubled times.

Expect to learn some stories yourself and have a lasting encounter with this most ancient of technologies.

As wandering scholars, we will start the day deep in story and poetry, brooding together for the morning sessions. We will explore tales from pocket sized to epic scale.

In the afternoons, you will be equipped with a bardic task, to explore the move from seeing to beholding in both the living world and in our own innate natures. There will be one day fully on the moor. In the evenings there will be good local food, music and story. Up to 60 people together, getting cooked in the mysteries, learning of kindness, grace, grief and rapture. Just like something from the old stories.

BOOKINGS OPEN FOR 2026 (see below)