Storytelling Links

Storytelling Links

These links have been gathered from many sources
and does not pretend to be inclusive.
Please let us know of additional links or
note changes to existing ones. Thanks!

CALIFORNIA STORYTELLING ASSOCIATIONS:

California Indian Storytelling Association - Features storytelling events and association information.
Dreamshapers - Los Angeles's storytelling connection.
South Coast Storytelling Guild - has their calendar, history, and directory of tellers online. Costa Mesa, California.

OTHER STORYTELLING ASSOCIATIONS:

Florida Storytelling Association

Healing Story Alliance

Jewish Storytelling Coalition

Jonesborough Storytellers Guild

Keepers Of The Culture

LANES: League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling

Mo-tell Missouri Storytelling Association

National Association of Black Storytellers

National Storytelling Network

Northlands Storytelling Network

OOPS! The Ohio Order for the Preservation of Stories

Storytelling Foundation International

The Storytelling Center, Inc. of New York City

The Society for Storytelling

Tejas Storytelling Association

Voices Across America

MEET SOME OF OUR STORYTELLING MEMBERS:

Bill Amatneek - "Acoustic stories" from the world of the folk musician.
Walt Anthony - Combining the art of storytelling with the art of magic.>
Greg Begin - rekindling the ancient art of storytelling in a modern world.
Willy Claflin and Maynard Moose - music and Mother Moose tales.
Allison Cox - storyteller and public health educator.
Tim Ereneta - Fairy tales, both faithful and fractured
Eth-Noh-Tec - "Theater of Myth, Music and Movement." Asian folktales and Asian-American stories.
Cathryn Fairlee - Cathryn Tells All: myths, legends, folk & fairy tales.
Diane Ferlatte - tales from many cultures, with African, Southern, and African-American roots.
Robert S. Fish, Ph.D. - Seminar leader, author, and storyteller.
Harlynne Geisler - editor of The Story Bag: A National Storytelling Newsletter and many links storytellers will enjoy.
Jeff Gere entertains audiences in Hawaii and produces the Talk Story Festival there.
Ruth Halpern - Tales of adventurous heroines and stories brought to life with words and dance.
Craig Harrison - Motivational speaker, corporate trainer, and communications consultant.
Steven Henegar - "Truth & Lies" in casual, friendly performances.
Ron Jones - Stories of the difficulties of youth and the perils of adulthood.
Larry Kluger - AKA Lariat Larry, Cowboy Storyteller.
Erica Lann-Clark - One of America's feminist Jewish folktellers, storyteller, and playwright.
Angela Lloyd - poetry, story, and song played on autoharp, washboard, spoon, and bell.
Olga Loya - bilingual family stories and Latin American folklore.
Megumi - bilingual storyteller. Stories about strong girls and women, Japanese folk tales and the internment of Japanese Americans.
Dan O'Gara, M.Ed. - a treasury of tales from many cultures.
Carolyn Power - multicultural family programs, creative drama, and storytelling.
David Roche - Keynote Speaker, Humorist, Performer, Storytelling Teacher

Steve Sanfield - author, storyteller, artistic director of the Sierra Storytelling Festival.

Gina Scher - Storyteller and drama teacher

Elaine Stanley - Weaver of Stories for Head, Heart and Soul

Story Quilters - Tandem tellers B.Z. Smith and Cynthia Restivo keep stories alive in the Sierras and beyond.

Sunwolf - communications scholar, attorney, and storyteller.

Ruth Stotter - folklorist and storyteller.

John Weaver - storyteller and early childhood professional.

STORYTELLING RESOURCES

Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page - Tales and tips on how to tell a story.
The Call of Story - Web site of KBYU's (Utah) television special on storytelling in America.
Open Directory Project Storytelling Links Hundreds of websites on storytelling, storytellers, and festivals.
Storytelling Webring Hundreds of websites on storytelling and storytellers.
Story Arts Online Storytelling activities and curriculum for the classroom, from Heather Forest.
The Storytelling FAQ - Introduction to Storytelling
Storytelling Wiki - Collective attempt by the storytelling community to develop a general body of theory and lore around the art of storytelling.

DIGITAL AND ONLINE STORYTELLING

Fray - Share your personal stories online.
Bubbe's Back Porch - Online home of stories collected from San Francisco's Jewish and Russian emigre community.
Center for Digital Storytelling - UC Berkeley based center for creating personal stories with digital media.
Digital Storytelling Festival - Annual event celebrating multimedia storytelling online.

STORIES ONLINE

Tim Sheppard's Story links - A treasure house of stories of every kind, annotated and categorised for easy reference.
The Campfire Stories Handbook - Ghost stories and Indian legends, Cub scout tested
Tales of Wonder - folk and fairy tales from around the world.
SurLaLune Fairy Tales- Annotated European fairy tales
Zensufi Story Park - Sufi and Zen parables.

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Last Updated 10/24/05