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Storytelling

If you tell stories out loud, in front of an audience, whether around a campfire or in a classroom, at a board meeting, or in the car, you're a storyteller.

Storytelling is part of the oral tradition. Tales are told-- which is why this category is part of the Performing Arts Directory.

If you WRITE stories, you're a writer. Check out the Arts: Online Writing category.

Yes, filmmakers and novelists and the creative folks in advertising are storytellers, too-- but they aren't performing artists. You'll find them listed elsewhere.

Sites in Storytelling

Storypower.com
Stories and resources from noted storyteller and storytelling coach Doug Lipman.

Medieval/Renaissance Storytelling Resources
Article by David Friedman and Elizabeth Cook on period sources. Bibliography, links.

National Youth Storytelling Olympics
East Tennessee State University sponsors this annual event promoting the value of storytelling, communication, and performance in the classroom. Includes rules for entry.

Kid's Storytelling Club
Craft ideas and tips for kids telling stories.

Storyteller.net
Site for storytellers to find stories, discuss storytelling, listen to stories, purchase tapes. Free home pages for storytellers.

Digital Story Bee
Combining family stories and the Web. Share your stories. Workshops in San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, New York.

storytelling, etc.
Stories and thoughts on storytelling from Chris Kavanaugh.

Story Arts Online!
Heather Forest's site for teachers, librarians, and students explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

Telling Tales
Bob Wilkin's UK Storytelling Website. With stories, UK storytellers, books, and tapes. (Requires RealAudio and Java-enabled browser.)

Voices Across America
Nationwide network that aims to create youth storytelling clubs, to use storytelling to produce awareness, to create a positive environment for student sharing, to share the spoken word, to create a legacy of storytelling for generations." Info on starting your troupe.

Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page
Resources for storytellers, including the acclaimed series of storytelling adaptations, Gifts of Story.

Australian Storytelling
Stories, guilds, festivals, articles from Down Under.

Internet Story-Telling Center
The Storytelling Center, sponsored by the Storybook Lady, includes online Seasonal & Holiday Stories, a list of internet story-telling resources and a bookstore.

Storytelling in Wisconsin
Information and links to storytellers, guilds, and storytelling events in the Badger State.

Storytelling in Australia
An Australian storytelling site hosted by Daryll Bellingham. Contains stories, notes on how to improve your skills, and information about storytelling events in Australia.

A Storytelling Store
Jonesborough, Tennessee. Storytelling tapes, CDs, videos and books.

mybackyard: Tell Me a Story
Start a new family tradition by collecting family stories and having an annual family storytelling evening.

Storytelling: the Art of Knowledge
Illuminates the diversity of, and importance of sharing, narratives in six Native communities: Algonquin, Inuit, Mi'kmaq, Métis-Cree, Nisga'a and Abenaki. From the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Kamishibai for Kids
Kamishibai for Kids: Discover traditional Japanese storytelling cards for teachers, librarians and students.

Eldrbarry's Story Telling Page
Barry McWilliams' site on the enjoyment of stories and storytelling. Books, resources, links to storytellers; Raven, folk and Bible stories, games, VBS Curriculum, and worship ideas.

Directory of Regional Storytellers
Directory covering the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. Free to search, fee for listing.

Time Slips
Storytelling project with people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

Handbook for Storytellers
Covers the origin and purpose of the art, choosing and learning a story, and delivery.

Tech Head Stories
Essays on combining storytelling and technology.

The Storytelling FAQ
The official internet storytelling FAQ, compiled from storytellers and listeners around the world.

Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers
Comprehensive collections of articles, links, and information on the oral tradition and the art of storytelling, compiled by Tim Sheppard. Updated frequently.

Storytelling Webring
Hub for links to storytelling events, resources, and organizations on the World Wide Web.

STORYTELL Discussion List
Homepage and instructions for an active storytelling listserv, hosted by the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Women's University.

International Storytelling Center
Promoting the power of storytelling and its creative applications to produce positive change in our society for healthier communities, more effective workplaces, and enriched human lives. Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Storytalk
Storytalk is a place for storytellers and story people to talk about Story. Enjoy chats, links, and add your thoughts about all things to do with writing, making, creating reading, and listening to stories.

Storytelling Power
Stories, articles about storytelling, and story resources from Chris King to add power to your life, your career, and your community.

Storytelling Wiki
Collective attempt by the storytelling community to develop a general body of theory and lore around the art of storytelling.

The Storytelling Show
Program on CFRO Co-Op Radio 102.7 FM in Vancouver about women’s storytelling in all its variations: from oral storytelling to story-readings to spoken word performances.

TONSIL: Storytelling blog
Opinion and news on the American storytelling revival.

Storytelling -- It's News!
National Storytelling Network's compilation of articles in the media about storytelling applied in business, education, healing, medicine and festivals.