Community Storytellers

Storytelling Links

Storytelling Organizations
National Storytelling Networkhttp://www.storynet.org
Storytelling Association of Californiahttp://www.storysaac.org
Storytelling Torontohttp://www.storytellingtoronto.org
The Storytelling Center, Inc., New York Cityhttp://www.storytelling-nyc.org

Storytelling Festivals - California
Bay Area Storytelling Festivalhttp://www.bayareastorytelling.org
Mariposa Storytelling Festivalhttp://www.arts-mariposa.org/storytelling.html
Ojai Storytelling Festivalhttp://www.ojaistoryfest.org
Sierra Storytelling Festivalhttp://www.sierrastorytellingfestival.org

Storytelling Festivals - National and International
National Storytelling Festivalhttp://www.storytellingcenter.net/festival
Toronto Festival of Storytellinghttp://www.torontofestivalofstorytelling.ca

Storytelling Resources
Aaron Shephard's retellings of folk tales, ready to tell or to use as Reader's Theaterhttp://www.aaronshep.com
American Folklore - folktales, myths, legends from U.S., Canada, Mexicohttp://www.americanfolklore.net
Andrew Lang's books on linehttp://www.online-literature.com/andrew_lang
Australian Storieshttp://australianmuseum.net.au/Stories-of-the-Dreaming
British Myth, Legend and Folklorehttp://www.britannia.com/history/h100.html
Canadian Storytellers Directoryhttp://www.storytellersdirectory.ca
Catch the Storybug _ Karen Chace's web site which includes many resources, teacher resources, Storytelling Magazine articles and morewww.storybug.net
Folklore and Mythology - Electronic Textshttp://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
Folktales Every Child Should Knowhttp://tinyurl.com/ntq22d
Generosity of Spirit: Myths and Folktaleshttp://www.learningtogive.org/resources/folktales
Hasidic Storieshttp://www.hasidicstories.com/stories1.html
Healing Story Alliancehttp://www.healingstory.org
Internet Sacred Text Archivehttp://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Love Deities in Greek Mythology http://www.mysecretluxury.com/resources/love-deities-in-greek-mythology
Mother Goose Rhymeshttp://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/mothergoose/menu.html
Mythology, Fariy Tales, Sacred Texts, Folklore, Holidays, and morehttp://www.mythinglinks.org
Nasreddin Hodjahttp://hem.bredband.net/hodja
Panchatantrahttp://panchatantra.org
Public Domain Resourceshttp://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/05/public-domain-folktales-myths-legends.html
Spirit of Trees - folktales and mythshttp://www.spiritoftrees.org/spirit_of_trees.html
Stories for Holidayshttp://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/OlcGood.html
Story Lovers World - a compendium by topic of stories and story referenceshttp://www.story-lovers.com
Storytelling - current articles on how storytelling is being used as an effective communication toolwww.storynews.org
Storytell Listserv - storytellers from around the world join in conversation, questions, and announcementshttp://www.storynet.org/storytell.html
Storytelling in the Classroomhttp://www.storyarts.org
Storytelling in Schools - summary of research demonstrating effectiveness of storytelling in schoolshttp://www.storynet-advocacy.org/edu/how-to
SurLaLune Fairy Tales - 49 annotated fairy taleshttp://www.surlalunefairytales.com
Tim Sheppard’s Storytelling Resourceshttp://timsheppard.co.uk/story
The Internet Sacred Text Archive - religion, mythology, folklore and the esoterichttp://www.sacred-texts.com
The Online Books pagehttp://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
The Ultimate Storytelling Guide - lots of ideas on how to be an effective storytellerhttp://www.storytellingsite.com/gpage2.html
Zensufi Park - zen and sufi storieshttp://www.zensufi.com