RichardStorytelling websites


Of the many sites related to storytelling, here are just a few you might like to visit:
  • Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers site is an incredible store of links to tales, books and articles on storytelling. The Storytelling FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is also hosted here.
    If you have a question, always look there first. It is the collected wisdom of hundreds of storytellers from around the world - an amazing resource!
    Tim has recently added an extremely large, eclectic and erudite compilation on Traditional Storytelling: a treasure store of information.
  • Story-Lovers SOS: Searching Out Stories is Jackie Baldwin's extensive Story-Lovers site with details of many tales listed by category.
  • Cue Cards is a useful collection by Dr. Brian Sturm of the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina. The page is part of his Principles and Techniques of Storytelling course.
  • Folklore and Mythology - Electronic Texts, an incredible number of traditional tales and lore from around the world. A site maintained by D.L. Ashliman of Pittsburgh University, U.S.A.
  • Resources for Myths Around the World, self-explanatory, and a useful collection.
  • Many collections of traditional folk tales are now in the public domain: Joseph Jacob's English Fairy Tales is just one example.
  • Oral Tradition, an academic journal of over two decades standing, is now available online. The site contains nearly 500 articles and 10,000 pages, with all of the contents downloadable as pdf files. The entire electronic archive is also searchable by keyword or author name, with phrase-based and Boolean searches possible as well.
  • The Society for Storytelling promotes oral storytelling in the UK.
  • Fairy tales and the healing journey analyses many of the darker motifs in fairy tales.
    This page on the same website has a list of more thought-provoking articles.

Storytelling in Germany

- a few websites
  • www.erzaehlen.de is a site networking much of the storytelling in Germany and German-speaking countries.
    It is maintained by Martin Ellrodt (Geschichten aller Art), a storyteller based in Nuremberg.
  • Nuremberg is also home to the ErzählBühne - GEKKO (GeschichtenErzählKunstKompanie), with tellers Ute Weidinger and Michl Zirk.
  • Dirk Nowakowski is a storyteller living near Heidelberg. His website has useful links to the German storytelling scene.
  • Die Märchenerzählerin is the website of Alexandra Kampmeier, an exciting young teller from Hamburg with programmes for adults as well as children.
  • Erzählkunst is the website of Jana Raile and Gerhard Bosche, two tellers based in Northern Germany.
  • Theater Maskara is Frieder Kahlert's exciting theatre dedicated to the art of storytelling with masks.
  • Peter Wucherpfennig is another Darmstadt storyteller. Peter provides truly magical accompaniment to his tales with the Celtic harp.
  • Storytelling may be a wonderful profession, but it is also a business. And when professional business advice is needed, Stefan Kuntz offers this at Künstlerberatung.

In the wider world

- a few websites I have found useful
Last, but not least, Greenwood.
William Greenwood is not a storyteller, but another English artist living in Darmstadt - and working in glass.
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