by storytree | Mar 27, 2026 | Fairy Tales, Feminism, Folk Tales, Public Performances, social justice, Stories of the feminine, Women's rights
BRISBANE ANYWHERE FESTIVAL MEDIA RELEASE Ancestral Tales of Daring, Difficult Women in ‘The Woods’ Gather deep in ‘The Woods’ in Mitchelton, Brisbane~Magandjin to hear ancient folktales before they were tamed, as a part of The Brisbane Anywhere...
by storytree | Jan 11, 2025 | Folk Tales, Learning to tell stories, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
Last year I was very honoured to be interviewed by my storytelling colleague, Alyssa Curtayne, who is also President of the Australian Fairy Tale Society and host of ‘The Heart of Storytelling’ podcast. I just listened back after several months had passed...
by storytree | Aug 28, 2024 | Folk Tales, Japanese storytelling, Public Performances, Storytelling
When my colleagues and I told stories at GOMA’s Fairytales exhibit, we got another delightful invitation. Jenny Stubbs, the hard working organiser of the Story Arts Festival in nearby Ipswich, asked us to tell on Saturday, 17 August. Anne E Stewart, Sue Robin...
by storytree | Mar 5, 2023 | Learning to tell stories, Public Performances, Resources, The value of oral storytelling
How do you choose a story in a soulful way? Well, sometimes you just need a history story for Year 9 tomorrow or a story on kindness for Preschoolers next week, and you haven’t got the luxury or space to spend time contemplating and that is 100% OK! But when you...
by storytree | Mar 3, 2023 | Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Learning to tell stories, Local stories, social justice, Storytelling
ABOVE: Anandan McEwen up a pole at Bentley Blockade, Pic Gasfield-free Our upcoming Brisbane ‘World Storytelling Day’ Concert on March 20, has the global theme, ‘Together We Can’. I will tell an Indian folktale that insistently called me to...
