Links to Storyteling Guilds in Australia & New Zealand
Website of the Queensland Guild
Website for the Storytelling Guild in Australian Capital Territory
Website of the NSW Guild
Website of the SA Guild.
Website of the WA Guild. Maintained by Mabel Kaplan
Website of the VIC Guild
Old NSW Guild site: Still contains a large collection of useful information. Currently maintained by Gael Cresp
Links to individual storytellers sites (At present this is just a list but in future this list will be filterable by state &/or genre, etc.
Anna is a storyteller and musician who combines both to perform stories from around the world. She is based on the south coast of NSW but travels far and wide.
Donna is a a storyteller, performer, activist, writer, and educator. Her website offers information about the ways she works with stories. This includes using stories for healing, education and the promotion of interfaith discussion/learning.
Helen McKay and Berice Dudley
Authors, Accredited Public Speakers, and Workshop Facilitators,
Promoting Happiness and the Art of Living, Riotous Riddles, About Storytelling and an appreciation of our indigenous people’s culture.
Jackie’s generous site includes several very Australian stories which can be located via the pull down ‘Stories’ menu at the top. They include: Shark (poetry); Phar Lap The Wonder Horse (poetry); A Boy Called Ned Kelly (Prose); No Horse, No Cart, No Shoes – set in C19 South Australia (Prose). Her stories which can be either You-Tube viewable or Listenable via Windows Media or equivalent: some are in poetic (ballad form) some are in prose as noted.
Jenni's company is the Story Tree. She offers a regular and interesting blog on the home page which is worth subscribing to. Jenni describes her storytelling as "helps people experience the ancient, healing wisdom held in told stories, both for children and adults."
Jesse has been pursuing his dream of being a wandering bard since he was 16 year old. He completed a year long project in storytelling as his final year graduation assessment from the Perth Waldorf School and started his busines professionally in 2006 performing and running workshops at libraries, schools, festivals and children's parties.
Blog by Julie Mundy-Taylor offering articles about workshops and performances and her PhD on Children's engagement with different styles of storytelling.
Lilli is a bilingual storyteller based in NSW. Her website offers an overview of her workshop and the ways in which she works with youth and in the mental health field. Lilli has a comprehensive list of resources and links available.
Amazingly this website does capture the knowledge and range of storytelling that Peter and Pat Dargin offer. The website outlines Peters latest book, his editorial time of "The Swag of Yarns" and the distance that they travel in any given year.
Storytelling duo, The Tale Spinners have a storybook website that explains how the duo met and began performing. What kind of shows and storytelling workshops they offer - including puppet making and an array of colourful images.
These links have not been assigned a group.
Jo's website offers a description of what storytelling is :-) Her website outlines the vast array of storytelling and speaking opportunities you can book Jo for. To name a few - historical, romantic, literary, myths, legends, etc etc.