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About Us

  • OUR OBJECTIVES :
    • Promote the craft and skills of storytelling.
    • Offer opportunities, resources, workshops, coaching, accreditation for storytellers.
    • Provide a forum for storytellers to share skills.

  • In each state of Australia there is a Storytelling Guild offering Story events and workshops.

  • Guild members are all around Australia and include:
    • Professional storytellers,
    • Speakers,
    • Educators,
    • Writers,
    • Librarians,
    • Actors,
    • Puppeteers,
    • Magicians,
    • Therapists,
    • Trainers,
    • Entertainers,
    • People who love telling stories,
    • People who love hearing stories.

  • eg: In New South Wales, Storytellers meet for workshops March, May, July, Sept. and Nov. at NSW Writer's Centre, Rozelle, Sydney, and for storytelling cafes at other venues around the city and suburbs on the alternate months. Membership open. Guilds in all states have similar programs.

  • Some Workshop Topics: Finding the right story -- Storytelling to children or adults -- Converting written stories -- Acting the story -- Story structure -- Beginnings and endings -- Stage fright and other disasters -- Voice and presentation skills -- Body language -- Use of microphone -- Props, costumes, puppets -- Stories heal -- Reading the audience -- Messages in stories -- The right words -- Interactive stories -- Organic stories -- Reading -- Family stories.

  • While you're in these pages, use the menu on the left, or:
    • See lists of Storytellers and events around Australia.
    • Find out where children can learn to improve their storytelling.
    • Checkout our links to other interesting sites.
    • Read stories, articles, and interviews with storytellers.
    • Checkout books and swag of yarns magazine.
    • See Waltzing Matilda words.

  • Support storytelling: Get the newsletter, Telling Tales, 6 times a year. Send membership form on line and receive Telling Tales for a year. (Subscribers outside Australia see prices on form for airmail differences). Australian residents can email us for one free issue.


Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc. - Ph: (02) 9904 8711or (02) 6882 8880 - PO Box Q274, QVB Post Office, Sydney NSW 1230, AUSTRALIA storytellingnsw@mbox.com.au

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