Curating, Creating & Co-ordinating a Storytelling Festival
Get a peek into the minds of seasoned storytelling festival directors & founders. Join us for a captivating 'behind the scenes' discussion on how they create thriving storytelling festivals in their own communities, cultures & countries. Daniel Abercrombie is the Associate Director for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which takes place throughout Scotland each October. Dawn MacFarlane was the Artistic Director of Toronto Storytelling Festival in 2019, 2020, 2021. Ariyo Zidni, is the founder of Ayo Dongeng Indonesia (Storytelling Community), the Indonesia International Storytelling Festival (the biggest storytelling festival in Indonesia), the Gulali Festival (Art Performances Festival for Children in Indonesia) Fatimah Hassan has been the Director/Coordinator of the Penang International Kids Storytelling Festival (in short known as PINKS Fest). Our Host & Moderator: Roger Jenkins is a founding director of FEAST (Federation of Asian Storytellers) & founder of the 398.2 Storytelling Festival Singapore (named after the Dewey-decimal code in libraries for folktales & fairytales).