Welcome to our links page!

 

Below you’ll find an annotated alphabetical listing of storytelling links, including:

            links to extensive links resources developed by others,

            links to potential funding resources,

            links to folktale texts,

            links to a variety of storytelling organizations,

            and much, much more, all storytelling-related, of course!

 

You will not find links to storytelling events. For those, please visit the KSA Events Calendar where you can learn about storytelling events taking place in Kentucky and adjoining states. While there you can also submit your event information to the KSA events Calendar.

 

You will also not find links to information about specific storytellers. To learn about specific storytellers, please visit the KSA Find a Teller page. Once there you can visit the KSA Storytellers Directory and/or fill out a Teller Request form.

 

To suggest additional links for inclusion on the KSA Links page, please send your suggestion to the Links Editor, links@kystory.org  Include a brief annotation along with how you envision access to this link will help KSA achieve our Mission and Goals.

Art of Storytelling Show http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/past-guests/

An International Conversation of Storytellers on the Art of Storytelling. Storyteller and host Eric Wolf has conducted almost 100 interviews on the art of storytelling. You can listen to the archival recordings. A topic index is also included.

 

Folklinks  http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folklinks.html

A guide to folk and fairy- tale sites, compiled by D. L. Ashliman. This guide was last updated in 2006, but it’s still a valuable, easily navigated, resource.

Folktexts  http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts2.html

An easily navigated electronic text library of folktales, folklore, fairytales and mythology edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman, University of Pittsburgh.

 

Healing Story Alliance (HSA) http://www.healingstory.org/  

The purpose of the Healing Story is to explore and promote the use of storytelling in healing. You’ll find a wealth of information for storytellers and those in other service professions; therapists, clergy, health care practitioners of all kinds, anyone who can see the benefit of story as a tool for healing.

 

International Storytelling Center  http://www.storytellingcenter.com/

Located in Jonesborough, Tennessee, the International Storytelling Center is dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world through the power of storytelling.

 

Kentucky Arts Council http://artscouncil.ky.gov/

The mission of the Kentucky Arts Council is to create opportunities for the people of Kentucky to value, participate in, and benefit from the arts. KAC grant programs can support storytelling projects and performances.

Kentucky Foundation for Women http://www.kfw.org  

The mission of the Kentucky Foundation for Women is to promote positive social change by supporting varied feminist expression in the arts. When women and girls advance, so does Kentucky.  Storytellers have been funded for various projects through this foundation’s grant programs. You will also find links to a variety of resources on this website’s Resources & Links page.

 

Kentucky Storytelling Association http://www.kystory.org

You are currently visiting the KSA website. The Kentucky Storytelling Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization whose mission is to develop on-going support and appreciation for storytelling in the Commonwealth. We hope you are enjoying our links page. Please visit additional pages on our KSA website to learn more about our programs and services. We’d love to have you join us!

Kentucky Youth Storytelling Showcase

A KSA activity conducted to encourage more Kentucky youth to tell stories and to provide young Kentuckians with access to the National Youth Storytelling Showcase .

Lexington Spellbinders http://lexingtonspellbinders.blogspot.com/

Learn about the Lexington, KY Public Library-based Spellbinders chapter, the first Kentucky chapter of the Spellbinders, a national organization.

National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) www.nabsinc.org

The National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. promotes and perpetuates the art of Black storytelling - an art form which embodies the history, heritage, and culture of African Americans. Black storytellers educate and entertain through the Oral Tradition, which depicts and documents the African-American experience. A nationally organized body with individual, affiliate and organizational memberships, NABS preserves and passes on the folklore, legends, myths, fables and mores of Africans and their descendants and ancestors - "In the Tradition..."

 

National Storytelling Network (NSN) http://www.storynet.org/

Connecting People to and through Storytelling. The National Storytelling Network serves individuals and organizations that use the power of storytelling in all its forms. Select “Resources” to access lists of storytelling organizations nationwide, a Knowledge Bank of varied storytelling related resources, and much, much more.  Kentucky Storytelling Association is an affiliate member of NSN, so our KSA members receive a 10% discount on their individual NSN dues. While everyone can access the NSN website and the information provided under the Resource page, only individual NSN members can use the World Folklore and Folklife database accessible through the NSN Member library.

 

National Youth Storytelling Showcase (NYSS)

http://www.nationalyouthstorytellingshowcase.org/home/

The goal of the NYSS is to encourage every classroom in America to discover (or rediscover) the beauty and value of storytelling and story performance. See also Kentucky Youth Storytelling Showcase .

 

Network of Biblical Storytellers http://nbsint.org/

The membership of NBS is laity and clergy, educators and learners, professional storytellers and inexperienced amateurs -- all with a deep love of the biblical stories and a curiosity about how they may be told.

 

Producers and Organizers http://www.pro-sig.org

The purpose of the Producers & Organizers Special Interest Group of the National Storytelling Network (NSN) is to encourage cooperation, networking and support among organizers within the NSN and to foster the professional growth of the individual members of this special interest group. You’ll find articles here related to different types of storytelling events and aspects of storytelling event production.

 

Professional Storyteller social network http://professionalstoryteller.ning.com/ 

An online network for people who work in the field of oral storytelling.

Spellbinders http://www.spellbinders.org/  

Spellbinders is an organization of volunteers dedicated to restoring the art of oral storytelling to connect elders to youth, weaving together the wisdom of diverse cultures throughout time.

 

Story Arts Online http://www.storyarts.org/index.html

Created by storyteller and author Heather Forest, this site includes lesson plans for educators who want to incorporate storytelling across the curriculum or engage children in the art of telling.

 

Storyteller.net  http://www.storyteller.net/articles/ 

On the articles page you’ll find links to a huge number of storytelling articles. On the amphitheater page, you can hear tellers talking about various aspects of their work. Those are just two of the resources available on storyteller.net.

 

Storytelling – It’s News! http://www.storynet-advocacy.org/news/ 

A guide to over 350 articles about the art of storytelling all published since 2003 in news publications (ex. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week) A summary is provided of each article and links to the full article when available.

Storytelling Links  http://www.storybug.net/links.html

Karen Chace, storyteller and web researcher and author of the “Stor-e-Telling” column in Storytelling Magazine offers a links page with a smorgasbord of sites.

Storytelling Ring http://www.webring.com/t/The-Storytelling-Ring

This webring connects sites throughout the WWW (currently 82 sites) featuring storytelling resources, organizations, events, and the tellers themselves. All sites dedicated, at least in part, to the vocal art of telling stories.

 

Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance http://www.yesalliance.org/ 

Members teach to tell and tell to teach. This organization encourages teaching youth to tell stories and encourages educators to use storytelling as a teaching tool.

 

Youth Storytelling Toolbox http://www.youthstorytelling.com/articles.html

Articles from a variety of storytellers on helping young people develop telling skills, compiled by storyteller Kevin Cordi.