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Kathie Kompass interviewed in Ottawa Citizen for Children's Storytelling Festival

2023-11-29
Kathie Kompass interviewed in Ottawa Citizen for Children's Storytelling FestivalSC-CC and StorySave's own Kathie Kompass was interviewed in the Ottawa Citizen at the Ottawa Children's Storytelling Festival! Check it out: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-childrens-storytelling-festival-ends-with-a-tale-about-wolf-noodle-soup

Part 3 of Storytellers Navigating the Pandemic: Story Chat with Heather Whaley

2023-11-09
Tune into SC-Radio-CC on November 10th at 12 pm EST for Part 3 of Storytellers Navigating the Pandemic: Story Chat with Heather Whaley on line and on our Soundcloud.

This month's edition will feature Ottawa Storytellers, Caryn Suuronen, Brenda Kamanzi, Marie Robertson and focus on 29th Ottawa Children’s Storytelling Festival taking place NOVEMBER 20 – 25.

World Storytelling Day 2024 theme announced 'Building Bridges'

2023-11-08
The official World Storytelling Day theme for 2024 has been announced! It will be 'Building Bridges'. SC-CC members can apply to receive up to $500 in support of a World Storytelling Day event. The deadline for grant applications is November 24th at 5pm Eastern Time. More information on the application process and the online application form can be found here: https://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/member-applications/World-Storytelling-Day.html (member login required- please contact admin@storytellers-conteurs.ca for assistance logging in)
Questions can be directed to Rob Cloney, WSD Committee Chair: worldstorytellingday@storytellers-conteurs.ca.

Call for applications for 2024 Emerging Storyteller Award

2023-11-03
Call for applications for 2024 Emerging Storyteller Award  
Deadline: January 15th, 2024 

SC-CC wants to provide financial support to locally-determined mentorship programs so that mentorship opportunities between emerging and experienced storytellers can be supported across Canada each year. For the 2024 award year, we will award $600 grants to three organizations/guilds/individuals from Quebec and New Brunswick (2024 SC-CC conference region) for the emerging storytellers to receive mentoring from their organization and present their stories at the conference held in July 2024 at the Conference in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Conference admission for the selected tellers is also included in the grant.

From STORYTELL: Yorkshire Festival of Story 3-19 November

2023-11-02

From the STORYTELL newsletter, Yorkshire Festival of Story runs 3-19 November! 


Canadian Storytelling Day 2023: Social Media Challenge!

2023-11-01

Celebrate Canadian Storytelling Day 2023: Share your story online in our social media challenge!


While we hope that you will be gathering and celebrating with other tellers in your area to celebrate Canadian Storytelling Day, we also want to use this as an opportunity to create a mosaic of Canadian stories online with tellers from all across the country.
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