Story Lovers World CONNECTING PEOPLE THROUGH STORIES STORYTELLERS' LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD Cities, States, Regions, Countries Open to all storytellers around the world! FREE! If you are willing to be a contact person in your area, please e-mail your name, region and e-mail address to: jackie@storyloversworld.com The Story Lovers World home page is at: http://www.story-lovers.com

INSTRUCTIONS TO TRAVELING STORYTELLERS
Please contact people below directly if you are traveling to their areas
and need either personal or group contacts.

USA... (listed alphabetically by state)

Be sure to check with NSN (National Storytelling Network) to get the names of all their state liaisons.
http://www.storynet.org/about/liaisons.html

Alaska
(Tok)
Karen Holte, The Storytelling Clown; lholte@aptalaska.net

(Anchorage)
Storytelling Guild of Anchorage: http://www.storytellersguildofanchorage.org/

Arctic Entries, which is Anchorage's version of The Moth: http://arctic-entries.com/


Arizona
(Mesa)
Layne Gneiting; storyvulture@me.com

(Tucson)
Glenda Bonin; glenda_bonin@yahoo.com
http://www.storyworksgroup.com


California, Southern
(Los Angeles area; Marina del Rey)
Audrey Kopp; audreystory@verizon.net

(Los Angeles County - High Desert)
Terry Rezek; papaterry@rezek.org

(Orange County)
David Chittenden; dchittenden@socal.rr.com

(San Clemente, Orange County and South Orange County)
Diane Wyzga; diane@lightrod.net

(San Diego area)
Harlynne Geisler; storybag@juno.com
James Nelson-Lucas, The Patchwork Players: james@jamesstorymagic.com

(San Diego area and North San Diego County)
Marilyn McPhie; mcphie@cts.com

(San Diego)
Dr. Annjennette McFarlin; mcfarlin@cox.net
(President - Black Storytellers of San Diego, Inc.)
http://www.nabsinc.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=60784&orgId=nabs

(Victorville)
Angela Lloyd MFA; storyboat@aol.com
http://www.angelalloyd.com


Colorado
Susan Kaplan; kaplan@earthlink.net
(Trainer, Coach, Consultation, Storyteller, and Walk & Talk Sessions®)
http://www.susankaplanmsw.com


Connecticut
(Mansfield - Eastern CT- "The Quiet Corner" - just off the campuses of University of Connecticut
and Eastern Connecticut State University)
Carolyn Stearns; mothermoo2001@yahoo.com


Florida
(Miami area)
Linda Spitzer; Miamistory@aol.com

(Central Florida; Flagler County including Palm Coast.
St. Augustine, Jacksonville and Daytona Beach)
Mary Lee Sweet; mlsweet@backintyme.com
 
Shirley A. Dunwoody:  sadunwoody@peoplepc.com
2006 -- 2007 Sec. Florida Storytelling Assn. (FSA)
http://www.flstory.org/

(Northeast Florida: "The First Coast")
Jane Sims; StoryBuff@aol.com

(Central Florida: Orlando)
Robin Schulte; rrschulte@msn.com
Robin is the current membership director for Storytellers of Central Florida.

(Northeast Florida, including Bradford/Alachua/Flagler Counties—Starke, Gainesville, Jacksonville)
Billie Noakes; billie@storystruck.com

(Panhandle); Panama City
Adele Head; adele@digitalexp.com

(Southeast Florida)
Mij Byram: mijbyram@aol.com

(West Central Florida [Suncoast], including Pinellas/Hillsborough Counties—St. Pete/Clearwater,
Largo, Seminole, Pinellas Park, Tampa, Temple Terrace)
Billie Noakes; billie@storystruck.com

Geneva Nelson; genevaan@yahoo.com
Member of the Tampa Bay Area Storytellers Guild
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TBASG/


Hawai'i
(Kailua [Oahu], Honolulu and vicinity)
Vicky Dworkin; dworkin@hawaii.edu


Illinois
(Chicago)
Sue Black, Storyteller/Teaching Artist; sue@sue-black.com

(Metro-St. Louis area)
Marilyn Kinsella; markinsella19@hotmail.com

(Springfield)
Cathy Mosley; storytlr@deathstar.org
http://whitefoxstories.weebly.com/


Indiana
(Indianapolis; North Vernon; Seymour)
Sharon Kirk Clifton; magicbeans4sale@hotmail.com


Iowa
(Northeast)
Gail Froyen; gail.froyen@cfu.net


Kansas
(Salina)
Dianna Waite; diawaite@salpublib.org


Louisiana
(New Orleans)
Dianne de Las Casas; dlcstory@bellsouth.net


Maryland
(Baltimore)
Gail Rosen; gailstory@aol.com

(Chevy Chase)
Ellouise Schoettler; ellouise1@juno.com

(Maryland and Washington, D.C. area)
Jane Dorfman; Jane.Dorfman@montgomerycountymd.gov


Massachusetts
(Boston vicinity)
Karen Chace; storybug@aol.com

Lani Peterson, Psy.D.; http://www.LaniPeterson.com
W: 978-475-1047
C: 978-387-5990

Michigan
(Ann Arbor)
Judy Schmidt; FransDotir@aol.com

(Brighton: access to Detroit, Lansing, Flint, Ann Arbor)
Yvonne Healy; healy@cac.net

(Dearborn area)
Rob McCabe; rmccabejr@yahoo.com

(Kalamazoo)
Margaret Schwallie; magschwa@yahoo.com

(Southeastern & Central Michigan)
Lois Sprengnether Keel; LoiS-sez@LoiS-sez.com


Minnesota
(Ely)
Kevin Strauss, Storyteller, kevin@naturestory.com
(Tales with Tails)


Missouri
(St. Louis Metro area and Belleville, Illinois area)
Janice Lesane Katambwa aka "Mama Katambwa": alfreda40@cs.com

(St. Louis and St. Peters/St. Charles [west of St. Louis])
Mary Garrett; mgarrett@mail.win.org


Nebraska
(Omaha)
Ozzie Nogg; ozmom3@home.com


New Hampshire
Simon Brooks, Storyteller; simon@diamondscree.com
http://www.diamondscree.com
http://worldofstoriesblogspot.com
603-877-0033


New Jersey
(Northwestern - easy access to US Rt80)
Tomm Fennell; wayfayer@ptd.net

Carol Titus; carol.titus@yahoo.com
(Founder, New Jersey Storytelling Network; Coordinator, NJ Storytelling Guild, annual Storytelling
Festival at County College of Morris)


New Mexico
(Albuquerque)
Susi Wolf; susi@wolfsongcreative.com

(Corrales - close to Albuquerque... an hour to Santa Fe)
Bob Kanegis and Liz Mangual; bob@storyconnection.com


New York
(New York City)
Robin Bady; robbady@aol.com

(New York City)
Diane Wolkstein; dianewolkstein@hotmail.com

(New York State--Buffalo, Erie County, Upstate New York, Western New York)
Lorna MacDonald Czarnota; Lorna@storyhavenstudio.com

(Schenectady)
Marni Gillard; marni@marnigillard.com
(Member of Story Circle of the Capital Region)

(Schenectady)
Gert Johnson; grsjohnson@aol.com
(Member of the Interfaith Story Circle of the Tri-City Area and Childrene at the Well
Youth Storytellers for Peace and Understanding)

(Syracuse/Central NY/The Finger Lakes Region)
Marueen Kissane; mkissane@ocs.cnyric.org

(Upstate New York - Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga)
Carol Connolly & Don Darmer, Tales 'n Tunes — Musical Storytelling Duo; talesntunes@earthlink.net

(Northern New York State - East of Watertown and about a half hour from Canada)
Lynn Morgan; lmorgan@imcnet.net


Ohio
(Beachwood)
Chris King; chris@creativekeys.net
(Webmaster and membership chair for O.O.P.S!)
http://www.creativekeys.net (information site)

(Beavercreek)
Stephen Hollen; mountainstories@yahoo.com
(President of the Miami Valley Storytellers in the Dayton, Ohio area)

(Central Ohio - Greater Columbus area)
Cathy Jo Smith; cathyjosmith@yahoo.com
(President of Storytellers of Central Ohio)

(Toledo)
Ann Wilson; annwil@aol.com or to toledotells@aol.com


Oklahoma
(Bartlesville)
Fran Stallings; earthteller@ionet.net


Oregon
(Eugene)
Yvonne Young; yey@efn.org

(Portland)
Portland Storytelling Guild; http://www.portlandstorytellers.org


Pennsylvania
(Allentown/Bethlehem area about 1.5 hours north of Philadelphia)
Charles B. Kiernan; cjkiernan@toast.net

(North Eastern Pennsylvania. South of Wilkes -Barre and Scranton, and Bloomsburg)
Fiona Siobhan Powell; Axbridge@aol.com

(Pittsburgh)
Barra the Bard (Barra Jacob-McDowell); barra@barrabard.com
(Member of StorySwap)


Rhode Island
(Providence)
Karen Chace; klprecious@aol.com


South Carolina
(Summerville, near Charleston)
Tim Lowry, Storyteller; timlowry@bellsouth.net

(Leesville, Columbia and surrounding area)
Suzette Hawkins; stories@pbtcomm.net or shawins@lex.lib.sc.us


Tennessee
(Jonesborough)
Peggy T. Kenny; pkenny@chartertn.net
(Member of Jonesborough Storytelling Guild)

(Bristol--extreme southwest Virginia right on the Tennessee/Virginia state line, and 30 miles from
Jonesborough, TN)
Mimi Rockwell; mimirockwell@gmail.com
(Please don't contact at Festival time. Limited space is already filled up - unless somebody needs a
place to park a motor home. There are 80 acres of space for that!)


Texas
(Dallas, TX, northeast TX; also, southeast TX/Deep Southeast TX - 45 minutes from Beaumont)
Shelby Smith; shelby@cheraparetreat.com

(Diana, TX - Northeast corner - US Hwy 259)
Mel Davenport; luvandstories@aol.com

(Spicewood, Texas (near Austin and San Antonio)
Donna Ingham; tell.write@gmail.com

(Austin/San Antonio Hill Country)
Tim Tingle; timtingle@hotmail.com

(Houston)
Houston Storytellers Guild
http://www.houstonstorytellers.org
hsginfo@houstonstorytellers.org

(San Antonio)
Veronica Gard (originally from the U.K.); vgardshazam@yahoo.com

(San Antonio)
Mary Grace Ketner; marygraceketner@gmail.com
Current president: San Antonio Storytellers' Association
http://www.sanantoniostorytellers.org/


Virginia
(Norfolk)
Lynn Ruehlmann; ruehlmann@erols.com

(Eastern Virginia)
Norris Spencer; tellspence@cox.net
Virginia Beach, VA


Washington, D.C. area
(Maryland and Washington, D.C. area)
Jane Dorfman; Jane.Dorfman@montgomerycountymd.gov


Washington State
(Seattle area)
Allison Cox; allison@dancingleaves.com

(Seattle area)
Nancy Calos-Nakano (NCN): calosnakano@msn.com


West Virginia
(Sandyville)
Granny Sue; susannaholstein@yahoo.com
(Stories from the Mountains and Beyond)
http://www.grannysu.blogspot.com


Wisconsin
(Milwaukee area)
Lucia G. Dornedon (Dr. D. Light); drdlight@execpc.com
Jean-Andrew of Storylore; jean-andrew@yahoo.com

(Neenah area)
Debra Morningstar, Oneida Storyteller, "Native Story, Song & Spirit"
dawest@centurytel.net

INTERNATIONAL... (listed alphabetically by country)

Australia
(Sydney)
Donna Jacobs Sife; donnajacobsife@optusnet.com.au
(Storyteller, Writer, Educator: Ancient Wisdom for a Troubled World)
http://www.donnajacobsife.com


Canada
(Edmonton)
Renée Englot; renee.englot@telusplanet.net

(Newfoundland)
Dale Jarvis: info@hauntedhike.com
Contact person for the St. John's Storytelling Circle and the annual St. John's Storytelling Festival

(Sudbury)
Dale W. Pepin: dalejeannine.pepin@sympatico.ca
StorySocks
http://www.storysocks.com

(Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Mary Louise Chown; mlchown@shaw.ca
(Storyteller, Musician and Teacher)
http://www.marylouisechown.com


England (UK)
(Central London)
Mary Smail; mary.smail@tesco.net
(Drama and Movement Therapy)
http://www.sesame-institute.org

(London and Surrey)
Janet Dowling; JanetTells@gmail.com
http://www.JanetTellsStories.co.uk
(Member of Surrey Storytellers Guild, Society for Storytelling, Equity, NAWE & SEFAN)
http://www.SurreyStorytellersGuild.co.uk

(West Yorkshire)
Andrew Macpherson; andrew_macpherson@lineone.net

(Cornwall)
Alan Woollard; teller@peopletellstories.co.uk
http://www.peopletellstories.co.uk

(Cornwall)
Jill Laméde; JillLamede@aol.com
http://www.lamede.com

(Shropshire)
Andy Hawkins; crekykneestories@hotmail.co.uk
http://www.creakyknee-stories.co.uk
http://www.easwestmidlands.org.uk/andy_hawkins


Hungary
(Budapest)
Zalka Csenge Virag; macsek_mesemondo@yahoo.com
http://www.zalkacsenge.hu/


Ireland
Richard Marsh; richardmarsh@legendarytours.com


Israel
(Tel Aviv)
Dvora Shurman; dvora-s@barak-online.net
(wild sense of humor alternates with being deep. Living comfortably
in the heart of Tel Aviv convenient to public transport and the sea.)

(the Province)
Ofra Kipnis; kipnis@maaganm.co.il


Kenya
Kipnyango Seroney; kseroney@yahoo.com


Scotland
(Edinburgh)
Michael Williams, Ph.D.; iamthestoryteller@gmail.com
(Storyteller & Education Consultant)


Singapore
Sheila Wee; sheila@storywise.com.sg
(Vice-President, Storytelling Association (Singapore); member Storytellers Circle.)

Created 2003; last update 4/17/11