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"One of
Australia's best storytellers."
Northern
Territory News,
Australia
"The music and your
soul touched stories were beautiful and unforgettable."
Annie
Cheng, Commonwealth Carelink & Respite Centre, Queanbeyan Australia
"Anna is an excellent performer, teacher and resource consultant
with concrete wisdom for youth and professionals alike."
Jerald
Hauser, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor in Education, St Norbert College, Wisconsin
USA
"Anna
is the most awesome workshop presenter I have experienced."
Workshop
participant, Glistening Waters International Storytelling Festival, New
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Singapore International Storytelling Festival
In it’s fifth year, The SISF has certainly grown to be a premiere event, nurturing and supporting an enthusiastic community of storytellers and story lovers.
Most of the people who came to my workshops were teachers, parents and community volunteers. The range of workshops which I presented over the course of the week was quite diverse, reflecting the many ways of working with stories. It was particularly exciting for me to review my work over the last 15 years, and to share as much about what I’ve learned about storytelling, as I could. The audiences were large (I had up to 70 people in one workshop), and most of the workshops were short (two hours), but there was a lot of positive energy and openness to learning which made this a very rich few hours.
I particularly enjoyed my all day workshop “Storytelling With Young Children – Early Intervention Literacy and Parenting Programs”. Initially a little nervous about working in different cultural contexts, from the Aussie bush to urban Singapore, I soon relaxed into the universal language of story when hearts speak to hearts. Many laughs were had, many stories shared and many magic moments created this day.
My other workshops were:
• Storytelling for Children with Special Needs
• Working With Stories
• Creative Storytelling with Young Children
In between all the workshops and shows, it was great to have some time to talk story with the other tellers, and to learn about what’s happening with storytelling in their hometown.
I look forward to the opportunity to visit Singapore again soon, and encourage everyone to check this festival out.
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