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A Storyteller's Story honored by Storytelling World Awards

Diane's recent film A Storyteller's Story has received a 2008 Storytelling World Magazine Awards Honor. Our sincerest congratulations go out not only to Diane but also to the many people who contributed towards the completion of the film.

And in case you've yet to see it, you can order it now in our Bookshop right now.

Inanna
Diane Wolkstein & Geoffrey Gordon

New York Open Center
Saturday, April 12th, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.

Save the date: Diane Wolkstein and composer Geoffrey Gordon have been booked to perfom the epic of Inanna at the New York Open Center on Saturday, April 12th. Mr. Gordon will be coming from his home state of California especially for this performance. More details are up in the Events section, or go ahead and register online via the Open Center website.

Diane now blogging on WordPress

We invite you to visit Diane's new blog, hosted at WordPress. (The blog will open up in a new browser tab or window.)

Central Park Storytellers unite
for the Libraries of New Orleans

We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a joyous gala benefit for the summer programs of the libraries of New Orleans and Cameron Parish on November 10th, featuring fun stories from the Hans Christian Andersen Storytellers — Diane Wolkstein, Therese Folkes–Plair, Melissa Heckler, and Ron Sopyla — and the music of New Orleans jazz musician Paul Peress, pianist/composer David Kelly, electric guitarist/singer Michael Campbell, and acoustic guitarist Charles Hipster. Special kudos go out to the children who joined us on stage during some of the music!

In the meantime, you are encouraged to make donations in support of more library storytelling programs for the families of New Orleans. Please send your donations to:
 
Friends of the Cameron Parish Library
c/o Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue
New York City, New York 10016
U.S.A.

Thank you for all that you do.

A Storyteller's Story now on DVD–R

Diane's latest DVD is entitled Diane Wolkstein: A Storyteller's Story. This video — which had its world première in New York on June 22nd 2007 — explores the extraordinary career of one of the world's most celebrated storytellers. Through archival footage, in–depth interviews, and spellbinding performances, this thirty–seven minute film illuminates the power of storytelling and shows one woman's courageous journey to communicate heart–to–heart.

Purchase your copy now in our Bookshop…

Download the poster for the 2007 Canadian première

We invite you to download a small version of the poster for the October 2007 Canadian première of A Storyteller's Story, in the PDF, JPEG, PNG, or ODT (OpenOffice) format (just right–click on the link for the version you want to download).

The 2007 Piddock Day Skip Rope Contest winner

As has been the custom for many years, Diane told "Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep" — Eleanor Farjeon's classic story of spirit and community — on September 15th. And, as has been the custom, there was a skip rope contest after the stories, with one of Diane's books as a prize for the winner.

This year's winner was Annabelle Heckler (age 28), who works for 1199SEIU (United Healthcare Workers East). She amazed everybody with her style and perseverance (she skipped more than ten minutes), and continued to skip (with a skip rope from Haiti) even after it was clear that she was the winner. Her prize is a signed copy of The Glass Mountain.

One of the glowing audience members was the mother of the Winner, storyteller Melissa Heckler; her birthday happens to be September 15th.

Rachel Zucker, the author of The Bad Wife Handbook (age 35, heroic mother of three boys), came in second place. She received Begin Again: The Poems of Grace Paley.

Julia Metzger (age 9, and a fourth grader at Manhattan New School), who came in third place, received a signed copy of Sun Mother Wakes the World.

Congratulations to all the winners, and blessings to all who came to listen or skip!

A conversation with Diane and Thich Nhat Hanh for Parabola

The "Home" (Winter 2006) issue of Parabola includes a conversation between Diane and the reknowned Zen Buddhist monk and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
 
Thanks to the kind people at the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, which publishes Parabola, we humbly offer you an excerpt of the conversation.