Brian Hetherington,
Festival Director

The Toronto Festival of Storytelling 2008

March 28 to April 6

This is our thirtieth festival and we invite you to come Listen to stories that celebrate the past, present and future of storytelling!

Highlights include:
Joan Bodger Memorial Concert given by Dr. Robert Bela Wilhelm, Th.D., an American storyteller and writer, who told at the first festival thirty years ago.

• The Alec Gelcer Memorial Concert, “God Loves Stories” on Tuesday, April 1

• A concert of folk and fairy tales from the works of Arthur Ransome, by Lynda Howes and Celia Lottridge, two wonderful Toronto tellers

“Those Who Have Gone Before”, a concert of stories by prominent local tellers who learned their stories from tellers who are no longer with us. Come hear the stories of Joan Bodger, Alice Kane and others once again!

• Invited guests include Ron Baker, the teller of Celtic and sacred stories from the Bruce Peninsula, Robert Bela Wilhelm, the noted American teller, who told at the very first Festival thirty years ago!

Watch for more details about Festival 2008: "30+ Apples Fell From Heaven".