Tarinankertoja – Storyteller
World Storytelling Day @ Ireland! March 20th 2018
Poetry Ireland, Dublin 1, at 7.30pm Markus Luukkonen and Csenge Zalka (Hungary) with Jack Lynch and three of Ireland’s greatest poets Theo Dorgan, Moya Cannon and Paual Meehan with Bean an Tí Nuala Hayes… tickets are €8/5 and available here
Mermaid Arts Centre at 11.30am with Markus Luukkonen and Csenge Zalka (Hungary)…. tickets are €5 and available here
At Midsummer I’ll be joining the FEST Conference 2017– Stories In Borderlands. Finnish storytelling organization Samova Storytelling has been a member of FEST Inpo since 2013 and at this year’s conference we’ll represent Samova with my collague Ilkka Hautala. (At the same time I will represent Art in Integreation -project Story Sharing Universum” and multilingual storytelling trio 3Troubadours.) The conference will be followed by a two-day storytelling festival in Northern Ireland, where I will share a stage with some great storytellers from different parts of Europe. Looking forward to meet old and new friends and to be inspired by conversations and new ideas for collaboration. See you at Ireland!
FEST (Federation for European Storytelling) promotes the mobility of ideas and collaborations in and across Europe. By offering mechanisms for sharing, learning, advocacy and relationship building, it wishes to empower the world of storytelling. FEST is an international non-profit organisation (INPO) based in Belgium but with membership all across Europe. www.fest-network.eu
Storytelling in Borderlands – PROGRAMME
Conference workshop topics will include: Storytelling and Education; Storytelling with Refugees and New Migrants; Storytelling in Minority Languages; Storytelling and Conflict Resolution; Stories in Translation; Storytelling and Contemporary Culture; Reminiscence Work and Story-collecting from Dementia Patients; Oral and Written Stories; and more.
Markus Luukkonen 