Chennai Storytelling Festival 2026
Friday 6th February to Sunday 15th March
Fri 6th Feb – Sun 8th Feb.
Thurs 12th Feb – Sun 15th Feb.
Thurs 19th Feb – Sun 22nd Feb.
Thurs 26th Feb – Sun 1st March.
Thurs 5th March – Sun 8th March.
Fri 13th March – Sun 15th March.
All Zoom!
All Free!
This is the Festival's 14th annual edition
(Since 2021, the CSF has occurred almost
fully via Zoom.)
The
theme of the Festival is Storytelling and the
process
of Growing, Maturing, and Transforming.
If
you are receiving monthly emails from the
World
Storytelling Institute ("Storytelling by and
for
Adults", etc), you are already registered for
all
sessions of CSF 2026, and would receive the
Zoom
links. If you are not yet receiving such
emails,
to register please send an email to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
.
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145 Presenters,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Presenters.html
Festival Program,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Program__India_timings.html
Coming soon,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Program__Central_Europe_timings.html
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Program__Eastern_USA_and_Canada_timings.html
For timings around the world, one could use this time-zone converter.
54 Workshops,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Workshops.html
75 Storytellings for Adults,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Storytelling_for_Adults.html
45 Storytellings for Children,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Storytelling_for_Children.html
Details of Events,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026_Details.html
CSF 2026 Online Poster,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026Poster.pdf
Homepage (this page),
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026.html
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7 Storytelling Sessions in Indian Languages other than
English.
Details are here.
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CSF 2025 is a free festival.
There are no admission fees,
and the Presenters are not being paid by the Festival.
Festival attendees are encouraged to give contributions
to individual Presenters. Contact
info is at each
Presenter's listing.
To give a contribution to the Festival, please click here.
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The Chennai Storytelling Festival is presented by the
World
Storytelling Institute in association
with the
Chennai Storytellers group and other organisations and
individuals.
The WSI is directed by Dr Eric Miller. An article about
his work is here.
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Recordings of events in
past editions of the CSF are
here.
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Please send comments and questions to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
or call
+91 98403 94282
Storytelling
Sessions in Indian Languages
other
than English.
Please contact the organiser for the Zoom link.
1) Gujarati.
Sat 7 Feb, 3pm-5pm. .
Sheettal Rayathatha <sudha.umashanker@gmail.com>
2) Telugu.
Sun 8 Feb, 3pm-5pm. .
Lavanya Srinivas <laavanyasrinivas@gmail.com>
3) Tamil.
Sat 14 Feb, 3:30pm-6pm.
Sudha Umashanker <sudha.umashanker@gmail.com>
4) Multiple Languages.
Sun 15 Feb, 3pm-5pm. .
Sree Karuna <sreekaruna.g@gmail.com>
5) Hindi.
Sat 21 Feb, 3pm-5pm. .
Sonia Bareja <soniabareja76@gmail.com>
6) Marathi.
Sun 22 Feb, 5pm-7pm.
Ramya Iyer <ramya.n.iyer@gmail.com>
7) Malayalam.
Sun 1 March, 3pm-5pm.
Racika Raman <mrs.raman71@gmail.com>
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