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.
The
Zoom link for all of the Festival's English-language
sessions
is
If
you are already receiving emails from the World
Storytelling
Institute, you would receive emails about
the
Festival. If you are not receiving such
emails, and
would
like to, please send an email request to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
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The Festival's 144 Presenters are listed here.
Festival Program,
Central
Europe and Western Africa timings.
Eastern_USA_and_Canada_timings.
For timings around the world, one could use this time-zone converter.
54 Workshops,
The schedule is here.
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The flier for Weekend 1 (Fri 6 to
Sun 8 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 2 (Fri 13 to
Sun 15 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 3 (Fri 20 to
Sun 22 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 4 (Fri 27 Feb
to Sun 1 March) is here.
The flier for Weekend 5 (Fri 6 to
Sun 8 March) is here.
The flier for Weekend 6 (Fri 13 to
Sun 15 March) is here.
75 Storytellings for Adults,
The schedule is here.
The flier for all 5 Weekends is here.
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The flier for Weekend 1 (Fri 6 to
Sun 8 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 2 (Fri 13 to
Sun 15 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 3 (Fri 20 to
Sun 22 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 4 (Fri 27 Feb
to Sun 1 March) is here.
The flier for Weekend 5 (Fri 6 to
Sun 8 March) is here.
45 Storytellings for Children,
The schedule is here.
The flier for all 5 Weekends is here.
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The flier for Weekend 1 (Fri 6 to
Sun 8 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 2 (Fri 13 to
Sun 15 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 3 (Fri 20 to
Sun 22 Feb) is here.
The flier for Weekend 4 (Fri 27 Feb
to Sun 1 March) is here.
The flier for Weekend 5 (Fri 6 to
Sun 8 March) is here.
The Festival Poster is here.
The Festival Homepage (this page) is
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2026.html
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Three Special
"Storytelling for Adults" sessions –
"Food: The Path to
the Heart".
Stories in which food
brought peace, happiness, and resolution.
2pm-3pm (India time) on
Sun 8 Feb.
"Storytelling and
Conversation: 'Sedna' (Inuit),
'The Juniper Tree'
(Germany), and the Nature of Mythic Images".
7:30pm-9pm (India time)
on Sat 21 Feb.
"Witty Women"
(Fiction and Non-Fiction stories).
6pm-7:30pm (India time)
on Sun 1 March.
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7 Storytelling Sessions in Indian Languages other than
English.
Details are here.
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CSF 2026 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 <sheetalsmagic@gmail.com>
2) Telugu.
Sun 8 Feb, 3pm-5pm. .
Lavanya Srinivas <laavanyasrinivas@gmail.com>
3) Tamil.
Sat 14 Feb, 3pm-5:30pm.
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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