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Storytale Festival is a week-long journey through the wonderful world of children’s books, featuring local children’s and YA authors, illustrators and storytellers, across the city of Bristol.
The main focus of Storytale Festival is to produce a wide range of accessible, inclusive and affordable events across Bristol that feature local authors, storytellers and illustrators. The aim is to showcase and celebrate local talent, while inspiring young people, the next generation of readers and writers. We aim to take events into local neighbourhoods in an accessible and affordable way, creating a festival that makes the most of community facilities and assets, highlighting services such as libraries and community centres. Bristol has a range of festivals, including a literature festival, but it doesn’t have a book festival for children. The creative idea behind Storytale Festival is to take children on a journey, to spark their curiosity about the world of children’s books, and to inspire children and young adults to become book lovers, to tell stories, to write and illustrate. We want to fuel young imaginations through a series of interactive, fun and creative events.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
As passionate book lovers, both Kate and I want to develop a festival that showcases local talent, provides children with access to a range of creative people from their community and give those children an opportunity to see the possibility of a creative career. We aim to take events into local neighbourhoods in an accessible and affordable way, creating a festival that makes the most of community facilities and assets, highlighting services such as libraries and community centres. Bristol has a range of festivals, including a literature festival, but it doesn’t have a book festival for children. The festival has been organised by volunteers and has a wonderful and varied programme of events.
Steps to get it done:
Although many wonderful people have contribute time, skills and space, there are some costs we need to cover: insurance; website costs; some travel costs and some venue costs.
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How will the money be spent?Total £3,890
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Total £3,890
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VolunteerKate and I ran Storytale Festival last year, with other 1000 people participating in 43 events in 27 venues with 26 creatives. It was hugely successful and we're really excited to be working together again to create a mini online version. We have huge support from Grounded Cloud and J Farrington Copywriting as well as a host of others such as publishers, libraries, bookshops and schools.
I’m a Director of Brave Bold Drama CIC, a not-for-profit theatre company which aims to dismantle the financial and cultural barriers that prevents some members of the community from engaging with the arts and accessing opportunities to explore their own creativity. I have brought in processes for planning, regular meetings and scheduling for Creative Workspace, a community arts centre in Withywood, a deprived part of the city. I’m chair of the local community partnership, Action Greater Bedminster, and have run consultation sessions on issues such as planning, transport and recycling. I have built relationships with the council, residents and organisations to help inform and enable the community. I worked for Playing Out CIC for two years, organising events including the 5 year anniversary party, promoting the concept at events, meetings and with groups and schools, and working closely with residents. I managed a small team of activators for 6 months and there were 100 streets in Bristol that had played out by the time my contract finished.
I’m working with Kate, the Director of Children’s and Teen Events at the Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, a free festival in a village north of Bristol. Kate has experience of taking creative writing workshops into schools and has also been involved in events at the Bristol Festival of Literature and at the Oakwood Literature Festival in Derby.
Project Owner: Ellie Freeman The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
