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Want to Launch a Local Storytelling Series? Here’s How!



As a fellow producer of storytelling shows, I’m constantly impressed with Penelope Starr’s passion, curiosity, organization, and desire to better her community by bringing people together. This book is a godsend for everyone who catches the storytelling bug and wants to get involved. Not only will you learn tips and strategies for producing a show and making stories more dynamic, you’ll be inspired by Starr’s personal journey as well. She smartly puts her own story into the larger story, which is really what it’s all about, right? 
—Beth Lisick,
author and co-founder Porchlight Storytelling Series

Penelope Starr has given the storytelling world more than a road map for how to create and produce community storytelling events. It is a map with countless number of “insets” with both detailed how-to information, and marvelous stories that support what she has gleaned from 10 years of research and experience. Penelope’s generous spirit also offers dozens of forms and lists that become the ultimate guide for anyone wishing to produce storytelling events that feed the community.
—Mark Goldman, author of Storytelling Tips: Creating, Crafting and Telling Stories.

This is a compelling narrative of how Penelope Starr succeeded in engaging others to join with her in creating a unique and powerful community storytelling institution in Tucson. With humility, humor, delightful anecdotes, and concrete action steps, she sets down a path for others to follow.  Excellent read and great how-to book, including check lists and forms to aid you on your own journey!
—Miriam Ruth Black, Author, Turtle Season

Paperback • $17.95 • 978-1-62491-101-9
176 Pages @ 5.5” x 8.5”
E-book • $10.99 •978-1-62491-102-6
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Born a New Yorker, Penelope Starr lived in Woodstock, NY in the 60s, Denver, CO in the 70s, Sedona, AZ in the 80s, and now she hails from beautiful Tucson. Penelope feels incredibly lucky to have been in the right place at the right time to witness great societal changes in our country.

Penelope is the founder, producer, and artistic director of Odyssey Storytelling, a monthly event showcasing local people telling personal stories. She is the Executive Director of StoryArts Group, a nonprofit community-funded arts organization, whose mission is to create, support, preserve, promote and celebrate the art of storytelling.  Photography by Silvia Kolchens.
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  • Home
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Books
    • Storytelling >
      • Rafts, Raccoons, and Revelations
      • Social Action Stories
      • Beyond Brick and Bone
      • Stories of a Forest Ranger
      • Read and Tell Stories
      • The House at the Top of the Bottoms
      • How the Rabbit Lost its Tail
      • Speak Peace
      • Storytwisting
      • Under the Oaken Bough
      • The Radical Act of Storytelling
      • Dancing on Blades
      • Further Adventures of the Boo Baby Girl
      • Aunty Lily
      • Telling Twain
      • Distilling Hope book
      • Beyond the Sword Maiden
      • Every Day a Holiday
      • From Plot to Narrative
      • A Bridge of Stories
      • A New Pair of Wings
      • Trail Guide to a Crooked Heart
      • Hot Wind, Boiling Rain
      • Beyond the Briar Patch
      • The Price of Three Stories
      • How to Fool a Cat
      • Boo-Tickle Tales
      • You're On!
      • Story by Story
      • Playing with Stories
      • Eye to the Sky
      • Storytelling Tips
      • The Killdeer
      • Barrio Princess
      • Gratitude
      • Belfast Girl
      • Social Studies in the Storytelling Classroom
      • The New Book of Plots
      • Dancing at the Crossroads
      • Old China Through the Eyes of a Storyteller
      • Figler, My Imaginary Friend
      • The Boo Baby Girl
      • The Blow Dried Cat
      • Figler, My Imaginary Friend
      • Cripple Joe book
      • The Stable Boy
      • Stories Live! DVD
    • Novels >
      • Pressing Freedom novel
      • Euphrates Dance novel
      • Hitler, My Father
      • Living in Harmony
      • Little Man
      • French Roots
      • Sweet Hope fiction
      • The Boys from Possum Grape
      • Less Than Charming
      • Bud Parrott
      • President Trump Sells California
      • Comfort
      • Miss Carrie
      • The Thirty-Foot Elvis
      • Madge's Mobile Home Park
      • Jesse Crosse
      • Strange Side of the Tracks
    • Memoirs >
      • Brother Dog
      • Aunty Lily
      • Every Day a Holiday
      • The Killdeer
      • Eye to the Sky
      • Barrio Princess
      • Belfast Girl
      • Born to Fish, Bred to Hunt
      • Speed Trap
    • Art/Poetry >
      • A Visual Guide to Classical Art Theory
      • The Stone Circle Poems
      • The Last Pickled Beets
      • oh, touch me there
      • We Who Battle Demons
      • Bicycle Cowboy
      • The Aesthetic Astronaut
    • Psychology >
      • In Sheep's Clothing--Spanish Edition
      • In Sheep's Clothing
      • The Science of Shame
      • Character Disturbance
      • Dancing at the Crossroads
      • Distilling Hope
      • We Who Battle Demons
      • Gratitude
      • The Heart of the Wedding
      • Educating Angels
    • Non Fiction >
      • Point of View and the Emotional Arc of Stories
      • Go Deep
      • The Vital Realities for 2020 and Beyond
      • The Road to Marion Town
      • Social Studies in the Storytelling Classroom
      • Educating Angels
      • Speed Trap
      • Trails of Central Arkansas
      • Trails of Little Rock
      • Betting the Earth
      • The Chicken Came First
      • Mr. Chairman: The Life and Legacy of Wilbur D. Mills
      • Simple, Not Easy
      • Cubs Fans' Leadership Secrets
      • Listen to Your Work
      • The World Bank Unveiled
      • Kingdom at Any Cost
      • Thought for the Day
      • Once You Get Through the Mountains, the Land Opens Up
  • Contact