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January 16, 2018
Video: Nikole Hannah-Jones on journalism and rage
Watch this #Story17 video in which award-winning investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke about rage, Charlottesville, 400 years of racism in the US, and how we educate our children.
December 11, 2017
The #Story17 aftermovie is here!
Take a look at the #Story17 aftermovie revisiting all the incredible moments we've shared this year at the festival events and the conference, and all the valuable lessons we've learned.
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13 takeaways from #Story16
What we learned at the sixth edition of The Power of Storytelling.
Takeaways from #Story15: Day 2
Check out the main highlights from Day 2 of The Power of Storytelling.
Takeaways from #Story15: Day 1
Here’s what we learned on the first day of The Power of Storytelling conference.
August 2, 2016
Wendy MacNaughton on using drawings and words to convey human emotion
Through her drawings, Wendy MacNaughton tries to take viewers out of their everyday life and context and get them t...
July 31, 2016
Dvora Meyers on writing about your passion
Brooklyn based journalist Dvora Meyers has been researching her niche since she was eight. That’s when she starte...
July 25, 2016
Brian Lindstrom on building intimacy with the subjects of his films
Brian Lindstrom knew he wanted to make films when he was still in primary school. His documentaries aim “to reduc...
July 21, 2016
Caroline Paul on living and writing about a life of adventures
Caroline Paul always knew that she never wanted to have a ”brief case and an office” type of job.
July 17, 2016
Colin Meloy on creating music and performing on stage
Colin’s extensive vocabulary and well known passion for obscure words turned him into one of the most intriguing ...
July 9, 2016
Cheryl Strayed on fear, hiking alone and writing a bestselling book about the experience
When she felt she reached “the bottom of her life”, Cheryl Strayed embarked on a three month hiking trip, then ...
July 4, 2016
David Sedaris: “Keeping a diary helps somehow tame the world around me”
David Sedaris on keeping a diary and what informs his writing: fucked up human behaviour, racial relations in Ameri...
June 27, 2016
Carson Ellis on her creative process and her advice to young artists
Meet 2016 speaker Carson Ellis: insights into her creative process, her charmed life on a farm and being married to...
June 23, 2016
New speakers confirmed
Check out the latest additions to the list of speakers you won’t want to miss this October.