The 10^th edition of the Québec Intercultural Storytelling Festival will take place from October the 16^th to the 25^th, in concert venues, libraries, and theatres around Montréal, Québec City and the Eastern Townships. More than 130 events will be presented, in French and in English, by no less than 120 storytellers. This year, the Festival's English Section is featuring artists from Germany, Israel, England, the Yukon, Ontario and Québec.   |  PRESS RELEASE  |

Jan Blake  UK-Jamaica •  Jennifer Cayley  Ontario •  Ivan E. Coyote  Yukon •  Gidon Horowitz  Israel-Germany •  Alan Shain  Ontario •  Regina Sommer  Germany-USA • 

Opening Night  The Opening Night Gala inaugurates the English side of the festival, on Friday, October 16, at 8 p.m., at Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Storytellers Jan Blake, Ivan Coyote, and Montréal's very own Jan Gregory will be performing.

Thematic evenings  As always, the festival presents thematic evenings throughout the week. Stories of Love and Sex is an evening of erotic stories that shouldn't be missed! Alan Shain and Kim Kilpatrick join to present an unforgettable evening of stories that explore issues around disability during Kissing That Frog: Disabling the Disability Myth. At the Jewish Public Library, Regina Sommer and Gidon Horowitz present a powerful and moving show, Lost Stories, that explores their common bonds: he as a German Jew, and she as the ?daughter of a German who hid Jews in his basement. Grimm for Grown-ups at the Goethe Institute explores traditional German fairy tales for adults! The Seven Deadly Sins is a lighthearted exploration of the seven capital sins, including a test to see if you can name them all, and a confession of which you prefer!

Family events   At the Centaur, two events are geared specifically to children: The Calabash Children and Other Tales for Children Aged 6 to 66, and Good Nightmare to You: Scary Stories for Halloween. The Westmount Public Library will also present family events: Moving Tales: African Shape-Shifting Stories with Jan Blake, and King Arthur and the Secret of his Two Swords.

Unusual settings   Come hear traditional Mohawk stories in an Iroquois long house as told in Mohawk by storyteller Darren Bonaparte (English version earlier on same day). Or explore the Jewish Golden Mile as you walk the nostalgic neighbourhood walk, and talk the Mordecai Richler talk, while storyteller Roz Cohen takes you through a storytelling tour of the Montréal Old Jewish Quarter.

Festival Finale  The festival ends with a Storytelling Swap at Hurley’s Irish Pub, with Irish storyteller Mike Burns and festival guests. All are welcome to come and hear — or tell — a story over a pint! On the French side, the Festival ends with a 10-hour storytelling marathon at Maison de la culture Frontenac.

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Storytellers from Jamaica, the Yukon, Germany, Austria... Storytellers from around the world, French and English united, are coming together to celebrate the 10^th Edition of the Québec Intercultural Storytelling Festival.

Brigitte Albert • Stéphanie Bénéteau • Darren Bonaparte • Mike Burns • Rosalyn Cohen • Nicolas Doyon • Jan Gregory • Kim Kilpatrick • Elizabeth MacDonnell • Christine Mayr • Patrick McLaughlin • The Montréal Storytellers' Guild • Judith Poirier • Roman Pylat • Lana Rodenhiser • Molly Walsh •