Why Join FEAST?

Access regular webinars that offer you the chance to learn from experienced tellers as they share ideas on different aspects of storytelling.

The annual conference is a chance to meet fellow tellers, take part in practical workshops and see/hear lots of storytellers in action. The conference will be held in a different Asian city each year.

FEAST was set up by the directors of storytelling festivals in Bangkok, Chennai, Jakarta, Kuching, Seoul and Singapore, so if you tell a story at the Conference . . . you may be talent-spotted!

Professional members, have your own page which can introduce you to people looking for a storyteller outside of your usual contacts.

Enjoy our catalogue of stories told and recorded by our members - and not only in English, too! (The full catalogue will only be accessible to members.) Over time it will become a fascinating and invaluable resource.

Looking for a story? Or a story on a theme? Or for a particular age-group? Or occasion? Submit your storytelling questions to our Forum and tap on the shared wisdom of like-minded people.

UPDATE 2 JANUARY 2021: All memberships are now tied to our financial year. This means memberships will run from 1 July to 30th June. Consequently NEW APPLICANTS will pay a pro-rated fee for the remaining months of the membership (eg $25 for professional members signing up in January.) The fee is calculated monthly. (If you join in June, you will pay the full fee but it will be for 13 months to June 30th of the following year.) EXISTING MEMBERS: when your current membership expires, you will be asked to renew to June 30th at the prevailing pro-rated rate; this is a one-time inconvenience to align you with the new system.

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1 PROFESSIONAL $50.00 (SGD), prorated to $25.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: July 1st No automatically recurring payments Access to all resources
Your own personal profile, 3 pictures, links to 3 sample videos and up to three links (website, facebook, blog)

2 COMMUNITY $30.00 (SGD), prorated to $15.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: July 1st No automatically recurring payments Access to all resources but have a limited profile page.

3 NOT RESIDENT IN ASIA $45.00 (SGD), prorated to $22.50 (SGD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: July 1st No automatically recurring payments Access to all resources, but without an individual page or link

4 INSTITUTIONAL $200.00 (SGD), prorated to $100.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: July 1st No automatically recurring payments Access to all resources
Your institution page with logo, photo and link to your website
Normally, two staff can attend any Feast event at the Community Member rate.

Normally, two staff can attend any Feast event at the Community Member rate. In the light of the on-going Covid-19 situation, FEAST recognises that storytellers worldwide have been hit by the cancellation of live performances and may have more time to consider participating in on-line training programmes. Therefore FEAST is happy to offer its Institutional (Festival) Members an additional THREE CONCESSION-RATE PASSES to our monthly webinars, making a total of FIVE for each Institutional Member. This enables the five participants to register at only SGD$5 per webinar - a saving of 50%. This offer will remain valid until 30 June 2021.

4A Institutional 2 YEAR Membership - $360.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 2 years No automatically recurring payments Save $40 - and lock your subscription in based on the 2018 fee - by subscribing for 2 years

5 INSTITUTIONAL : STORY FESTIVAL $150.00 (SGD), prorated to $75.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: July 1st Automatic renewal (recurring payments) This discounted rate is only for Storytelling Festivals. Benefits are:
Access to all resources
Your own profile page with Festival logo, photo and link to your website.

Normally, two staff can attend any Feast event at the Community Member rate. In the light of the on-going Covid-19 situation, FEAST recognises that storytellers worldwide have been hit by the cancellation of live performances and may have more time to consider participating in on-line training programmes. Therefore FEAST is happy to offer its Institutional (Festival) Members an additional THREE CONCESSION-RATE PASSES to our monthly webinars, making a total of FIVE for each Institutional Member. This enables the five participants to register at only SGD$5 per webinar - a saving of 50%. This offer will remain valid until 30 June 2021.

6: YOUNG STORYTELLER - $20.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: July 1st
Your membership renewal date will be: 1 Jul 2022 No automatically recurring payments Eligible only for those under 30 years old.
Free of charge registration for all webinars.
Up to 50% discount on the Annual Conference fee.
You must be Resident in Asia to qualify for this category.

Not Resident in Asia 2-year Membership - $80.00 (SGD) Subscription period: 2 years No automatically recurring payments

Non-Resident in Asia ).

If you are not resident in Asia, while we welcome your interest in and support of FEAST, we hope you won't mind that we are charging you a little more. Your membership fee will go into a bursary fund to support deserving tellers from some Asian countries.

Institutional

This is for organisations which run or promote storytelling events, and other organisations that wish to be affiliated with FEAST and our network of tellers.(Including book councils, libraries, educational institutions with storytelling programmes, publishers, or media and content producers such as television and radio).

Institutional : Story Festival

We are keen to be connected with Story Festivals, not only in Asia but around the world and therefore offer this special category. It offers you your own profile page. (with website, logo and a write up on your Festival programming) and the chance to send two representatives to the Conference at Members rates.

Note: all fees are in Singapore dollars (which hovers around $1.38 to the US dollar - August 2019).

JOIN US

If you like telling Asian stories, you're welcome to join the FEAST! It doesn't matter what ethnicity, gender or faith you are, if you want to share Asian stories, come join the FEAST! We have six types of membership:

Professional

If you are already an active and capable storyteller who wants to market your skills and services to more clients/audiences at home and abroad, this category is for you! The benefits of professional membership are (a) you will have your own individual profile on our site where you can list your experience, upload a link to 3 sample videos and provide a link to your website, facebook or blog; (b) you can submit videos of you telling to our Story Circle, which will add to your visibility and demonstrate your style; and (c) you can make friends with, and learn from, some of the most experienced storytellers in Asia.

As you will create your profile page as part of the registration process, please read the professional member's guide before you start. Being prepared will help you make the most of your profile page.

Community

If you are interested in storytelling but you are still developing the skills and experience to become a more confident and effective teller, or if you prefer to tell simply for fun (eg within your family or community) or as part of your work (eg as teachers, librarians, counsellors), this is the group for you.

Young Storyteller

To join as a syoung Storyteller you must be between16 and 30 years old. The chief benefit of registering as a Young Storyteller is that your membership gives you free of charge access to all the FEAST webinars, as we encourage you to take the opportunity to learn from our collective expertise. You are also entitled to up to 50% discount on the Conference fee. (If you have joined before our conference registration goes live).

How do we define Asia?

If you are resident in one of these 48 countries, and you consider yourself to be in Asia,

we are happy to accept you as a member of FEAST :

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Georgia,

India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon,

Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia,

Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen. Back to Non-resident in Asia

THE FEAST PLEDGE

Although membership is open to anyone, the founders have agreed on some common standards that we want our members to practice. To encourage members to follow our 10th objective, we ask that, when joining FEAST, you agree to the principles stated in our pledge:

As a Storyteller,

I will try to tell stories that are appropriate for each audience and occasion.

I accept that there are many different ways to tell a story, according to each teller’s culture, audience, purpose, and their personal skills.

I respect the culture from which a story comes. When I change a story, I will acknowledge what I have changed, and why.

When I learn a story from another teller, I will do my best to make my telling uniquely mine, and gratefully acknowledge the teller who gifted me that story.

I believe that a well-told story is like good food: that it encourages people to come back for more! Therefore, whoever tells a story well, helps all of us by popularising storytelling and growing our global audience.