We all know a little bit about fairy tales and folk stories. I am not a theorist of fairy tales or literature, I am a narrator, a storyteller. Nevertheless, working in this field practically for eight years already I have […]
Reygoch on the Fairytrail
The association for the promotion storytelling and creative arts Vilinput (Fairytrail) was founded in 2014. Its founders are Irena Vukoja, Erika Katačić Kožić and Sandra Vukoja. On 12th December 2019, I was asked to take part in a storytelling event […]
The Fifth Sarajevo Festival of Fairy Tales
From 1st – 15th November this year the Fifth Fairy Tale Festival for children and adults was held in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Hercegovina. It brings with it storytelling performances for children and adults, workshops for parents, educators, […]
Storytelling in Zagreb library bus
Zagreb City Library Bibliobus invited me, along with others, to participate in the Month of Croatian Books programme. It was my first experience of telling fairy tales in a library on wheels. The Month of Croatian Books is an event […]
Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival
From 7th to 9th June 2019 the 14th Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival was held. The natural attractions of the town came to life with the large numbers of visitors and performers. It is a festival already well-known to families and […]
Emerald corner of the Ogulin region
Šmit’s or the Green Lake is located in the village of Ivanac on the slopes of Velika Kapela in Ogulinsko Zagorje. In this mountainous part of Croatia, which is characterised by karst, there is a lot of groundwater and many […]
Interview with Jasna Held
Jasna in the homeland of fairy tales Ten years ago I was already acquainted with the fairy tale storyteller Jasna Held, thanks to the Ogulin Fairy Tales Festival, but I had no idea that we would meet and that the […]
The Red Velvet Box
Narrating a personal story Apart from folk and written fairy tales we can, of course, relate and narrate personal stories. If not publicly, then amongst family and friends. I will tell one such story now. I’ve named it ‘The Red […]
Reygoch – the most loved giant
Reygoch – the extremely strong and friendly giant Just as Regoč (Reygoch) is my favourite giant amongst the famous giants, so is Legen Grad (the chilly Frosten City) where the writer Ivana Brlić Mažuranić situated the giant Reygoch in the […]
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić – Tales of Long Ago
How did Ivana’s Tales of Long Ago come to be? Sparks from the hearth of an old Slavic home Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić was born in Ogulin on 18th April 1874. She died in Zagreb on 21st September 1938. Much has been […]