This one-of-a-kind event with five featured storytellers begins at 7 PM on Wednesday, October 4.

What is a story that changed your life, a story that you carry always?

Perhaps it was the right book that someone gave you at just the right time. Perhaps it was a story told around a table by a loved one and then told and re-told. Perhaps it came to you through song, through art, through film.

On the evening of Wednesday, October 4 at 7:00 PM, five people connected to Maine, each well known in different ways, will give us a taste of their most vital stories, talk about why they have held onto them, and consider what these stories might give us for our collective future.

Stories That Move Me will be an authentic, dynamic, and broadly inclusive night of storytelling, a reminder of what makes us human. This special event will raise money for MWPA’s scholarships and fellowships, which support emerging writers and seed our next generation of storytellers, as well as free community programs and events like the Maine Lit Fest, which will return in the fall of 2024.


Tickets

Online ticket sales have closed. Tickets will be available for sale for $20/each at the door.

All ticket proceeds benefit MWPA’s scholarships and free community programs.

General admission tickets, which are $20/each, can be purchased by clicking on the button below.

Buying a “Pay It Forward” Ticket, also $20/each, will provide a free ticket for a student or person who cannot afford a regular ticket.

There will be a reception with all of the hosts, sponsors, and featured storytellers at 5:30 PM. Reception Tickets are an additional $50/each ($70 total including the event ticket), and can also be purchased by clicking on the button below.


 

SPONSORS

 

& SPONSORSHIP


Thank you to the generous funders, sponsors, and donors supporting the 2023 Stories that Move Me!

To learn more about event sponsorship opportunities please contact Associate Director Taryn Bowe, at taryn@mainewriters.org.

Supporters

Partners

Contributors

And special thanks to our friends at Longfellow Books, who will sell a selection of books related to Stories That Move Me at the event.


Stories that Move Me Host Committee

Liza Bakewell

Katie Bouton

Brenda Buchanan & Diane Kenty

Richard & Anne Cass

Brock & Lane Clarke

Susan Conley & Tony Kieffer

Stephanie Cotsirilos

Deborah & Robert Cummins

Kitty & Bob Davis

Patty Dodd

Kate Flora & Ken Cohen

Terry Gerritsen

Jennifer Goldfinger

Alice Gorman

Rick & Elsie Hobbs

Candace Karu

Stuart Kestenbaum & Susan Webster

Lily King & Tyler Clements

Christina Baker Kline

Jim Krosschell & Cindy Dockrell

Celine & Chris Kuhn

Mary Allen Lindemann

Sean Mewshaw & Desiree Van Til

Sandell Morse

Kathryn Olmstead

Mike Paterniti & Sara Corbett

Kristina Powell

Bill Roorbach

Bill & Anne Stauffer

Wendy Strothman

Rebecca Traister

If you are interested in joining the host committee, please email Taryn Bowe at taryn@mainewriters.org.

Stories That Move Us


Phoebe Little - MWPA Staff Member

Moby Dick by Herman Melville


Jennifer Jacobs - Children’s Book Author

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare


Melissa Kim - MWPA Board Member

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech