CBI, Goethe-Institut Dublin, Poetry Ireland and Storytellers of Ireland present Storytelling – Serious Art or Child's Play? "The ability to imagine is an indispensable pre-requisite for understanding not only what is heard, but especially what is read. Literary education has to do not only with reading-readiness, but in the same way with imaginative ability." Join us for a talk and discussion with Prof. Kristin Wardetzky Professor Wardetzky is a lecturer at the Institute of Theatre Pedagogics at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Her special areas of research are 'Theory and history of storytelling as a form of art', 'Theory of fairy tales' and 'Theatre for Children and Young Adults'. She was the leader of the award-winning Berlin project "Speechless? A language-support project for children from immigrant families", which introduces children to literature through the telling of fairy tales. Date: Monday, 26 May 2008, 6.30 p.m. Venue: Goethe-Institut Dublin, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 followed by a reception. Advance booking recommended. Please contact Monika.Schlenger@dublin.goethe.org . Tel. 01 6611155