Daiva the Storyteller

Daiva Ivanauskaitė tells tales inspired by real life, myths and folk tradition from Lithuania, Scotland and other lands. Daiva is the curator of SEKAS, Lithuania’s first storytelling festival, and regularly performs in her native land, her adopted home of Scotland, and internationally on stage and at community events.

As creative facilitator and trainer she delivers storytelling projects, workshops and training courses.

Daiva lives in Glasgow and works at the Village Storytelling Centre, the champion organisation in Europe for Applied Storytelling. At present Daiva also co-curates the storytelling programme for Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022.

Daiva is a directory storyteller with the Scottish Storytelling Forum and a published author at the Scottish Book Trust.

Daiva has worked with the following organisations in Scotland and Lithuania:

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Village Storytelling Centre, Acorn Shed Music, Glasgow Life, Glen Oaks Housing Association, Lithuanian School of Scotland, Sanctuary Housing Association, University of Glasgow

Kaunas 2022, Lithuanian National Culture Centre, National Museum of Lithuania, National Academy of Students, Jonas Šliūpas Museum, Šakiai Public Library, SMK University of Applied Social Sciences, Memory Office, “Erudito” International Private School – Lyceum, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library, A. Baranauskas Granary and A. Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial House – Museum