The Heroine's Journey: Panel Discussion & Interactive Writing with Kate Farrell

Join us for an inspiring panel discussion and interactive writing session exploring the transformative power of the Heroine’s Journey with author and storyteller Kate Farrell and special guests.

Rooted in universal archetypes, the Heroine’s Journey offers a powerful framework for understanding creativity, identity, and the evolving role of the feminine in our world today. Through a dynamic conversation, Kate and her fellow presenters will illuminate the key stages of the journey—moving beyond traditional narratives to embrace connection, healing, and wholeness.

Following the discussion, participants will be invited into a guided writing experience designed to help them reflect on their own stories. Whether you’re a writer, artist, or simply curious, this interactive session offers a meaningful opportunity to engage with the themes of the Heroine’s Journey in a personal and creative way.

Come ready to listen, reflect, and write—no prior experience necessary.

About the Speakers

Kate Farrell, storyteller, author, librarian, and founder of the Woven project to tell the heroine’s journey. She has contributed to and edited award-winning anthologies of personal narrative; as an educator she founded the Word Weaving Storytelling Project and published numerous educational materials on storytelling. Kate’s award-winning recent book is Story Power: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories. Her upcoming book, published by Sibyl Writing Craft, The Fairy Tale Heroine: Live and Write Her Journey, is available Fall 2026. https://woventales.net/http://katefarrell.net/

Megan E. McDonald is an entertainment producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A 2016 recipient of a Stanford Online Writing Certificate in Fiction, she has read personal essays at literary salon Bay Area Generations, delivered a Perspectives segment on KQED Radio, and was selected as a semi-finalist for the pilot episode of writing reality show America’s Next Great Author. Her debut novel Dirty is to be published by Sibylline Press in May 2027.

Rowena is a poet and emerging author from the East Bay. She hosts Poetry at the Pub in Danville and works with the Watchful Writers group monthly. She performed at the Splatter Festival in Dublin and can be found at readings around the Bay. When she was invited to participate in a recent Woven Workshop, she felt deeply connected to storytelling, thinking about stories, and the way we tell and experience them through the storyteller.

Deborah Taylor-French is an author, storyteller, and performer. As a Woven Facilitator, she draws on five+ years of study in Classical Greek and Roman myth. Deborah adores discussing the feminine in fairy tales. In her Red Sky at Night: Dog Leader Mysteries, her goal is to save dogs’ lives and dog lovers’ hearts. Find her Dog Leader Mysteries blog at www.dogleadermysteries.com. Read her published poetry in the California Quarterly and dozens of anthologies.

Free for Members

$10 for Non-Members