02/25/2026
📚MPLITFEST 2026 Author Spotlight!📚 The Friends of the Mt. Pleasant Library are honored to welcome award winning, master storyteller, artist-educator, and author Donna Washington to the Mt. Pleasant Literary Festival: Chapter 2: The Story Unfolds, coming March 19-21, 2026.
Donna Washington is an internationally known master storyteller who has been providing workshops and performing for audiences of all ages for over thirty-six years. She is renowned for her storytelling for both children & adults from poignant & funny fables about the human condition to racy relationships stories to spine-tingling tales of terror. She has been featured at numerous festivals, schools, libraries, theaters and other venues around the world including Canada, Peru, Ireland, Argentina & Hong Kong. During the pandemic, she presented over two hundred shows & workshops virtually online. In 2020, she co-founded the non-profit organization Artists Standing Strong Together with Master Storyteller Sheila Arnold for which they won a 2021 Oracle Award. In 2022 she received the Coleen Salley Storytelling Award.
Donna's eleven storytelling CDs have garnered thirty national awards. She has authored numerous articles about storytelling and education including her very popular blog Language, Literacy & Storytelling. She is also the author of six children’s books: Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa, A Pride of African Tales, The Story of Kwanzaa, A Big Spooky House, award winning Boo Stew, and her latest book, Prak Fills The House. She travels all over the world performing and presenting workshops. She lives with her husband and cat in Durham, NC.
Be sure to make plans to experience Donna's storytelling program for adults at 2pm on Saturday, March 21, 2026! All events are free; registration required since seating is limited. Registration opens soon: www.mpfol.org/mp-literary-festival
