Rosemarie Somaiah
Rosemarie Somaiah, storyteller, teacher and writer, is a Partner with Asian Storytelling Network (ASN).

Rosemarie has taught, led workshops and told stories in local and international schools, museums, over the radio, in the libraries, and even on the MRT! She has performed at The Arts House, the Asian Civilizations Museum, the Substation, Singapore Art Museum, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and at festivals like the ‘Singapore International Storytelling Festival’, the ‘Asian Congress of Storytellers,’ ‘Kidsfest’, ‘The Asian Children’s Festival’ and ‘The Storytellers Showcase’ in Singapore. She has similarly performed for children and adults at the ‘Scottish International Storytelling Festival,’ the ‘Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival’ in the UK and and at Coorg Public School in Kodagu, Karnataka State, India.

She has represented the Society for Reading and Literacy, Singapore, at international events in Hong Kong, Beijing and Budapest. In March 08, she was invited to the ‘Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival’ and presented work there, as an author and storyteller, with the support of the National Arts Council, Singapore, and in addition, trained and performed to teachers, social workers and children for a charitable organisation based in Mumbai, India. In June 08 she presented a workshop at the ‘Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference’.

Rosemarie's book 'Indian Children's Favourite Stories' was published internationally by Periplus Publishing in 2006.

She has also created stories and scripts for the Singapore History Museum (SHM), and led workshops that include storytelling and drama based-sessions such as 'Stuff and Stories', 'Myths and Legends' and 'Dragons and More!' Her work helped create a commemorative comic for the SHM, and she is featured on the VCD produced by the Ministry of Education called 'It's Story Time…' She helped compile the children's book 'Gateway to Singapore Culture' published by Asiapac Books in 2004, as well as 'Colours of Harmony', 'Colours of Love' and ‘A Giving Heart’ published by the Inter-Religious Harmony Circle, supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, and launched in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively to promote Racial Harmony.

Rosemarie currently leads The Storytellers’ Circle of the Society for Reading and Literacy (SRL) and has produced Chapter One to Five of ‘New and Old, Read and Told’, a series of family-oriented public performances that include storytelling and reading aloud. She is a member of the Singapore Drama Educators Association (SDEA) and on the Executive Committee of the Storytelling Association (Singapore).