Storyteller assembles great universal catalogue (8)

I believe the answer is:

fabulist

'storyteller' is the definition.
(fabulist is a kind of storyteller)

'great universal catalogue' is the wordplay.
'great' becomes 'fab' (short for fabulous).
'universal' becomes 'u'.
'catalogue' becomes 'list' (I've seen this before).
'fab'+'u'+'list'='FABULIST'

'assembles' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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