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Dave is an author, historian and storyteller, telling tales since 1999. Prior to that he had a very varied career but changed path to go back into learning. By 2000 he found himself with a BA & MA in English history and even the first year of a PhD under his belt! At the same time he was working for the Norfolk Museum Service where he discovered storytelling and, along with Stewart Alexander, formed Past-Imagined, Historic Tales Tellers.

Peter has been storytelling since 1999, and has entertained audiences all over Britain and further with his tales from the Indian Subcontinent. His parents migrated to Britain from the Punjab region in the 1950’s, and though he was born in the Midlands, Peter grew up using Punjabi as his first language. He combines these two cultures seamlessly to tell stories full of life, wisdom, and humour.

Christine is involved in a wide range of storytelling projects and performance workshops in settings ranging from prisons to schools and nurseries. Christine is interested in developing international links to support storytelling development and stories for use with Restorative Justice.

Simon has published poetry, translations, fiction and non-fiction, and worked to international acclaim as a storyteller, musician, Composer, and workshop leader, performing in pubs, clubs, cafes, festivals, parks, schools, libraries, village halls, cemeteries, theatres, arts centres, forests, living rooms, hospital wards, narrowboats, roundhouses and castles.

Cindylou has been telling stories for over 30 years. Her clients include children of all ages and abilities, community groups, church groups, festival audiences, clubs and folk who want to mark a that special birthday.

Daniel Morden is one of the leading exponents in the art of storytelling. Daniel has delighted audiences all over the world with his performances including the Vancouver, Oslo and Yukon story telling festivals, The Hay, Beyond The Border, Bath and Cheltenham festivals and at venues such as The Barbican, The National Theatre and The British Museum. He has also worked on television and radio, and has published six children’s books. He was recently awarded the Hay Festival Medal for his contribution to storytelling.

The story of Liz’s journey begins back in the 1970’s. As Children’s Librarian for the City of Belfast, she learned about the healing power of storytelling …
Liz Weir is a storyteller and writer from Northern Ireland. She was the first winner of the International Story Bridge Award from the National Storytelling Network, USA, which cited her “exemplary work promoting the art of storytelling”.
Liz Weir has told her stories to people of all ages on five continents.

Amy Douglas is a vibrant professional storyteller with a passion for traditional stories and riddles.
She first discovered storytelling at the age of 14 and has been a devotee of the art, broadening her knowledge, experience and skills as a storyteller as well as promoting and celebrating the art form ever since.  In 1993 Amy was awarded the first West Midlands Arts Storytelling Apprenticeship and spent a year studying with professional storytellers throughout Britain and further afield.

The House of the West Wind came into being in 2017. Inspired by the stories and practices of the Drut’syla tradition, a group of storytellers, artists and organisers gathered around Shonaleigh with the aim of creating a base from which the tradition could grow roots and flourish.

Katherine Soutar is a freelance illustrator and makes pictures about storytelling. Not pictures that tell you a story, but pictures that make you want to know what the story is. She has been lucky enough to work with some amazing storytellers helping to make elements of their stories visible as images as well as heard and read, and hopes to do much more of this in the future.

Festival at the Edge is the oldest storytelling festival in England and has something for everyone. A weekend of fantastic storytelling, tall tales, terrific tellers, music and more…, surrounded by breathtaking views of Alderford Lake and the North Shropshire countryside. A packed programme of events tailored for all age groups, over a weekend that is unique in the festival calendar.

A seven day celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the British Isles. Boasting over 600 events from workshops, concerts, singarounds, dances, sessions, and street entertainment to the extensive ‘fringe’ events that spontaneously erupt, Folk Week is a funfilled festival for lovers of real music

The Society for Storytelling was founded in 1993 to support and promote storytelling in England and Wales. We provide a central place to find out about storytelling events, to ask for advice on using storytelling, about Workshops to help you find your individual voice as a new storyteller and this is also the place to find the storytellers who already have.

The aim of the Shaggy Dog Storytellers is to promote storytelling in West Yorkshire and beyond. Shaggy Dog Storytellers draw stories from many cultures and from all over the world and embrace the magical, the unusual, the humorous and the strange.

Taffy has a repertoire of more than 300 stories, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation. This repertoire was built by meeting and working with virtually all the great traditional storytellers who were alive in Britain. See ‘Ancestral Voices’. He is now the most experienced English storyteller, having performed in many countries on four continents.

Michael lives in Wales and is one of the UK’s most respected storytellers. He participates in the biggest European and North American international festivals where he tells stories of Celtic countries with enthusiasm and humor.

The Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival is now in its 23rd year, and has become one of the most renowned festivals in the world storytelling calendar. Each year we invite some of the most accomplished tellers from around the world, and also present the best Irish exponents of this most ancient of art forms to a world audience.

Oleg Fateev plays Russian, Moldavian, and classical, as well as improvised music. He also writes his own compositions and arrangements, in which you can hear his Moldavian roots.

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