Welcome. Fàilte.

My Scottish Grandfather was a storyteller, and my Celtic Ancestors spoke Gaelic. I was born in Toronto, traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishnaabe, and the Huron-Wendat Nations. Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. First peoples gathered here for millennia before us; telling stories of creation, giving thanks, listening and learning from the voices of the natural world, living with the First Law of Mother Earth and understanding the meaning of reciprocity.

As a storyteller, Waldorf teacher, dancer and writer I’m actively engaged with global storytelling communities and deeply committed to honouring tradition bearers. I’ve been a performing artist for more than 30 years. I perform and teach across Canada and internationally, in person and online.

Long ago our Ancestors knew how to listen to the voices of nature. Stories can help us remember. Storytelling can help us heal our relationships with each other and our world. This is at the heart of my work.

Fairytales, Families and Forests, co-authored with Georgiana Keable, is our new book for adults learning to tell stories with children. We offer it with gratitude to the spirits of the land and to our ancestors who gave voice to stories of earth, air, fire and water. Our book joins in global efforts to reclaim our woodland heritage- home of mind, body and spirit.

From Diana Beresford-Kroeger, author of To Speak for the Trees: Storytelling is the daisy chain that connects the generations of the human family. It anchors the child by firing the imagination and building the adult. The art of storytelling found in Fairytales, Families and Forests is a guidebook for every parent to explore.

Here’s a story you’ll find in our book. With gratitude to Glatitude and Lawrence Joseph Glatt.

Buy our book: Fairytales, Families and Forests

“We’re hard wired for stories. If you want to tell somebody something…and really get the point across, you’re much more able to do it, in an emotionally affecting way, through a story.” Margaret Atwood

“The truth about stories is that that’s all we are.” Thomas King

“Story is true and takes us beyond the facts into something far more real.” Madeleine L’Engle

“It is the word, blossoming as legend, poem, story, secret, that holds a community together and gives meaning to its life.” George Mackay Brown

Thanks to Ewan Ross and Crystina Dang for website design.

Thanks to Jane Flynn and Luciana Baptista Cohen for these lovely photos.