RICK SCOTT

SEBASTIAN ODELL

DAISY BLACK

Daisy is a Lecturer in English Literature at Wolverhampton University, and specializes in late medieval drama. 

     As a theatre practitioner and storyteller, her projects include performances of the Bayeux Tapestry; Broken Shells and Unruly Woman - a collection of medieval stories about women defying the restrictions placed on them by their class and gender.

CARMEL PAGE

Carmel is a storyteller: her lively stories include traditional folktales and stories from her own life. She co-runs The Story Forge, a storytelling club at the Fat Cat in Sheffield and she teaches storytelling to children and adults.  She also performs with Flying Teddy Bears.

        Yorkshire Folk Tales for Children is Carmel’s first book published by The History Press in 2018.

TIMOTHY RALPHS

Tim Ralphs is a storyteller and active exponent of narrative in art. He also works as a public engagement consultant connecting academic researchers with non-specialists.
      His storytelling is rooted in the oral tradition: The craft of a speaker weaving language and gesture to entrance an audience and bring a tale to life.

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JASON BUCK

Jason specialises in dark fairytales that blend dark magic and uplifting love themes. Jason’s stories are told in the oldest and best ways – as live storytelling performances for modern audiences.

          He has performed across the UK and mainland Europe, blending traditional and contemporary motifs, vocal sound effects and pure, unadulterated fantasy.

SARA PEARL

Sara Pearl is a writer and researcher in English Literature, Fiction, Theory of Narrative, Poetry, Theatre Directing, Screenwriting  and Psychology.

     She has been inspired by her father’s ghost stories, her mother’s family histories, and her maternal grandfather’s love of local folklore and folk tales.

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GRAHAM LANGLEY

 Graham is a performance storyteller and storytelling event organiser based in Birmingham in the West Midlands. With a unique flair for imagination and adventure, he brings storytelling to life through his work with schools, libraries and museums.

      Graham takes pride in training storytellers,  offering advice and guidance to those who look to give stories to others.

SIMON HEYWOOD

Simon Heywood completed a PhD on contemporary storytelling at Sheffield University’s National Centre for English Cultural Tradition in 2001 and has lectured in creative writing at Derby University since 1996.

     He has toured nationally and internationally in live and contemporary storytelling, and created original commissions for storytelling festivals.