Mary Louise Chown
Author/Illustrator/Performer

35 Cordova St
Winnipeg, MB
R3N 0Z9
Phone: 204-489-6994
Fax: 204-489-5460
Email: Mary Louise Chown
Website: http://www.marylouisechown.com

Mary Louise has taken storytelling in many innovative directions from her base in the Winnipeg storytelling community. With drum, hammered dulcimer, and a close attention to the music of language, her creative approach to storytelling connects the worlds of the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Mary Louise is an experienced and compelling storyteller and musician whose work has taken her into hospitals and palliative care wards, and into the world of mediation and conflict resolution. Her storytelling has been described as mesmerizing. She has travelled extensively in Manitoba, across Canada, and overseas, gathering stories and sharing her favourite ones. All things are possible in this world, and often true stories are stranger than fiction.

Mary Louise is a trained teacher, mediator, and artist and was the first Storyteller-in-Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library. She has been featured at festivals across Canada, including the Winnipeg Folk Festival. She is co-founder of the BraveHeart Storytellers and is the current artistic director of the Magic of One Concert series.

Recent Published Works
“Marie Anne Lagimodiere in Le Pays En Haut: Exploring the Oral Storytelling Traditions of Sharing History” in the Papers of the Rupertsland Colloquium 2004, compiled by David Malaher, held in Kenora ON, published by the Centre for Rupertsland Studies , University of Winnipeg

“They Should have Listened to their Hearts” and “Qualutaliqssuaq, a retold folktale"
in Storytelling Magazine, Vol 17, Issue 1, January/February 2005, National Storytelling Network, Jonesborough Tennessee, USA, ISBN: 1048-1354

"The Golden Phoenix" in The Healing Heart-Communities, editors Allison M. Cox and David H. Albert, New Society Publishers, 2003

"Soup Can Woman" two drawings in Spider Woman: A Tapestry of Creativity and Healing, Shillingford Press, Wpg. 1999
"Pigrun's Quest", Appleseed Quarterly, Toronto, Ontario 1999
"Journey Without Maps" The Power of the Story, University College of Cape Breton Press 1998
"The Golden Key" Appleseed Quarterly, Toronto, Ontario, 1996
"Rainbow Girl" Twelve Snapshots, National Capitol Commission, Ottawa 1996
"Using Frame Stories", Appleseed Quarterly, Toronto, Ontario 1994

Recorded Works
“Magic of One Concerts Live” 2003-2008
“The Skin of This Planet”, Video Pool 2001
"Doing Time" Video Pool 1999
"North From Centre" Tales by Earthstory (produced) 1996

Available For
- Storytelling and music performances
- Storytelling workshops, courses, and mentoring

Nov 2008