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Atlantic Provinces
Legend for storytellers' categories
New Brunswick
Peter D. Clark
634 Route 8 Hwy
Durham Bridge NB E6C 2E2
Telephone/Télécopier: 506-450-8184
Email/Courriel : clarkpd@nbnet.nb.ca
Website: www.peterclark.ca
Bio: Peter D. Clark is a self-published Canadian best-selling author of 7 books.
He is a writer and chronicler of New Brunswick folklore and true stories.
He loves entertaining school children and has been telling stories for over a decade.
In 1999 Clark completed a 20,000 km cross-Canada Literacy and Book Tour, earning the
nickname “The New Brunswick Apostle” in a CBC documentary.
Categories: E,C,Y,A,CW,AW,T,B
Joan Meade
Email/Courriel : jmmeade@nbnet.nb.ca
Home /Résidence :506-472-1371
Bio: Joan Meade has storytold worldwide: from Southern California to Dublin and Tokyo and many festivals
across Canada. She has provided workshops for universities and teachers and told in many, many
libraries and schools. She combines storytelling and art at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Every summer she does outdoor stories for Tourism Fredericton and for the past three years
has entertained during the New Year’s Levee at the request of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
Newfoundland
Elinor Benjamin
59 East Valley Rd
Corner Brook NL A2H 2L3
Home /Résidence : 709-634-8890 (home)
Email/Courriel : tales@warp.nfld.net
Website: www3.nf.sympatico.ca/ebandrr/tales
Bio: Elinor has been telling traditional stories in schools, libraries and other venues for nearly twenty years.
She works with Learning through the Arts in schools in Western Newfoundland. Living near L'Anse aux
Meadows, she especially enjoys Norse myths and folk tales these days, but loves stories from all around the world.
In 2005, she received a Canada Council grant to travel to Ireland and told at the Dublin Yarnspinners and the
Sean Dunne Literary Festival in Waterford.
Categories: E,T,B,C,YA,A
Anita Best
104 Circular Road
St. John’s, NL A1C 2Z5
Home/Résidence: 709-738-3945
Work phone: 709-729-7396
Fax: 709-729-0870
Email/Courriel : ambest@nf.sympatico.ca
Website: www.anitabest.com
Bio: Anita is a traditional singer of Newfoundland songs who became interested in telling stories in the 1970s when she married into a storytelling family in outport Newfoundland. She has a background in folklore, oral history and as a presenter of Newfoundland music and writing. Fairy tales and long ballads are her special interests.
Categories: E,T,B,A,AW
Mary Fearon
Email/Courriel : maryefearon@gmail.com
Bio:A St. John’s-based storyteller who works with our local chapter of the Parent-Child Mother Goose
Project, Mary Fearon was trained by its founder, Katherine Grier. Fearon has conducted workshops in storytelling, performed in schools and at a day-long storytelling event held in St. John’s a few years ago. She has recently completed, with Lori Fritz, Over the Big Fat Waves, a collection of Newfoundland and Labrador rhymes, songs and language games, for use in literacy programs.
Dale Jarvis
70 Fleming St.
St.John's,NL A1C 3A5
Cell #: 709-685-3444
FAX #: 709 739-5413
Email/Courriel : info@hauntedhike.com
Website:
http://www.hauntedhike.com
Bio: Since 1997, Dale has been telling ghost stories in downtown St.John's all
summer and every Hallowe'en as host of the St. John's Haunted Hike.
He also tells traditional tales from Newfoundland, England and Ireland. In
2002, he collaborated with musician Delf Hohmann to present "Under the Juniper
Tree: Stories and Songs from the Brothers Grimm" at the Yukon
International Storytelling Festival in Whitehorse and the International Sound
Symposium in St. John's.
E,H,T,B,YA,A,AW
Kelly Russell
Box 461
Bell Island, NL A0A 4H0
Home/Résidence: 709-488-3821
Email/Courriel : unclebayman@gmail.com
Website: www.pigeoninlet.com
Bio:Tunes & Tales with Kelly Russell: Renowned fiddler, multi-instrumentalist and veteran of pioneering bands,
Figgy Duff, Wonderful Grand Band, The Planks and The Irish Descendants, Kelly performs
the classic Tales of Pigeon Inlet
by his Dad, Ted Russell, plus authentic Newfoundland music of legendary fiddlers Rufus Guinchard & Emile Benoit.
A rare glimse into Newfoundland's past with this ideal blend of music & storytelling. Kelly is the 1997 recipient of
The Marius Barbeau Award for hi significant contribution to Canadian folklore.
Categories: E,C,YA,A,T
Nova Scotia
Cindy Campbell
Dartmouth, NS
Home/Résidence: 902 466-4545
Work phone: 902-490 5748
Email/Courriel :
storysong@ns.sympatico.ca
Bio: Cindy tells a wide variety of stories to a wide variety of ages in a
wide variety of forums. She also enjoys combining storytelling with other
artistic techniques such as music, songs, ballads, puppetry and dramatic
characterizations.
Cindy is a member and proprieter of StorySong Express - a musical storytelling entertainment company for children and
families. She has always lived by the sea and enjoys sharing "Watching From
the Shore" stories, and Ballads with adult audiences.
Categories: E, T, C, YA, A, CW, AW
Jill Curley
11 Balcome Drive, Apt.11,
Halifax NS B3N 1H9
Home/Résidence: 902-477-2170
Work #:902-494-6944
Email/Courriel : jcurley@ns.sympatico.ca
Bio:Jill Curley's international travels have taken her far and wide. Hence, she enjoys recounting these meaningful
times with purpose and humor. With a Masters of Education, she has been recognized for her creative approach to storytelling.
Her extensive teaching, career counseling, theatre and corporate training background provides a
rich context from which to draw. Jill offers conference workshops on the Power of Story Telling and uses her poetry to engage and interact with the listener
Categories: A,C,YA,T
Jeanne (Doucet) Currie
12 English Oaks Drive
RR#1 Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1A0
Home/Résidence: 902-532-0455
Work #: 902-526-0805
Email/Courriel : currie.wayne@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.jeannedoucetcurrie.ca
Bio: Jeanne (Doucet) Currie, acadian writer, storyteller, singer and songwriter tells us about her heritage and culture through stories and songs. Each story is accompanied by a song. Along with her husband, Wayne Currie, Jeanne has presented at storytelling festivals in Nova Scotia and Whitehorse, Yukon. You can find out more about Jeanne by browsing through her website at www.jeannedoucetcurrie.ca
Categories: A,F,A,YA,C,T
Laurent d’Entremont
P.O. Box 72
Lower West Pubnico, Yarmouth County, NS B0W 2C0
Home/Résidence: 902-762-2421
e: 902-762-3380
Email/Courriel : laudent@hotmail.com
Bio: My business card reads: “A laugh a Minute.” Story Telling, Standup Comic – Festivals,
Banquets, etc. I perform in both French and Englis and am equally comfortable with both.
My type of humor is a bit on the corny side. My audiences tend to be middle aged and older.
I also do some storytelling to kids at school. I have been talking on CBC Radio as a partyliner for
a long time. I do some freelance writing for local newspapers and magazines in Nova Scotia.
Categories: E,F
Clare Dugas
R.R.#1
Pleasantville, NS, B0R 1G0
Home/Résidence: 902 527-2241
Work Phone: 902 541-8240
Email/Courriel : rosanna2@eastlink.ca
Bio: Retired school teacher. Enjoys reading, rug hooking, quilting
and, of course, storytelling. Lives alongthe beautiful LaHave River in
Lunenberg County, outside the town of Bridgewater.
Categories: E,F
Claire Miller
5686 Victoria Road., Unit 1
Halifax, NS B3H 1M8
Home/Résidence :902-425-8928
FAX: 902-425-8928
Email/Courriel : clairemiller@ns.sympatico.ca
Bio: Professional storyteller Claire Miller has been delighting
listeners for fifteen years with her lively renditions of folktales
from near and far. Many of her tales incorporate music and audience
participation. In schools she presents programmes of stories designed to
complement the curriculum, and she has been keynote speaker at conferences
for students and adults. She has told to audiences throughout the
Maritimes and is available to go wherever a good story is
needed.
Categories: E, T, C, YA, A,
AW
Richard McIntosh
163 Three Island Rd
Rockdale, NS B0E 3B0
Home/Résidence: 902-587-2992
Email/Courriel : richdogca@yahoo.ca
Bio:I am very willing to help host visiting Storytellers to St. Peter's (and area), Cape Breton. I am involved in organizing community festivals in the area and enjoy incorporating Storytelling into the itinerary. Please feel free to contact me if you are in my neighbourhood!
Liz Newkirk
14 Mabou Avenue
Halifax NS B3P 1V7
Home/Résidence: 902-477-1474
Email/Courriel : lnewkirk@ns.sympatico.ca
Bio: A former school library specialist, Liz now tells professionally for audiences of all ages at schools, libraries, festivals such as the Ottawa Storytelling Festival in 2005, and many other venues. She draws her programs from a wide repertoire of world tales, myths, and legends, and delights in telling tales that capture the heart and the imagination. She is always happy to create new programs to suit any audience, curriculum area, or occasion.
Categories: E, C, YA, A, CW, AW, H, T
Angela J. Reynolds
139 South Street, RR #3
Bridgetown, NS B0S 1C0
Work #: 902-665-2995
Email/Courriel :
flamehead@ns.sympatico.ca
Bio: I have been telling stories since 1992. Since that time, I have taken storytelling workshops and classes, and have been performing at libraries, schools, special events, and the occasional birthday party. Although I love to tell scary stories, I also tell stories suitable for adults and young audiences in the elementary grades.
Catgories: E,A,YA,C,T,B
Storytellers Circle of Halifax
708 Shore Drive
Bedford NS
B4A 2E1
Home/Résidence: 902-835-3180
Work : 902-490-5748
Email: lwinham88@hotmail.com
or storysong@ns.sympatico.ca
Bio:
Founded in 1996, we are a small group of storytellers working individually, who meet regularly to share
information and stories, and sometimes provide programs as a group for festivals and events. We welcome new members,
both tellers and listeners.
(See www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/StorytellersCircle.)
Linda Winham
708 Shore Drive
Bedford NS
B4A 2E1
Home/Résidence:902-835-3180
Email/Courriel : lwinham88@hotmail.com
Bio: Linda is a founding member of the Storytellers Circle of Halifax, and member of SC/CC since 1995.
With background in Children’s Literature, elementary teaching, and public library services for youth,
she is committed to promoting the oral tradition of storytelling. She likes traditional tales of depth and resonance,
and tracking down family and historical stories. She has told at schools and libraries, the World Peace Pavilion,
Word on the Street, and private functions.
Categories: E,T,B,C,YA,A
Prince Edward Island
Calling all Prince Edward Island storytellers. We would dearly love to have
members from Prince Edward Island
"Tree of Life" logo courtesy of Jim Murray,
of Northern Lights Symbol Works
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