Holly Gooch - Professional Storyteller
Bio
I come to storytelling with an interest and background in theatre, teaching, and creative writing. I call myself a storytailor because I write my own stories for telling. Story ideas follow me around like pesky ghosts until I write them down and tell them, so I have no shortage of tales to share. I love the intimacy and authenticity of storytelling. It is such a treat to have a personal story experience in a world full of distant forms of communication like texting, internet, email, phone and TV.
Session Abstract
At the conference I will be telling stories to inspire teachers and librarians to keep doing the incredible job they are doing and I also hope to inspire them to use storytelling themselves! These stories will be aimed at all ages including young adults as I am convinced that there is an untapped potential to use storytelling to engage teenagers in school!
I come to storytelling with an interest and background in theatre, teaching, and creative writing. I call myself a storytailor because I write my own stories for telling. Story ideas follow me around like pesky ghosts until I write them down and tell them, so I have no shortage of tales to share. I love the intimacy and authenticity of storytelling. It is such a treat to have a personal story experience in a world full of distant forms of communication like texting, internet, email, phone and TV.
Session Abstract
At the conference I will be telling stories to inspire teachers and librarians to keep doing the incredible job they are doing and I also hope to inspire them to use storytelling themselves! These stories will be aimed at all ages including young adults as I am convinced that there is an untapped potential to use storytelling to engage teenagers in school!