Upcoming Events

• Jan 01, 2024

  School Residencies Are Back!

  All day

  After a looooong pandemic break, Kathy’s in-person writing workshops have resumed! Her Residency programs are highly rated by teachers, and feature a Div 1 workshop “Tell Me a Story,” and for Div 2-“Write On!” 

  Kathy also offers STORYTELLING performances for all grades:  in-person and on-line.

  For details, check out the “School & Library Visits” page [...]

• Jan 28, 2024

  Mischief Managed

  10:28 am

  Sunday January 28th / 8pm MST
  Kathy is looking forward to joining the VANCOUVER TELLERS for their upcoming Zoom concert featuring tales of trickery. She’ll share one of her favourite stories from Ireland- no one can create hilarious havoc like the fairies!
  For more info visit: https://vancouvertellers.com/upcoming-dates-and-themes/
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• Mar 14, 2024

  Family Storytelling Nights: March 14 & April 4

  10:28 am | Alberta Avenue Community League.

  Kathy is presenting 2 storytelling shows for families at the Alberta Avenue Community Centre.
  Her March 14th performance features stories with a “green” theme, and on April 4th will Kathy share some of her original stories as well as a beautiful kindness tale from India. Both shows are FREE, [...]

• Apr 13, 2024

  Young Author’s Conference

  All day

  Sherwood Park, Alberta

  Kathy is delighted to return as a featured presenter at this awesome annual event.  2024 marks her 18^th year with the conference, hosted by the Elk Island Public & Catholic School Districts. She can’t wait to roll up her sleeves, sharpen her pencil, and meet this latest batch of inspiring [...]

Past Events

• Nov 21, 2022

  Ottawa Children’s Storytelling Festival

  All day

  In late November, Kathy is off to Ottawa for their annual Children’s Storytelling Festival. She’ll be performing “live” shows at a couple of Public Library branches, and online performances too! Kathy is also presenting a workshop for Storytellers: “Elastic Stories—Creating Short Versions of Long Tales.” For more information, visit the festival’s webpage.

• May 01, 2023

  Canadian Children’s Book Week Tour

  All day

  Kathy is honoured to be chosen as a featured storyteller in the 2023 edition of the Canadian Children’s Book Week Tour. This will be the third time Kathy participates in this prestigious national event, and she can’t wait to find out where she’s headed. Stay tuned for details!

• May 08, 2023

  Cenovus WORDPOWER Tour

  All day

  It’s WORDPOWER time! This annual tour is produced by the Young Alberta Book Society, and sponsored by Cenovus Energy.  Kathy is thrilled to be among the local authors, illustrators, and storytellers, visiting schools & libraries in north-eastern Alberta. Although she’s been on the WORDPOWER tour many times, this week-long performance [...]