Are you planning an upcoming event that would be made even better with the addition of live storytelling? Some Guild members are available to hire! If you’re interested in hiring one of our storytellers, you can contact them directly through the contact information provided in their bio. Unsure of who would be the best fit? Reach out to our Guild email at badenstorytellers1@gmail.com, and we can help out based on your event. Fees vary according to experience and qualification.
Is your event outside of our vicinity? Check out Storytelling Toronto and
Storytellers Canada – Conteurs du Canada for more expansive directories.
Mary McCullum Baldasaro
Mary McCullum Baldasaro’s love of language, voice, and story find natural expression in teaching (French as a second language), storytelling, acting, and playwriting. She is a regular teller at Stories Aloud in The Story Barn and has performed in schools, libraries, at the Toronto Storytelling Festival, Latitudes Festival, and Heart & Hand Festival.
Contact Mary at storygirl@hotmail.ca
Paul Caulfield
Paul is a singer/storyteller who is noted for his humorous tellings of the stories behind the songs. He performs solo and in partnership with his storytelling wife, Judy. He is also a member of All Hands on Deck, a Brampton-based quartet. He has performed at: The Toronto Storytelling Festival, Guelph’s Tea ’n’ Tales Festival, Edinburgh’s Scottish Storytelling Centre, Brampton’s Sanderson Hall, and the Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives.
Contact Paul at paulcaulfield@hotmail.com
Stephanie Holt
Settler descendant Stephanie Holt honours Treaty 2 land where they live in St. Thomas, Ontario. The Baden Storytellers’ Guild welcomed Stephanie in 2020 and in 2023 successfully nominated Stephanie for a Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada 2023 Emerging Teller Award with Judy Caulfield as mentor.
With their business, Tales All Around, Stephanie’s voice, energy and presence bring people together through online and in-person workshops, oral storytelling, public speaking, artistic direction, and one-on-one coaching. Find Stephanie’s weekly articles about oral storytelling here. Enjoy Stephanie’s guided meditations on Insight Timer.
Contact Stephanie at sholtstoryteller@gmail.com
Gordon Stubley
As a retired engineering professor, Gordon draws upon personal experiences, engineering case studies, and traditional folk tales to develop a wide range of stories that provide unique and interesting insights into the workings of our world. Adult and teen audiences comment on his engaging and illuminating storytelling. He has told at Baden Storytellers’ Guild World Storytelling Day Concerts, Button Factory Arts Centre’s Bloom and Grow Open House, Guelph’s Tea ‘n’ Tales, Canadian Engineering Education Association’s conference and Waterloo Engineering’s Turkstra Speaker Series.
Gordon can be contacted at gordon.stubley.waterloo@gmail.com
Kait Taylor
Kait is a spirited storyteller whose energized tellings stem from her passion to connect people through Story. Kait tells engaging adaptations of folktales, fairytales, and original yarns that are full of heart and magic for audiences of all ages.
Since 2015, she has been telling stories at schools and festivals in the Kitchener-Waterloo community but has her roots in rural Grey County. In addition to Guild concerts, she has shared her talents at Guelph’s Tea ‘n’ Tales, Kidspark, Winterloo, and with the KW Symphony.
Contact Kait at kaitlin.e.taylor@gmail.com
John Wesselson
John Wesselson has been telling stories since 2003. His favourites were written in the late 19th century and he tells them as written, bringing the author’s words to life again. He loves causing a listener to fall into a story so deeply that afterwards, they remember what sights and feelings it brought to them more than who told it.
Contact John at johnwesselson@gmail.com
Carolyn Wilker
Carolyn Wilker is an author and storyteller from Kitchener, Ontario. A former preschool teacher who loved story time as much as her students. Her repertoire includes folk tales, and stories from her pen and her experience. She tells at Open Story Night and in the wider community.
Contact Carolyn through her website at
https://www.carolynwilker.ca/speaking-and-storytelling/
Barb Vollick
As a retired educator and experience working with the elderly, Barb has seen the power of a good story and has used stories to engage and touch the hearts of her listeners. She has told in schools, conferences, retirement homes, churches and long term care facilities. Barb’s love of stories, sense of fun and desire to help folks smile spills over onto her audiences. Barb would be delighted to create a program that best suits the interests of your audience.
Contact Barb at barb.vollick@gmail.com
Retired Tellers
Judy Caulfield
Judy has told stories for more than three decades. She has presented workshops on becoming a storyteller and used storytelling with students. She has told in a variety of venues from The Storytelling Festival of Toronto, Goderich’s Celtic Roots Festival, and Edinburgh’s Scottish Storytelling Centre, to conferences and classrooms.
Her repertoire includes folk and fairy tales, personal stories and Canadian stories. She is continues to tell tales for her grandson Simon, who is wise beyond his years.
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