Guild Members
Meet the Guelph Guild of Storytellers (GGS) members. Each delights in being a storyteller in their own right, in addition to working within GGS working together to plan, shape, and organize events and commit to contributing their own stories. We appreciate the opportunity to partner with two of Guelph's institutions: The Guelph Enabling Garden and The Guelph Civic Museum.
We also welcome Friends of GGS, who typically start as avid listeners who come on board to help with tasks such as setting up and serving snacks and with gentle encouragement, vet their own tale through GGS members and participate in a public event. A warm welcome greets all inquiries.
Beve Matson
Beverly enjoys telling personal stories and adopting folktales. She loves the connections that storytelling creates with an audience. "One story leads to another, and I'm drawn to the ways…
Brian Holstein
Brian Holstein was born on a dairy farm in rural Australia where he began his teaching career before setting off to see the world. His first and only stop was…
Ellen Webb
Ellen wears many hats ranging from puppeteer to face painter to actor to storyteller, at times successfully incorporating one or all of these skills into one entertaining package. Ellen is…
John Camelford
As a shy child, (to this day), John has found that humour helped him ease into new situations. It has helped him cope through tough, sad, or unnerving events. Making…
Larry Gibbs
Larry is new to “public” storytelling but has been telling stories all his life, one way or another. Nicknamed ' Gramophone Gibbs ' by his Dad, who claimed Larry had…
Maryann Bailey
Maryann is an experienced, celebrated storyteller in Guelph. For many years she has entertained audiences with delightful stories. She's a keen advocate for books and her work in a local…
Michael (Rusty) Dougherty
Michael is born of The Irish, raised in Montreal, schooled in Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton. A proud father of the two most intelligent, independent and coolest daughters on earth. Grandfather…
Michelle Wan
Variety has been a way of life for Michelle Wan . She was born in China, grew up in India and the United States, has lived in France, Brazil and…
Susan McBride
Susan was born in Windsor ON, into an Irish Family, great yarn spinners. Susan was #4 of 6 children and not sure if that's significant, but she inherited the story…
Sya VanGeest
Sya is recognized as an accomplished, keen storyteller and a teacher of the art of storytelling. She's comfortable with audiences large or small, young or old, whatever the occasion or setting, -…