Liz Weir

Liz Weir is an Irish storyteller with an international reputation. She was the first winner of the International Story Bridge Award from the National Storytelling Network, USA, which cited her “exemplary work promoting the art of storytelling”. She has told her stories to people of all ages on five continents. She has performed in pubs and prisons and hospital rooms. She worked on stages in the mighty Vanderbilt Hall of New York’s Grand Central Station and in the Royal Albert Hall.

Liz has written two collections of stories for children "Boom Chicka Boom" and "Here, There and Everywhere" (O’Brien Press) and "When Dad Was Away" (Frances Lincoln Books), a picture book based on her work in prisons. She is the editor of "Stand Up and Tell Them" and "Stand Up and Tell Them Some More" (Adare Press), She us a contributor to "North Star" an anthology of writing by members of Women Aloud NI, June 2020.

Liz is the director of the Glens Storytelling Festival www.goastories.org and a committee member of the Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival www.capeclearstorytelling.com

In 2019 she was awarded an MBE for her services to the arts and to education.