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 between Ireland and other countries”. 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.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 2013 she wrote “A Wailing on the Wind” a piece for voice and string quartet, with music composed by Ian Stephens, In 2014 she wrote “All for the Dead Man’s Penny” with fiddle music composed and played by Ciaran Mulholland. In 2019 she was awarded an MBE for her services to the arts and to education.