I have always had a bottomless appetite for potent stories and adventures. A hunger fed by burrowing my head firmly in any  book, listening to my parents' outrageously fantastical tales and boyhood explorations over windswept moors, into deep woods and across forgotten coastlines - usually with a sturdy stick in hand.

I didn't however have any idea that professional storytelling was a thing for quite some time.

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At the age of 15, I got wind of the National Young Storyteller of the Year competition. It sounded like a bit of quirky fun and so armed with some beginners luck, I went along and managed to win the title with my first public performance. Although my eyes were then opened to the world of traditional storytelling, I still didn't wholly appreciate its vast potential.