The telling Tales Team

Message from the Founders

On behalf of our hardworking committee and many community supporters, we thank you for your interest in our festival and sincerely hope that you and your family will discover many wonderful stories at Telling Tales - stories that you will cherish and share with others throughout your life. We hope that you will return often with friends and family as we grow our festival.

Susan Jasper, Chair & Founder

Message from your Host

Westfield Heritage Village was born in 1964 through the pioneering efforts of two high school teachers who had a vision for a unique and dynamic heritage learning experience appropriate for families and visitors from all walks of life. Westfield has strived to maintain the spirit of that vision by working with community groups and volunteers to develop one of the most vibrant living history museums of its kind. In support of children’s literacy, it is that sense of adventure and dedication that has inspired Telling Tales and its contributors to produce the last word in children’s festivals aimed at exploring our literary legacy both today and yesterday. The event brings famous authors of children’s books, performers and storytellers into the pastoral and family oriented grounds of Westfield for an event like no other. It is not just a must see event… it is a must be event.

Steering Committee

Susan Jasper, Chair and Founder of Telling Tales Festival
District Manager for CFIB, keen Rotarian

June Dickenson, Marketing Chair and Media Relations
Freelance Publicist, Writer and Event Organizer
For Media Enquiries: media@tellingtales.org

Rose Johnson, Literacy Advisor
Executive Director, Hamilton Literacy Council

Laura Lukasik, Selection & Organizing Committee
Hamilton Public Library, Early Literacy Hamilton

Nancy McKibbin Gray, Selection & Organizing Committee
Bryan Prince, Bookseller

Jennifer Powell-Fralick, Organizing Committee & Literacy Advisor
Chair of Early Literacy Hamilton, HWDSB Early Child Development & Parenting Department

Bryan Prince, Bookseller, Selection and Community Relations
Bryan Prince, Bookseller

Robert Winniger, Co-host, Organizing Committee
Program Officer of Westfield Heritage Village

Advisors

Jane Allison, The Hamilton Spectator

Anne Bermingham, President, 2WA Consulting

Drea Baptiste, Lead Creative & Marketing, !P - ImaginationPlus

Judith Bishop, Trustee for Ward 1 & 2, HWDSB

Ed Bradica, Principal Special Projects, HWCDSB

Cheryl Breukelman, President, Epiphany Coaches

Rondalyn Brown, Manager of Westfield Heritage Village

Sue Collins, Rotary Club of Waterdown

Chris Cutler, Rotary Club of Hamilton

Adrienne Davidson, President, Epiphany Coaches

David DeRocco, Director Marketing and Promotions, Y108, 900CHML, Children's Fund

Nicki Glowacki, Vice President, Community Operations, YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington

Lisa Kiriakopoulos, Early Learning and Child Care Liaison, HWDSB

Sylvia McNicoll, Young Adult books author and non-fiction editor of Today’s Parent Toronto magazine

April Morganti, Office of Partnership and Innovation, HWDSB

Leah Morris, Director of ABEA (Adult Basic Education Association)

Frances Thorp Neufeld, Dundas Arts Community Foundation

Jim Nicol, Rotary Club of Dundas

Gillian O’Reilly, Editor, Canadian Children’s Book News

Len Saltmarsh, Rotary Club of Hamilton

Marsha Skrypuch, Founder of Authors Booking Service

Sharon Smikle, Rotary Club of Hamilton AM

Kathy Starodub, Rotary Club of Dundas Valley Sunrise

Branka Vidovic, Graphic Designer, Neographics

Rev. Sue Ann Ward, Christ Church Cathedral and Rotary Club of Hamilton AM

Janet Wilson, Children’s Author/Illustrator and a founding member of Eden Mills Writers’ Festival

Dean Younger, Early Years Consultant, HWCDSB