LEA TAYLOR is passionate about storytelling’s ability to inspire, inform, educate, enable and enlighten, and has extensive experience of storytelling with family groups, schools, business and community groups. A founder member for BagaTelle, Midlothian’s storytelling development group, she also developed the First Young Storytellers Festival and is actively involved with Young Storytellers Scotland. She is also a working member of The Life Stories Group, working with elderly people. Recent appearances include the International Book Festival, The Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The National Mining Museum.