Liz Weir is a professional storyteller from Northern Ireland who works age groups promoting the art for which the Irish are world famous.
Formerly Children's Librarian for the City of Belfast, she now travels the
world telling stories to adults and children. She organises workshops, appears at major international festivals and has given performances in Israel, Germany, Australia and the United States. Liz was the first winner of the International Storybridge Award from the National Storytelling Network.

Liz Weir is the author of "Boom Chicka Boom", a collection of stories
for children, and a new story collection "Here, There and Everywhere" will
be published in spring 2005 by The O'brien Press ( www.obrien.ie). She has presented "The Gift of the Gab", a storytelling series for BBC Radio
Ulster and appears on RTE's "The Morbegs". She has also written scripts for three animated television adverts "Together in the Park" aimed at young children in Northern Ireland (www.mifc-pii.org)