Our Creators

Chip began storytelling professionally in 2007. He’s since performed in 10 countries, presented Traditional Tales for the Oxford Reading Tree online, performed regularly at Glastonbury Festival, and represented the Roald Dahl Story Museum on ITV. He also wrote the EU’s guidance on using storytelling in schools. He lives in the former Cambridgeshire residence of Samuel Pepys, England’s most famous diarist, with his wife Emma and kittens Tito and Pippa.

Rob has worked in schools in Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire for 11 years. He has taught across Key Stages 1 and 2, as well as spending some time in EYFS. Currently he works in a small village school as a class teacher and Literacy lead. Promoting a love of literacy and reading is one of his key aims – and, with enthusiastic lessons and an exciting range of texts, he makes this happen. Rob has worked with other teachers, authors and booksellers to help children to grow their love of reading.

Amy began storytelling professionally in 2007, and was soon presenting Traditional Tales for the Oxford Reading Tree online. She creates scripts and resources for a variety of church organisations and publishers, and is author of the Gladstone the Gargoyle trilogy as well as The Adventuring Girls series. When she’s not writing, storytelling, or ventriloquising, she’s enjoying time with her husband Tiffer and their two children in Suffolk.

Janina Vigurs (rhymes with “ya seen a tiger’s”) is a professional oral storyteller and play maker. She quite often works in schools, nurseries, festivals, and private parties, and once commandeered a Shetland pony stable (it was snug). She lives in Essex with her husband Leaf (who works as a gardener – how nominatively deterministic is that!) and daughter Alice.

Ellie is based Suffolk. She is a writer and illustrator, mainly creating picture books for children. She keeps a website (www.thisstorygarden.com), which includes colouring and activities for 3–5 year olds. She has previously worked with Chip Colquhoun on some of the illustrations for his book Cambridgeshire Folk Tales for Children.

Korky began his career scribbling for an advertising agency in Cape Town. His first illustration job was a book teaching English, then a pop-up called The Crocodile and the Dumper Truck – but it was his work on Winnie the Witch that won the Children’s Book Award in 1987 and made him a much-loved figure in the world of children’s books. He’s since illustrated for Oxford University Press, Penguin, Random House, and others. He lives in Oxford with his wife Susan.