Bob Barton,

The Storyteller

Cover image of Bob Barton's book, Telling Stories Your Way

Since his first appearance at Artpark, Lewiston, New York in 1979, Bob has been featured in many storytelling festivals including:

Rockport, Maine (North Atlantic Festival);

Toronto;

Greyslake, Illinois;

Grand Rapids, Michigan;

Fredericton, New Brunswick (Storyfest);

Seattle, Washington;

London, Ontario (International Children’s Festival);

Detroit, Michigan (Great Lakes International Festival ’87 and Storytelling ’92);

Victoria, Australia (Dromkeen Centre for Children’s Literature);

Minnesota (Stories from the Heartland);

St. Catherines, Ontario (Magic Fire);

Jackson, Michigan (Storyfest);

Maui, Hawaii (World Conference on Reading);

London, England (Battersea Arts Centre);

Okalahoma City (Wintertales ’95);

Jonesborough, Tennessee (National Storytelling Festival);

Mansfield, PA’96 and 2001;

Hobart, Tasmania ’98;

Montreal Intercultural ’99;

Storyfest, Brockville 2000;

Hand and Heart Festival, Kitchener 2002.

Bob partnered with fellow storyteller Cathy Miyata to write, produce and perform in Mouth Music The Poetry Show and Rap, Rhythm and Rhyme. Both shows toured Ontario schools under the auspices of Prologue To The Performing Arts for five years.

Bob also made thirty consecutive appearances as a storyteller at the Hans Christian Andersen Storyhour in Central Park, New York.

Bob has conducted storytelling courses for The Storytellers School of Toronto; The National Storytelling Institute, Jonesborough, Tennessee; Emerson College, East Sussex, England; Exeter University, Devon, England; The Centre for Language in Primary Education, London, England. The Centre for Language in Primary Education produced a video of Bob’s work.in 1996.

He is a founding member of The Storytelling School of Toronto and Storytellers of Canada.

He also served on the Board of Directors of the National Storytelling Association (U.S.A.).