Kelly T & Groovie Bunch at The Grove Tavern

KELLY THOMPSON
Kelly is a Belfast-born book doula and editor, who has helped hundreds of authors “birth” their books of healing and self-empowerment into the world, but who has only recently started giving voice to her own insights via her storytelling, poems and songs. (bookdoula.co.uk)

With a passion for the power and magic of storytelling as a means of connecting people in an increasingly disconnected world, tonight, she will share her experience of having been caught up in the tragic tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia some 20 years ago this December – and the long road to healing and recovery ever since.

FIONA MOLLOY
Fiona is an Executive & Life Coach, Facilitator and Mum of 5, who lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Interested in the relationship between the true expression of our creativity, and mental and emotional well-being, she likes to write short stories, often autobiographical and usually with a large dose of humour.

Tonight, she will share a poignant short story of both love and loss, trauma and healing, endings and beginnings.

CANARY MONARCH

Anna, who often goes by the stage name of Canary Monarch, is a storyteller and burlesque performer. She works with teenagers as an art therapist in her day job and believes that telling our stories heals us.

Tonight, she will explore what edges of darkness we carry with us, and how hurts can be transformed into stories if only we can find beauty and space enough to allow it.