The Magpie''s Nest: A Treasury of Bird Folk Tales

About Taffy Thomas

TAFFY THOMAS is a professional storyteller who gives around 300 storytelling performances across the country each year. One of the UKs most loved storytellers he was made an MBE in the 2000 New Years Honours List for services to storytelling and charity. In 2000-2011 he became the first laureate for storytelling a role created to promote the power of stories. Taffy is the artistic director of the Northern Centre for Storytelling in Grasmere and the author of many collections of folk tales for The History Press. He lives in Grasmere Ambleside.