Elinor Benjamin has been telling stories for nearly 40 years. After working as a public library administrator in Newfoundland for 22 years, she left to work freelance with “Learning through the Arts,” a national education project, adopted by schools in western Newfoundland. She has drunk deeply from the well of Norse and Celtic mythology, ventured into the epics of South Asia and South America and cavorted with Japanese ghosts. In Newfoundland she lived near L’Anse aux Meadows, site of the archaeological remains of a one thousand year old Viking encampment, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. She tells folktales, fairytales, myths and legends and has served in many capacities as a volunteer with Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada, including President, webmaster and archivist. She has toured for Canadian Children’s Book Week, and told stories in Ireland, Italy, Amsterdam and most recently at the Marrakech International Storytelling Festival. She has told at many other festivals, and continued learning from great storytellers at numerous workshops and seminars. In the summer of 2024, she was delighted to perform at the Hans Christian Andersen statue in Central Park, New York. In 2015 she was awarded Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada’s highest honour, The Storykeeper Award. She lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.