"Your story was absolute poetry. Your voice is beautiful. God bless it!"​  

Cape Clear Islander, Cork

Marianne’s lyrical storytelling has enchanted audiences from Cape Clear to Central Park.
Her tales of selkies and mermaids, fairy folk and the Fianna, and the magical Otherworld of the Celts have beguiled listeners at schools and libraries, festivals and concerts.  ​​

Listen to Marianne read the opening pages of Rónán and the Mermaid

 Marianne tells BBC Radio Ulster what inspired her story of a foundling boy and a mermaid saint.

Listen to Stories with Teddy. 

A SAMPLE OF PAST EVENTS
Ulster Folk Museum, Co. Down - June/August/October 2023.  St. Patrick's Primary School, Holywood - 2022. Aspects Festival: A Celebration of Irish Writing, Bangor - 2022. Cashel Arts Festival, Tipperary - 2022. Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco (via Zoom) - 2022. The Columbanus Festival, Bangor - 2021 & 2022. Glens of Antrim Storytelling Festival - 2021. Aspects Festival, Bangor - 2021. Summer Stars, DLR Libraries - 2021.
Spring into Storytime, Meath Libraries - 2021.