Dan Yashinsky is a storyteller, author, and community animator. In 1999 he received the Jane Jacobs Prize for his work with storytelling in the community. He worked as the storyteller-in-residence at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto Public Library, The Stop Community Food Centre, and UNICEF Canada. His books include Tales for an Unknown City, Suddenly They Heard Footsteps - Storytelling for the Twenty-first Century, and Swimming with Chaucer - A Storyteller's Logbook.

Alice Kane was one of the pioneers of the Canadian storytelling movement. She worked as a children's librarian for Toronto Public Library. As well as being an unforgettable performer, she was an author and recording artist. Her books include The Dreamer Awakes (edited by Sean Kane) and Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood. She also recorded Alice Kane - Tales of Wonder for Storytellers of Canada / Conteurs du Canada.

Author of the New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, along with a number of other books, novelist and playwright Michael Wex has been telling stories in public since 1978. His Yiddish songs have been recorded by such artists as Geoff Berner and the Grammy-winning Klezmatics.