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Eileen Budd
Eileen is a Scottish author, artist and storyteller with over 20 years experience working with national museums.
She was raised in Perthshire in a family with a tradition of maintaining oral storytelling practises, Eileen specialises in traditional Scottish folklore, folk traditions, folk objects, origin stories and ancient Scottish legends.
She uses storytelling, illustration and historic object handling to help bring these stories to life for a range of audiences, including early years, primary and high school students and adults.
Her illustrated book Ossian Warrior Poet is a new edition of the Poems of Ossian, reworked for a new generation. It's available to buy through her heritage press publisher: Wide Open Sea.
The book brings the tales of 3rd Century Scottish warrior chiefs and their army of heroes to life through colourful artwork, maps, and new commentaries.
Eileen is an experienced workshop facilitator. If you would like to work with her to create a bespoke event or storytelling session for adults or children, please get in touch.